Is The Kindle Cost To Steep?

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Is The Kindle Cost To Steep?

The new Kindle cost is 9.00 with free shipping, that is for the 6″ Display model. Whilst for the larger 9.7″ display Kindle, cost is 9.00.
So is it worth the steep initial cost?

The prices above are for a new kindle at the time of writing. Its important to note, there are no extra shipping costs.

The kindle 2 allows you to download books using there whispersync service. Use of this service is free.

After you’ve paid the Kindle cost the only other charge is from buying the books themselves. Books are bought using a 1-click method requiring a credit or debit card.

So when looking to see if the kindle cost is to prohibitive. Its important to compare the cost of buying a new paperback version of the book to its cost for download. So lets look at an example for a book on New York Times® Best Sellers list. (both prices as listed in amazon’s bookstore)
Danielle Steel’s new book Big Girl would cost for the paperback version whilst for download on the Kindle its only .99. Thats a 64% saving of .01. This isn’t a 1 off example, £9.99 is the most you’ll have to pay for a book on the kindle, With some less known or less marketable new books being as little as .99. Looking over, there ever growing library expect to have a 55% to 65% saving on purchasing books.
With such a huge saving per book the kindle cost doesn’t seem so steep. After 18 bought books for your Kindle, you’d start making a saving in comparison to buying the paperback version through Amazon’s store.

Even better however is how you can download the first 2 chapters free of any book. This feature especially will help to make the steep initial kindle cost more acceptable, since there is no need to ever pay for a book blindly. Your money only has to go to books which you truly find interesting.  

Whilst people will put different values on such products. i personally don’t consider the kindle cost to be excessive. The ability to have a device which can travel with me anywhere i choose, boasting upto 1,500 books, sounds a good deal to me. 



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