Free Kindle: Next Week Or Next Year, Amazon Will Start Giving Away Its E-reader. Here’s Why.

My record on predictions about Amazon is mixed at best. Two summers ago, I guessed that “before the holidays,” Amazon would cut the price of its cheapest Kindle e-reader to $99. My logic was solid—the cost of the Kindle’s parts kept declining rapidl… posted on August 29, 2012 at 7:46am EDT