Report: Amazon touting ad space on the Kindle Fire home screen - GeekWire

I assume this means there may soon be a price-discounted Kindle Fire with advertising (as there already is for other Kindle device types, with the price discount ranging from $30 for the basic Kindle to $50 for the Kindle Keyboard 3G, if you accept "special offers & sponsored screensavers"); if the discount percentage is similar, that could mean ~$149 for a "special offers" Kindle Fire

"We’ve known for some time now that Amazon.com wants to get a bigger chunk of the high-margin advertising business, a counterweight to its low-margin e-commerce business. And here’s one very interesting method to do it.
According to AdAge, Amazon.com is currently pitching the home screen on the Kindle Fire to potential advertisers, offering a two-month ad deal that starts at $600,000."

Report: Amazon touting ad space on the Kindle Fire home screen - GeekWire