There was an article a few months back that stated that Amazon loses $2 for each book sold on Kindle. Publishers won't sell e-books for less than the publishing price.<p><a href="http://www.tbiresearch.com/e-readers-should-drive-profits-for-both-distributors-and-book-publishers-2009-11" rel="nofollow">http://www.tbiresearch.com/e-readers-should-drive-profits-fo...</a> is the original document, as far as I can find right now.