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Amazon to give magazine, newspaper publishers 70 percent

article published on 9 November, 2010

Amazon has said today that it will begin paying publishers 70 percent of the retail price (after delivery costs) for all magazines and newspapers they sell via the Kindle Store. The new move will take effect on December 1st. Amazon says (via the WSJ), "newspapers and magazines will qualify for the new rate only if customers can read the title on all Kindle devices and applications, ... [ read the full article ]

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Ryoohki
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_ 		9. November 2010 @ 19:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i seriously still can't contemplate spending my money on a digital copy of something that costs the same as the tangible printed version. better to order a subscription for the real deal through the mail imo. i like how they tack on a delivery cost for something digital to suck more money out of the bargain.
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phobet
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_ 		22. May 2011 @ 04:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Ryoohki:
 i seriously still can't contemplate spending my money on a digital copy of something that costs the same as the tangible printed version. better to order a subscription for the real deal through the mail imo. i like how they tack on a delivery cost for something digital to suck more money out of the bargain.
They have to pay for the infrastructure for digital delivery, which isn't cheap. But snagging a third (!) of the profits after the bills are paid seems like digital rape.
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