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retailer making cents?
Oct. 29th, 2013 10:01 amAmazon finally did it.
Many, many moons ago when the Kindle was first introduced, I echoed John Scalzi's opinion that if Amazon wanted to sell a million Kindles today, all they'd have to do is offer you the e-book version of the books you've already purchased at a steeply discounted rate. I didn't have a Kindle at the time and didn't really want one because I still wanted the feeling of real books in my hands.
I'm now on my second Kindle after my first died the death that meets most electronics when they encounter small children and gravity. I love it so much. I still have many, many print books - there are some authors that I insist on purchasing the real book - but there are now some authors where I only buy the Kindle books.
And now Amazon's announced a new program. Kindle MatchBook. (I know, right?) It's not every book they sell, but it's a lot. The Kindle price will be somewhere between free and $2.99 for any book you've bought the physical copy of that's in their program.
It's kind of like their deal where if you buy the audiobook through Audible, you get a steep discount on the Kindle book and vice versa.
This is fantastic and will probably end up making them more money again. They're an evil empire, but I'm going to keep paying my Prime membership and enjoying not having to deal with actual people unless absolutely necessary.
Many, many moons ago when the Kindle was first introduced, I echoed John Scalzi's opinion that if Amazon wanted to sell a million Kindles today, all they'd have to do is offer you the e-book version of the books you've already purchased at a steeply discounted rate. I didn't have a Kindle at the time and didn't really want one because I still wanted the feeling of real books in my hands.
I'm now on my second Kindle after my first died the death that meets most electronics when they encounter small children and gravity. I love it so much. I still have many, many print books - there are some authors that I insist on purchasing the real book - but there are now some authors where I only buy the Kindle books.
And now Amazon's announced a new program. Kindle MatchBook. (I know, right?) It's not every book they sell, but it's a lot. The Kindle price will be somewhere between free and $2.99 for any book you've bought the physical copy of that's in their program.
It's kind of like their deal where if you buy the audiobook through Audible, you get a steep discount on the Kindle book and vice versa.
This is fantastic and will probably end up making them more money again. They're an evil empire, but I'm going to keep paying my Prime membership and enjoying not having to deal with actual people unless absolutely necessary.
