A Kindle in every pot

[ksmith]

An interesting short article in
AmericaBlog:


"You see, in Greece, the government pays for 99% of students' books. So, Papandreou argues, why not give the kids every book in existence for a hundred bucks (or $360 in the case of the Kindle)."

Think if they did that in the States. Or worldwide. How many school-aged kids are there anyway?

I can see the methods for calculating advances and royalties might be revisited...

Comments

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I imagine that package deals would be worked out between publishers and the device seller(s). Given the volumes, the devices could probably be marked down significantly, as could the books. A hundredth of a penny seems low for 10 million copies, since odds are you're wiping out most future sales.

I have no idea how to price these things.