Amazon to Release Ad-Subsidized Kindle for $114 →
https://marco.org/2011/04/11/amazon-to-release-ad-subsidized-kindle-for-114
Bizarre:
Ads will appear on the device’s screen saver and show up as a banner on the homepage, but will not appear inside books.
It’s only a $25 savings from the normally-$139 Kindle 3. I’m sure they can find buyers for it, but at what cost to Amazon’s (and the Kindle’s) image?