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Fourl29 · 09-04-2013, 04:59 AM

I was in the vast minority that demanded free or reduced price ebooks with every printed book.

I am so glad amazon is leading the way for this, as apparently everyone else to far up their behind to figure this out, or too greedy (hello apple) thinking that they are going to get away with becoming software companies churning out one "e" copy after the other at no cost, but keeping the prices at print book levels (or colluding to raise them even higher). Good luck with that.

Only yesterday as I let one book on the sitting room and picked up the kindle to go to bed reading with that I was thinking to myself, wtf is going here, why the hell am I not allowed the comfort of having my printed books and being able to read them occasionally on the kindle to, whatever is most convenient. To be sure, I 'd really lost all hope. I thought from now on I 'd be permanently taken advantage of and have to buy the book twice with no option for a combined price for both e and p books. I vowed to steal whatever ebook I could get my hands on (an 8 year old kid could do it, it's easy, it's the internet age) to make up for my paying double for the print and ebook combo, and to send a message to those bozos that unless they start treating the customer fairly books are fated to be like music and videos, stolen by everyone left right and center and seeing their sales crumble.

But now I have another request, what about the 30-40 e-books I bought from amazon, could I have a reduced price (not to the extent the ebook would be reduced of course) to own the printed versions now?

A much, much welcome and surprising decision by amazon. May kudos and I hope more publishers join.

09-04-2013, 04:59 AM	#43
Fourl29 Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 2179026 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: none	I was in the vast minority that demanded free or reduced price ebooks with every printed book. I am so glad amazon is leading the way for this, as apparently everyone else to far up their behind to figure this out, or too greedy (hello apple) thinking that they are going to get away with becoming software companies churning out one "e" copy after the other at no cost, but keeping the prices at print book levels (or colluding to raise them even higher). Good luck with that. Only yesterday as I let one book on the sitting room and picked up the kindle to go to bed reading with that I was thinking to myself, wtf is going here, why the hell am I not allowed the comfort of having my printed books and being able to read them occasionally on the kindle to, whatever is most convenient. To be sure, I 'd really lost all hope. I thought from now on I 'd be permanently taken advantage of and have to buy the book twice with no option for a combined price for both e and p books. I vowed to steal whatever ebook I could get my hands on (an 8 year old kid could do it, it's easy, it's the internet age) to make up for my paying double for the print and ebook combo, and to send a message to those bozos that unless they start treating the customer fairly books are fated to be like music and videos, stolen by everyone left right and center and seeing their sales crumble. But now I have another request, what about the 30-40 e-books I bought from amazon, could I have a reduced price (not to the extent the ebook would be reduced of course) to own the printed versions now? A much, much welcome and surprising decision by amazon. May kudos and I hope more publishers join.