Thread: Amazon "Digital Book" vs "Kindle Book"?
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Old 06-25-2017, 02:03 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by dordale View Post
In Firefox, before and after I cleared my cache (but not cookie info) I saw "ebook". Then I logged out of my Amazon account and now it shows as "Kindle". Looked up "Man of Legends" on Amazon in Internet Explorer--which I very rarely use and it shows as "Digital Book".
Welcome to the world of dynamic content web pages.

Logged out: Shows as a "Kindle" book.
Gives the impression that you need to purchase a Kindle device to read it.

Logged in: Shows as an "ebook".
No need to upsale you to purchasing a Kindle device, it assumes (or looks up) you have one already.

I think you could blame the Marketing Department for that behavior.

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