Amazon's Cheaper Kindle 3G With Ads Now Available

SEATTLE -- Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is selling an ad-laden version of its Kindle 3G e-reader, which has wireless service for downloading books.

Amazon said late Tuesday that the new Kindle 3G with Special Offers costs $164. It includes on-screen ads and is $25 cheaper than the standard Kindle 3G.

Last month, Amazon started selling a Wi-Fi-equipped Kindle with ads for $114 - $25 less than the standard Kindle with Wi-Fi.

The announcement came the same day that Barnes & Noble Inc. introduced a cheaper version of its Nook e-reader with a black-and-white touch screen. At $139, the new Nook shows the book seller is trying to compete with Amazon and Borders Group Inc. on e-reader prices.

Amazon has consistently lowered the Kindle's price since first releasing it at $399 in 2007.

Comments

[Querent]

12:37 PM on 05/27/2011

How much do I get for having to watch the stupid Citi ad and then not getting to see the video about the Kindle? Get a clue, HuffPo.

[frank day]

11:56 AM on 05/27/2011

Free Kindle and pay me $25 a month to watch their silly ads.

[wooty99]

08:24 PM on 05/26/2011

A color kindle would have been better. $25.00 cheaper isn't that much of a savings to have to deal with ads. Now $50.00 less is a better deal

[hungrypilot]

11:46 PM on 05/25/2011

$25 more for no ads? Who *wouldn't* pay that?

[Bella King]

02:25 AM on 05/26/2011

Hey,
The adds are really not intrusive. See here:
Kindle breaks the $100 barrier with Special Offers
http://www.ebookreaderguide.com/2011/05/11/kindle-breaks-the-100-barrier-with-special-offers/

[maxben]

07:21 AM on 05/26/2011

All ads are intrusive.

[ValdaDeDieu]

06:28 PM on 05/25/2011

Not enough of a discount to warrant watching ads for the lifetime of a device that's going to be going down in price anyway. $75 and it's going...going...gone. SOLD.

[1kant2]

04:00 PM on 05/25/2011

I would rather pay more money.

Sorry, still like real books better. Keep trying though.

[arizonahd]

11:56 AM on 05/26/2011

Nah, they should just give up on this whole ebook thing. Clearly a gimmick.

[BonzaSheila]

02:01 PM on 05/25/2011

Enduring the ads should be worth more than $25.

[Aimee Bellefleur Hogan]

02:34 PM on 05/25/2011

I agree. If they took off $50 or more, then I might consider it.