Īmazon is now offering a discount to customers who want to buy both the digital and paper versions of the same book, with its new Kindle MatchBook program - which it turns out, is only a good deal for certain types of books.
#Kindle matchbook archive
It was nice to exploit amazon and bezos, as they say in argentina "he who steals from a thief, is blessed by god." figure out what theif i was stealing from in the cycle.ĩ9% i get without that kindle exploit but was fun and refreshing and i never told anyone until now it is no more.This article is from the archive of our partner.
#Kindle matchbook pdf
Thank the real God and russia and "librarians, and teachers" who lose royalty for their work to absurd knowledge corps we have great PDF free sites, all over the world in many languages: spanish port english are a few native lang sites where i have found great sources. Which all should be free to 3 $ it is so absurd as it is just copy/paste. So you could get a set of books 10% of the entire cost. It was nice, i did a few times, but if known they were 86 it maybe been more aggressive. i did not plan it, but i return a lot or cancel a lot as amazon works hard to make us consumers. 99 to xxx, and cancel the physical book order, haha. Shelfie’s tech was acquired by Kobo in April 2017, and then – nothing.Ĭlearly this is one of those ideas that is cooler in the abstract than in practice.įun fact, i learned by accident, you could buy real kindle match book, to qualify for kindle copy and paste book, all the silly crap is, and then buy it. That company launched a competing bundling service around the same time as Kindle Matchbook launch, and it shut down in early 2017. Shawn’s conclusion is born out by the fate of the ebook startup Shelfie. It just doesn’t seem to be something people are interested in." "I think I’ve given away maybe 20 copies in all those years. I’ve had all my books enrolled in Matchbook since the beginning, allowing people to get a free ebook copy of any paperback they buy," Shawn Inmon wrote on FB. Most authors have never heard of it, and the ones that do have books in the program report that there was little interest from readers. Aside from the stories about the publishing industry losing its shit when Amazon launched Kindle Matchbook, it has gotten almost no media attention. If you’ve never heard of this program, you’re not alone. The ebook could be given away for free, or sold for $1.99 or $0.99.
Launched in 2013, Kindle Matchbook was a program where authors and publishers had the option of creating ebook+print bundles that combine a Kindle ebook with a print book sold by Amazon.
We’ll issue payments from any remaining Kindle MatchBook sales on your regular payment schedule.Readers will still be able to buy books in their preferred format (eBook or paperback).If you have books enrolled in Kindle MatchBook, they’ll be unenrolled at that time. Starting October 31, we’re retiring the Kindle MatchBook program. I have heard from multiple sources ( thanks, Lindsay, Adam, and Nicole!) that the retailer sent out an email today informing authors that the Kindle Matchbook program is going to be shut down on 31 October. It’s only been a few short days since Amazon announced that Amazon Giveaways was ending, and now they’ve decided to shut down another promotion service. Amazon is Shutting Down Kindle Matchbook, Its Print+eBook Bundling Program
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