{"id":8439,"date":"2011-04-13T10:03:37","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T15:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=8439"},"modified":"2011-04-13T10:03:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T15:03:37","slug":"114-kindle-with-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=8439","title":{"rendered":"$114 Kindle with Advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Ad Packed Kindle eReader\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-13047300\" target=\"_self\"><strong>BBC News<\/strong><\/a> (and others) offers a story on <strong>Amazon&#8217;s <\/strong>launch of a cheaper, <a title=\"Kindle with Special Offers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004HFS6Z0\/ref=nav_swm_kndl_20110411?pf_rd_p=1293407282&amp;pf_rd_s=nav-sitewide-msg&amp;pf_rd_t=4201&amp;pf_rd_i=navbar-4201&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_r=02YM3PK2JDMHFX36RZYV\" target=\"_self\"><strong>ad-subsidized Kindle eBook Reader<\/strong><\/a>. This device retails at <strong>$114<\/strong>, a full $25 cheaper than the current starter model. Advertisements for product and Amazon specials will be displayed under eBook pages and on the screen saver.<\/p>\n<p>I think this (called the <strong>&#8220;Kindle with Special Offers&#8221;<\/strong>) would have been a MAJOR release if they&#8217;d priced it at <strong>$99<\/strong> (or lower) because, come on, they aren&#8217;t sharing the ad revenue, and they aren&#8217;t delivering cheaper eBooks. For them to expect Kindle owners to share screen space with advertisements is a trifle presumptuous for a mere $25 savings. The $99 price (and lower) has to be right around the corner, if they want mainstream adoption.<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s a stretch at that price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News (and others) offers a story on Amazon&#8217;s launch of a cheaper, ad-subsidized Kindle eBook Reader. This device retails at $114, a full $25 cheaper than the current starter model. Advertisements for product and Amazon specials will be displayed under eBook pages and on the screen saver. I think this (called the &#8220;Kindle with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=8439\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,8,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8439"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8454,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8439\/revisions\/8454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}