Amazon Announces Ad-Supported Kindle For $114 (That’s $25 Off)

$25 sounds generous to me. Google's revenue per user is $24 a year, and that's extremely high for an ad-only site. Facebook by comparison generates $4 per year per user. $25 is a lot considering usage is likely to drop after a year and might be replaced after 2.

Dealing with ads seems like a small price to pay for someone who could truly benefit from the device and not otherwise own one, but if you can afford $114 for an e-reader, you can probably afford $139. If it was free (and once they get enough sponsors, perhaps it will be), it could potentially benefit a great number of people and at that price, it's hard to argue with it (even if you and I would not personally want to trade $139 in return for advertising).

$25 savings.

I think as it is only shown when selecting a book or on the screensaver, and not during main usage, quite a lot of people.

I really dislike how ads have managed to insinuate themselves everywhere. I wouldn't use this even if it were free.

Because, it'll eventually have enough sponsorship that it can be free and once it's free, public schools can utilize it and even get discounted text books for the students.

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