Content Kindle MatchBook Service may replace 3rd party conversion services

[sirmaru]

Amazon just announced the Kindle Matchbook Service whereby, if one purchased a print book 20 years ago or an ePub book 2 years ago, they can now get a Kindle version of it for from 99 cents to $ 2.99.

Here is the new link:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/digital/ep...nk_384452322_1

Thus, you can now add all your eBooks purchased from other dealers over the last 20 years or print books for a minimal cost.

This could put third party organizations specializing in breaking DRM and other uses OUT OF BUSINESS.

Its the same idea as one could upload an old WW II song recorded with a wire recorder and have the Kindle service replace it with a perfect rendition in 256 kbs.

Just as all songs are not guaranteed a replacement, all books are also not guaranteed a replacement.

I can see publishers supporting this new service wholeheartedly since it will dampen the breaking of DRM protection and then the trading or selling of illegal copies. I expect the number of titles covered will soar in the next 12 months.

This also means that eBook collectors could save their own conversion time and just pay a nominal price instead. For print book collectors this is huge break through.

Even if one now buys a print book from Amazon, they can also get the eBook equivalent for a nominal fee.

I'm not sure exactly how this new service will work since it was just announced a few minutes ago.

I expect to try and decipher the titles of eBooks I purchased from Sony several years ago and now buy the Kindle equivalents to start collecting those eBooks with the ability to access them on my four Kindles. I would certainly rather pay $ 3.00 or less than invest any of my own labor using third party software.

[AnemicOak]

It went live today, but it was announced almost two months ago. You can find more discussion here...

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=225842
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=221578

[sirmaru]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

It went live today, but it was announced almost two months ago. You can find more discussion here...

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=225842
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=221578

Have you tried to locate eBooks or pBooks on it which you may want to convert?

I'm going to wait 30 days and then try to buy the Matchbooks for the titles I have read in the past. I can then start my own collection of books which interest me. I may even try to find Matchbooks for print books I remember reading in the 1930''s and 1940's.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by sirmaru

Have you tried to locate eBooks or pBooks on it which you may want to convert?

Of all the pBook purchases I've made on Amazon in the past (about 360) 29 are available via MatchBook.

[Dr. Drib]

For further discussion on this development from Amazon, please also visit the NEWS forum:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=221578




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