Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

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Post by mjh8136 » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 2:48 AM UTC

Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early
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Re: Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

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Post by dmazin » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 4:26 AM UTC

No one thinks this is sane, right? Have ads burned onto your reading experience for 25 freaking bucks?

Re: Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

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Post by benologist » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 4:26 AM UTC

$25 discount seems kind of ridiculous. Book/magazine/etc advertising alone would be worth > $25 over the year(s) someone's got one.

Re: Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

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Post by suninwinter » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 4:30 AM UTC

dmazin wrote: post #2

No one thinks this is sane, right? Have ads burned onto your reading experience for 25 freaking bucks?

I wouldn't get it, but it shouldn't actually affect the reading experience:

"When you buy Kindle with Special Offers, you are getting the same bestselling Kindle for $25 less—only $114. Special offers and sponsored screensavers display on the Kindle screensaver and on the bottom of the home screen—they don't interrupt reading."

Re: Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

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Post by kyleslattery » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 4:36 AM UTC

The weirdest thing to me about this Kindle is the price point--why not drop another $15 and make it $99? At $114, it just doesn't seem very appealing, but I feel like they could sell a ton of them advertising it as "under $100".

Re: Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

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Post by sawyer » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 4:38 AM UTC

dmazin wrote: post #2

No one thinks this is sane, right? Have ads burned onto your reading experience for 25 freaking bucks?

When I saw the headline I assumed they'd be giving them away for free in exchange for ad space over the lifetime ownership of the device.

Re: Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

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Post by wccrawford » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 11:12 AM UTC

Genius quote: "I'd rather pay extra for NO ADS"

... Uh, lady, you -can-. This is a discount for those who wouldn't rather pay extra. Jeez.

Re: Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

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Post by wccrawford » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 11:14 AM UTC

dmazin wrote: post #2

No one thinks this is sane, right? Have ads burned onto your reading experience for 25 freaking bucks?

Don't let that post confuse you. They didn't bother to read anything about it and just assumed the ads would be in the middle of the text.

This is perfectly sane. And for a bigger discount, I'd even consider one with ads in the middle of the text.

However, I already have a smartphone with the Kindle app, so it's hard to justify spending anything on another device to plug into the wall. (Especially since I don't mind reading on an LCD at all.)

Re: Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

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Post by nickythegreek » Thu, Apr 28, 2011, 5:52 PM UTC

kyleslattery wrote: post #5

The weirdest thing to me about this Kindle is the price point--why not drop another $15 and make it $99? At $114, it just doesn't seem very appealing, but I feel like they could sell a ton of them advertising it as "under $100".

I would bet that is plan, when the Holiday season hits.