MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Firmware Update Can no longer buy kindle books through Android app

jck · 10-28-2022, 08:23 PM

OK, this is going to make life difficult until Google and Amazon make nice with each other. Amazon (who doesn't mind sending you lots of suggestions of kindle books to buy on the Kindle reader app) is fighting a Google grab of a % of digital content bought through the Kindle reading app.

Examples: I downloaded a book and wanted to read the next one in the series suggested by the final page. Suddenly you can't do that through the app. (Ah, those late night reads of the next in a series). You have to save book info and go online direct to Amazon.com to buy. AND, I noticed a new book by an author I like on my Android tablet. I decided to buy through my Amazon shopping app. NO LUCK. Again, I have to go online on my computer to make Kindle ebook purchases now.

Was there a glitch? NO, Amazon has disabled buying through the Android app. This entirely passed me by until I read about it on CNET. Sigh. This is good for my reading budget but bad for me. Hope they can work this out.

10-28-2022, 08:23 PM	#1
jck Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: none	Can no longer buy kindle books through Android app OK, this is going to make life difficult until Google and Amazon make nice with each other. Amazon (who doesn't mind sending you lots of suggestions of kindle books to buy on the Kindle reader app) is fighting a Google grab of a % of digital content bought through the Kindle reading app. Examples: I downloaded a book and wanted to read the next one in the series suggested by the final page. Suddenly you can't do that through the app. (Ah, those late night reads of the next in a series). You have to save book info and go online direct to Amazon.com to buy. AND, I noticed a new book by an author I like on my Android tablet. I decided to buy through my Amazon shopping app. NO LUCK. Again, I have to go online on my computer to make Kindle ebook purchases now. Was there a glitch? NO, Amazon has disabled buying through the Android app. This entirely passed me by until I read about it on CNET. Sigh. This is good for my reading budget but bad for me. Hope they can work this out.