Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early

Amazon Ships Ad-Supported Kindle Early(technology.inc.com)

10 points by mjh8136 15 years ago | 8 comments

benologist 15 years ago |

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

wccrawford 15 years ago |

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.

kyleslattery 15 years ago |

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".

nickythegreek 15 years ago | |

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

dmazin 15 years ago |

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

suninwinter 15 years ago | |

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."

wccrawford 15 years ago | |

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.)

sawyer 15 years ago | |

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.