The Last Colony is a great example of illogical kindle pricing. When the kindle version and the paperback version cost the same amount, something is wrong.
It is hard to imagine a legitimate scenario where the cost of creating the kindle version would equal the cost of printing, shipping and storing physical books. If there really was such a scenario I feel confident that Amazon would publicize it in order to get people like me to shut up.
Without any rational reasons for the pricing I'm left to speculate. Are the publishers being greedy and pocketing the savings?
Is Amazon using the extra money to subsidize the price of Kindle hardware (This is the model used by video game consoles, printers, Polaroid, etc)? If so I wish they would let us know, it would add tons of validation to their pricing as well as making the kindle hardware seem more reasonable (sure it's $360, but maybe it costs $400 to make). Sadly, I think Amazon would say something if this were the case.
Without an explanation, all I can say is kindle fail!
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