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Did you know that two-day shipping is Amazons' default mode of operation in Germany and Amazon Prime gets you overnight shipping there? Can't buy German Kindle books yet, though. (I guess this is true for other 'small' countries, too)
This chart is bullshit. The cheapest Kindle is $139, not $189, and became available at the same time the $189 Kindle did. I guess that actual data ruins the beautiful line?
This is exciting for many reasons but one being educational systems may finally start adopting the digital tablet.
My university tried this and got sued for it. These things are not yet ready for prime time because they are not accessible enough for those with disabilities. here is the results of the court case: http://www.ada.gov/case_western_univ.htm
Did you know that two-day shipping is Amazons' default mode of operation in Germany and Amazon Prime gets you overnight shipping there? Can't buy German Kindle books yet, though. (I guess this is true for other 'small' countries, too)
Why does Amazon Prime exist in Germany, but not Canada? Heh. I knew it existed in the US and not Canada, so I assumed that most of Amazon's "cool stuff" was just US-only.
Kind of the ultimate blow to the iPad and iBook. Even if the iPad has color and is backlit, just how many people will choose a $600 book reader over a $0 book reader that's 'almost' as good?
I can pick up the Kindle and use it just as I would use a paper book but I'd never use it to surf the web even if it was possible.
Did you know that two-day shipping is Amazons' default mode of operation in Germany and Amazon Prime gets you overnight shipping there? Can't buy German Kindle books yet, though. (I guess this is true for other 'small' countries, too)
Why does Amazon Prime exist in Germany, but not Canada? Heh. I knew it existed in the US and not Canada, so I assumed that most of Amazon's "cool stuff" was just US-only.
However, USPS is slow even for short distances. I presume it is optimized for mean shipping time of all US destinations instead of minimum shipping time of individual packages. And population density in the US is slightly smaller than in Germany, so shipping is more bound to be slightly less efficient.
I guess Canada has a considerably lower population density, so shipping gets more expensive. Maybe the Canadian postal service does not offer fast shipping at attractive prices?
Did you know that two-day shipping is Amazons' default mode of operation in Germany and Amazon Prime gets you overnight shipping there? Can't buy German Kindle books yet, though. (I guess this is true for other 'small' countries, too)
Why does Amazon Prime exist in Germany, but not Canada? Heh. I knew it existed in the US and not Canada, so I assumed that most of Amazon's "cool stuff" was just US-only.
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It's not they don't care to make money on the device directly, it's just they don't know how to.
Making money on the device directly is simple: You charge more for it. Keeping in mind that Amazon makes a pretty good margin on the content it sells with negligible infrastructure requirements (the kindle infrastructure would be negligible compared to the rest of Amazon.com + AWS), they don't need to make money on the device itself. The company that uses the revenue model of making money of the device and selling th…
If it was viable to charge more money for the device, I'm sure they would but they need those (or some other) devices in people's hands. Therefore, they can't charge more for the device. That is my point, they don't know how to make more money with it without totally changing their strategy.
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My university tried this and got sued for it. These things are not yet ready for prime time because they are not accessible enough for those with disabilities. here is the results of the court case: http://www.ada.gov/case_western_univ.htm
Wow, if anything I would feel ebooks would make it more accessible for the blind by being usable in braille readers and text-to-speech! This was a lawsuit that shouldn't of happened.