Part $1$

Read the news$$ clip, then answer the following questions. For$$ Amazon, Arrival of the iPad Opens Door to More$$ e$-$Book Sales

Electronic books are expected to be a major selling point for$$ Apple's iPad.$$ Amazon, Apples's main$$ competitor, produces the Kindle and$$ e$-$books to be read on the Kindle. But Amazon says that it will produce an iPad app that will enable iPad users to read Kindle$$ e$-$books.

Amazon has tussled with publishers over$$ e$-$book prices, but book publishers will adopt a new pricing model that might improve$$ Amazon's profit margin on$$ e$-$books. The new$$ e$-$book prices will assign$30\%$ of revenue to$$ e$-$book retailers such as Amazon and Apple.