I got a Kindle because I read a lot, and the books were less expensive than books in a bookstore.
Now that companies like Borders are gone, Kindle books are $13. Thar’s more than 50% over the cost of a paperback.
The Children of the Sky (Zones of Thought) [Kindle Edition]
Vernor Vinge
Amazon Price
Kindle Edition $12.99
Hardcover $15.22
Mass Market Paperback $7.99
Um, Amazon doesn’t set e-book prices; publishers do.
Read this:
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-10-18/research/30292632_1_amazon-s-kindle-kindle-hardware-digital-books
That took all of 15 seconds to find via Google. You really should do your research before you go off on one of your leftie spasm of anti-capitalist rage. But spasms of anti-capitalist (and anti-Semitic) rage is all you are about.