Eager Kindle Paperwhite buyers can pre-order the new $119 e-readers now. Amazon announced its purchase of Goodreads in March.Ģ0. The new KindleWhite will come integrated with Goodreads reviews.ġ9. Since the decision was announced, Amazon has lowered the prices of the e-books sold for its Kindle.ġ8. “Through the vehicle of the Apple agency agreements, the prices in the nascent e-book industry shifted upward, in some cases 50 percent or more for an individual title,” Judge Denise Cote wrote.ġ7. In July, Apple was found guilty in the e-book price-fixing case. In a case the Department of Justice brought against Apple and five major publishers, those companies were accused of trying to move e-book prices from $9.99 to $14.99. And yet the price of $2.99 or less for an e-book, whether or not it’s a copy of an already-purchased print edition, is far lower than the price point publishers had hoped to establish as an e-book standard.ġ5. Amazon Rolls Out Kindle MatchBook: Buy a Paper Book, Get the Kindle Version Cheap or Free. Some have called the Kindle MatchBook program “bundling,” for pairing an inexpensive or free e-book with the purchase of a print copy of a book, long considered a possible benefit to readers.ġ4. ![]() Fewer than 200 of those books are from Amazon Publishing, meaning the bulk of those eligible will have been published by HarperCollins and its imprints.ġ3. When Kindle Matchbook launches, more than 10,000 books will be available for readers to purchase or download as Kindle e-books for free.ġ2. So, if you decide to get a print edition, you also get the kindle edition for free You can give away the print edition as a gift and keep the kindle edition for yourself. Books self-published through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing can also be part of the program.ġ1. All books have Kindle Book Lending enabled as well as Kindle Matchbook price of 0.00. One minor publisher, Amazon Publishing, is participation in the program.ġ0. Only one major publisher, HarperCollins, is adding its books to the program.ĩ. What qualifies a book for Amazon’s MatchBook program: Participation by its publisher.Ĩ. Any print book purchased on Amazon, dating back to the online store’s launch in 1995, will be available to purchase as a Kindle MatchBook e-book - as long as it qualifies for the program.ħ. ![]() When the program launches, you will be able to log into your Amazon account and see which books are eligible for MatchBook and for download on your many e-reading devices.6. ![]() When MatchBook launches in October, more than 10,000 books will be available, including titles by Ray Bradbury, Neal Stephenson, Jodi Picoult and Michael Crichton. "If you logged onto your CompuServe account during the Clinton administration and bought a book like 'Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus' from Amazon, Kindle MatchBook now makes it possible for that purchase - 18 years later - to be added to your Kindle library at a very low cost," Russ Grandinetti, Vice President of Kindle Content, said in a statement.īut while Amazon isn't putting a timestamp on your purchased books, not all of your old books will be available through the service, though the company is working with publishers to get as many as it can into the new service. Yes, that means you might have to re-buy a book you bought many years ago for a few dollars, but it sure beats re-buying the book for the full e-book price. While the program won't be rolled out until October, Amazon said some will be able to get the digital version for free or for anywhere between $0.99 to $2.99. Today, the company announced Kindle MatchBook, a program that will give readers the ability to buy a Kindle edition of print books they have previously bought from. Well, Amazon finally has an answer to that problem. 3, 2013 — - So you've bought some paper books from Amazon over the years, but now you read your books on a Kindle, a tablet or smart phone with the Kindle app and don't have access to those paper tomes.
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