[hugacow]

I bought a $29.99 Kindle Fire Zip Sleeve, which is easily at least $10 in profit to Amazon. Unlike iPad owners, Kindle customers buy covers, so I'm probably not in the minority, even if it is a relatively cheap device.

When ours comes in, I also plan to buy apps, etc. Easily an additional $10 will be spent within days of acquisition. My guess is that they will have at least another $30 in profit the first year from books, etc. and may sign up for Amazon Prime to get unlimited streaming, which is something I hadn't considered seriously until I saw it on the Fire page.

No wonder Amazon stock went up about 20% over the past several months. Some people knew this was going to be a big win.

[WalterBright]

> I bought a $29.99 Kindle Fire Zip Sleeve

I use a used bubble wrap mailing envelope. It fits the Kindle perfectly, protects the Kindle very well, costs $0.00, and it doesn't scream "steal me".

[monjaro]

That's funny, I did the exact same thing with my kindle dx until all the bubblewrap deflated. It fit perfectly.