Amazon loves to post their major product news regarding the Kindle on their homepage. Not too surprising as it gets them the largest exposure and it is their web property. So I opened the Amazon homepage today and was greeted by a long “letter” from Jeff, their CEO, explaining the cheaper Kindle offering. My eyes perked up seeing a lower cost Kindle, but I quickly lost steam…

Why is the Kindle Ad version only $25 less than a normal Kindle? I assume that Amazon gets paid for the Ads and a cut of the book sales on the Kindle…

It makes me wonder, who is willing to accept a lifetime (of the device) of ads for a mere $25 savings? This really should have been in the $0 price bracket Amazon, seriously.  Ad supported is supposed to be free (or very close)…