Amazon keeps improving kindle purchases!

[twobob]

I knew she meant on the website. FWIW.

FTFY -- ixtab.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by twobob

I knew he meant on the website. FWIW.

Start running (or fix it) before Xendula sees this.

I can see it now...

[twobob]

bit late. hey ho.

[aceflor]

I like this move from amazon too. I am not into audiobooks, but my son is, so I really like that you don't need to search for the audible version but that it is "winked" to you. Now if they offered this on the european sites... It's not there on the spanish site, need to check the German and French one though.

Re advertising: we live in a world that is made and exists as such because of advertising. You would not be eating what you are eating, driving what you are driving, sending your kids to that college instead of that one, wearing what you are wearing if not for advertising, and I am using the word as a general umbrella notion for all sorts of push actions (ads, PR, lobbying and so on). Our charities would never receive a cent without advertising, and many, many jobs would not exist without advertising. The little devices or services many of us here contribute to produce are sold how exactly, in your humble opinion ?

I hate intrusive ads, but am often thankful for either funny ones ("the force" ad for VW for instance, it lights up my day), well made ones, or right-timed ones.

From all the companies I know, use, of have worked with or for in the past, amazon is one of the best in terms of intelligent non-intrusive advertising and marketing politic.

And, ahem, yeah. I don't know Jack about programming, but I know a lot about advertising. It feeds me. I am the reincarnation of evil on earth. Go on, stone me.

[Yolina]

I've got nothing against advertising per se, but it's the overload of the stuff - the constant solicitation just about everywhere, anywhere, and at every opportunity that we now get that I am absolutely fed up with. I'm afraid I'm a bad consumer
The stuff is wasted on me anyway, because I never remember what brands are being advertised even just a few minutes after seeing an ad. The only exception was a Dunlop "expect the unexpected" ad from some 20 years ago which was completely surreal with music by the Velvet Underground (Venus in furs) - however that didn't make me rush out and buy Dunlops.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by xendula

I just bought a book on amazon.com and got it delievered to my PW, and on the confirmation screen on amazon.com, I now am being offered to add the Audible edition with one click (no more logging in to Audible and completing the purchase) and to have the purchased ebook delivered to an additional device!

That's why I love Amazon - they don't just stop at great user experience, they are constantly improving it!


Now if only they could add some type of organizational tools for ebooks in the Manage my Kindle interface....

I just used this the other day when I bought a ebook and the Audible was only 99 cents more. It's wonderful I don't have to log into Audible and it's soooo wonderful I don't have to worry about accidentally using one of my credits because the new method charges me the price instead. It makes things so much eaiser!

The old way you had to log into audible then choose for it not use a credit and then go through 2 more check out screens before the purchase was finalized now it's just a simple 1 click! I love that!

This is definitely a great move on Amazon's half and something that was much needed!

[xendula]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Hm. If that "On Amazon.com" was in the post from the beginning, then shame on me. In that case, I totally missed it.

I was thinking that Xendula was buying a book directly from the KPW, and then getting an offer to buy the audio book and send it to another device because the KPW itself doesn't have audio capabilities anymore.

No, actually, I apologize to everybody for the confusion. I did NOT make it clear from the get-go that I was talking about amazon.com, I added that bolded text later, once I figured that peeps may have misunderstood me. I thought the words "and got it delivered to my PW would be clear, but I certainly have to be more precise going forward.

I would not want this on my device either, believe me!

[xendula]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Start running (or fix it) before Xendula sees this.

I can see it now...

[Katsunami]

That icon displays a much entertained fantasy from my helpdesk days. I *had* to use it

[twobob]

traitor.

hehehe

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by xendula

Now if only they could add some type of organizational tools for ebooks in the Manage my Kindle interface....

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