People have asked how much does a Kindle cost? We are using the Kindle PaperWhite. This the most practical Kindle for this ministry because it is durable; it has a battery charger that will last 8 weeks, plus you can read it in the dark.
The Kindles cost $170 for the hardware, which includes the cost of the charger. I usually put $90 in books on the kindle for the initial rollout. Publishers such as 9Marks have given us the rights to many of the books so we distribute them for free. The cost per Kindle is $260 for the initial delivery.
The following books are included in the initial distribution:
- Who Is the Holy Spirit?: 13 (Crucial Questions Series) by R.C. Sproul
- What Can I Do with My Guilt?: 9 (Crucial Questions Series) by R.C. Sproul
- Does God Control Everything?: 14 (Crucial Questions Series) by R.C. Sproul
- The Truth of the Cross by R C Sproul
- Can I Know God’s Will? (Crucial Questions Series) (Crucial Questions (Reformation Trust)): 4 by R. C. Sproul
- Who Is Jesus? (Crucial Questions Series) (Crucial Questions (Reformation Trust)): 1 by R.C. Sproul
- How Should I Live in This World? (Crucial Questions Series) (Crucial Questions (Reformation Trust)): 5 by R.C. Sproul
- The Trellis and the Vine by Tony Payne
- ESV Study Bible by Crossway Bibles
- The Complete Works of J. C. Ryle by J. C Ryle
- Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J. I. Packer
- Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know by Wayne Grudem
- What Is the Trinity?: 10 (Crucial Questions Series) by R.C. Sproul
- Can I Trust the Bible? (Crucial Questions Series) (Crucial Questions (Reformation Trust))
- Am I Really a Christian? by Mike McKinley
- Biblical Theology Study by 9Marks
- Church Discipline by Jonathan Leeman
- Church Leadership Study by 9Marks
- Church Leadership Study by 9Marks
- Church Membership by Jonathan Leeman
- Church membership Study by 9Marks
- Church Study by 9Marks
- Conversion Studyby 9Marks
- Discipleship Studyby 9Marks
- Evangelism studyby 9Marks
- Expositional Preaching Study by 9Marks
- Gospel Study by 9Marks
- Sound Doctrine by Bobbie Jamieson
- The Everlasting Righteousness – Horatius Bonarby Haratio Bonar
- The Scripture Testify about Meby multiple authors
The average cost per book is $6. These are theology books 🙂 and not big sellers. This is also important for the ongoing ministry of updating the Kindles with new books and as critical as the initial delivery. We do have publishers that periodically give books away for free. In each country we try to setup the means to be able to update the Kindle with new books on a periodic basis.