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Exchanging Real Books for Unwanted Kindles

January 27, 2011 - 9:55am — Bibliophile Adv...

If you happen to be in the Portland, OR area and have an unwanted/unused Kindle, take it to Microcosm Publishing book and zine store and leave with an equivalent value in printed books....

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January 27, 2011 - 6:52pm — Bibliofuture

Markup

The markup on zines has to be 100% if not more. So you give them a Kindle and then they give you $140 in zines that they paid $70 or less for. Then they sell your Kindle on eBay for $100 and they make $30 for every person that does this.

The Kindle 3 is the most current Kindle. The Kindle 2 is consistently selling on eBay from $100-$120.

January 28, 2011 - 10:01am — Bibliophile Adv...

Clearly not a get rich quick

Clearly not a get rich quick scheme :-) but thanks for that explanation. i was wondering what the business model could possibly be...

January 28, 2011 - 3:25pm — Bibliofuture

Advertising

Even if they break even they get the advertising value of the stunt.

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