As @Skeptic said efficiency has a lot to do with it but I wonder if the combination of volume and the sales of other items also help subsidize some of those low-priced items. If people were only buying the $4 (with shipping) used books it probably wouldn’t be worth it for Amazon. But if someone buying a penny book happens to see something else they like (especially with Amazon’s “You might also like…”) that helps Amazon.
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