Instead of relying on electronic distributors, Smith approaches second- and third-tier Web sites that offer free games and gimmicks, paying them a fee (depending on the number of different visitors).

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Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.

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