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Amazon drops price of Kindle e-reader to $259 -- it's still too high

Posted Oct 7th 2009 11:40AM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and Services, Consumer Experience, Amazon.com (AMZN)

When Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) unveiled the first Kindle e-reading device just under two years ago, many balked at the steep price the device was selling for. After all, who would pay so much for basically a replacement for books and newspapers?

The second iteration, the Kindle DX, was released earlier this year to rave reviews and a slimmer body -- but was still priced at nearly $360. Still think that's too high?

Continue reading Amazon drops price of Kindle e-reader to $259 -- it's still too high

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