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Re: Kindle

This article indicates Amazon's low prices could be the death of many
publishing houses and severely limit what new books get seriously promoted.

http://www.thenation.com/article/37484/trouble-amazon?page=0,1

Noel Valdes
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On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Judy Lowe <hardbackwryter@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Actually, as I understand it, Amazon did not announce that Kindle books
> were outselling all print editions, only that they were outselling
> hardcovers, which is a different thing.
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> Hardcovers typically cost at least twice the price of the Kindle version.
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> And Sandie, while I can't give advice on ebook readers -- although most
> reviews give Kindle the edge -- I would like to encourage anyone with an
> iPhone to download the free Kindle app.
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> I thought the print would be way too small to read books on the iPhone but
> my younger son said it wasn't and urged me to give it a try. I did and love
> it.
>
> Speaking from personal experience, moving thousands of pounds of books
> isn't fun or cheap. Much better to have my fiction reading in the palm of my
> hand.
>
> Judy Lowe
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