On: The True Cost of Amazon's New Kindle

[silentOpen]

It's not 50% mark-up, it's 93% mark-up: $185.49 to $359.00

[MrRage → silentOpen]

That depends on how you read the phrase "50% mark-up". I read it as 50% of the retail price is mark-up, the other 50% is cost.

[silentOpen → MrRage]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_(business) is generally accepted.

[weaksauce → silentOpen]

exactly: ($new-$old)/$old gives you % change which is ~93%.