The Kindle Costs

Why get a Kindle?

According to PC World, the Kindle costs a consumer $359 but it only costs Amazon $185 to build. So $174 profit. You still have to buy the ebooks which are supposed to $9.99 but most are not if you read about the ebook boycott going on.

If you can stomach the cost of the ebooks why not just use your iPhone for ebook reading. Oddly, even Amazon seems to be pushing this. See Further thoughts on the Kindle iPhone experience for a review.

What is Whispersync?

Kindle for iPhone comes with Whispersnyc, which means you can sync your reading locations and annotations between your Kindle and your iPhone. In addition, any book that you buy for your Kindle can be accessed on your iPhone as well. And let’s not forget that you get the same Kindle book discounts on your iPhone.