After the announcement of Barnes and Noble’s competing e-reader, the $259 Nook, Amazon drops the price of the Kindle to $259 from $279.
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Online retail giant Amazon announced during its third
quarter earnings call that it is dropping the price of its heavily promoted
e-reader, the Kindle. The company said they started
shipping Kindle with U.S. amp; International Wireless and lowered its price to
$259 from $279. Th…