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Lovecraft Fan
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Michigan
Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch, iPad, Acer 500
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Kindle book credit
Dear Kindle Customer, We have good news. You are entitled to a credit for some of your past e-book purchases as a result of legal settlements between several major e-book publishers and the Attorneys General of most U.S. states and territories, including yours. You do not need to do anything to receive this credit. We will contact you when the credit is applied to your Amazon.com account if the Court approves the settlements in February 2013. Hachette, Harper Collins, and Simon & Schuster have settled an antitrust lawsuit about e-book prices. Under the proposed settlements, the publishers will provide funds for a credit that will be applied directly to your Amazon.com account. If the Court approves the settlements, the account credit will appear automatically and can be used to purchase Kindle books or print books. While we will not know the amount of your credit until the Court approves the settlements, the Attorneys General estimate that it will range from $0.30 to $1.32 for every eligible Kindle book that you purchased between April 2010 and May 2012. Alternatively, you may request a check in the amount of your credit by following the instructions included in the formal notice of the settlements, set forth below. You can learn more about the settlements here: www.amazon.com/help/agencyebooksettlements In addition to the account credit, the settlements impose limitations on the publishers’ ability to set e-book prices. We think these settlements are a big win for customers and look forward to lowering prices on more Kindle books in the future. Thank you for being a Kindle customer. The Amazon Kindle Team ==================================
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dangerous when cornered
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Device: K3, K5, KFire, KPW
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I just received it too!
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Karma: 1234
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Earth
Device: Kindle 1. Kindle 2. IPAD. KDXG. Kindle 3.Fire
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Apple should pay any interest.
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Enthusiast
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Karma: 500690
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: North Carolina
Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Touch; Android Tablet (Asus TF300); PC App
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I also received that email. How is this going to effect book prices going forward though?
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Lovecraft Fan
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Michigan
Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch, iPad, Acer 500
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It will lower them hopefully. The publishers were forcing amazon to charge more for the books than amazon normally would have.
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eBook Junkie
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: USA
Device: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 4, Kindle PW, Galaxy Tab
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I hope so, and I too received the email.
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Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Eastern TN
Device: PW/K4B/K4S/K3+3G KFire/SGP 5.0/LG Vortex
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Mine went into my Junk box. This is the first time an Amazon email has done this. It will be nice to get some back. I have 50 books from those publishers alone from Amazon. I wonder how BOB or Kobo will handle this?
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Enthusiast
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Karma: 500690
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: North Carolina
Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Touch; Android Tablet (Asus TF300); PC App
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You must have quite a library of e-books. I couldn't even venture a guess about how many books I have which are affected by this ruling. I just hope that I get enough back to buy a couple of books!
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Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Eastern TN
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I have since 2010 purchased 2000+ books. Not counting the freebies now. Not alot of Agency books maybe 100 or so from different stores.
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Karma: 7511929
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: New York, NY
Device: Amazon Kindle Touch, Microsoft Surface RT
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Tea Enthusiast
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Karma: 67675413
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Somewhere in the USA
Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3
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My Mom is on my account and buys a decent number of books. I would be surprised if I get more than $5.
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Wizard
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: The Triad
Device: Paperwhite
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I got a similar email from Apple though I haven't really bought anything from them. Just a couple of freebies.
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