Is Amazon really thinking of placing ads in Kindle e-books?

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Tue, 07/07/2009 - 12:29pm

The thing to remember about Amazon’s Kindle DX is that it will set you back nearly $500 just to get your hands on one.

With that said, there is a report this morning on MediaPost that Amazon may be considering advertisements in the e-books you read on the device - at the beginning of the book, [...]


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