03-16-2011, 10:37 AM | #1 |
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Strange ebook promotion
For buying ebooks from Google, they sent me. . .
Bookmarks. Weird. |
03-16-2011, 10:45 AM | #2 |
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hopefully you still have some DTBs around somewhere. |
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03-16-2011, 10:46 AM | #3 |
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yeah, i saw those bookmarks in the internet. they're cute
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03-16-2011, 12:24 PM | #4 |
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What ereaders need are bookmark slots located on top. Then when you're done reading, you just slide your bookmark in the slot to save your place.
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03-16-2011, 02:33 PM | #5 |
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03-16-2011, 02:39 PM | #6 |
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Well it's certainly erm, different sometimes you really wonder where they get their ideas for promos from.
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03-16-2011, 02:56 PM | #7 |
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I have an insulated travel mug from Amazon, from (I think) their first Christmas. Ironically enough, I've never done much but admire it; my car, and the one I had before this one, has no cupholder, and attempts at affixing those add-on ones have led to disasters. The kind of disasters involving hot liquids and sandals. But at least the mug is potentially useful; people who buy books (all they sold back then) probably drink things they want to keep hot or cold, and you don't really need to use it in a car. They've sent me plenty of bookmarks, too, usually in boxes with pbooks, and the occasional magnet. But all of those make sense for pbook buyers. Sending bookmarks to ebook buyers certainly doesn't.
Or maybe it does. People who buy ebooks usually also have pbooks. In many cases, lots and lots of pbooks (that being the whole reason they've got ebooks in the first place: trying to reclaim their space, or at least not lose any more of it). So if they have promotional bookmarks to stick in their pbooks, they might use one and think "y'know, I could have gotten an ebook instead" and there's all the info they need, right there on the bookmark. |
03-16-2011, 03:07 PM | #8 |
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I miss pretty bookmarks.
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03-16-2011, 03:20 PM | #9 |
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I probably have 100 bookmarks: plain ones, fancy ones, woven ones, leather ones, metal ones, lizard-shaped ones, touch-sensitive ones, lenticular ones, and everything else you can imagine.
I mark my place with random scraps of paper, receipts, and the occasional Band-Aid (in the wrapper!). I know, I'm doing it wrong. |
03-16-2011, 04:38 PM | #10 | |
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My favorite bookmarks of all time were the bookthongs you could find at the checkout counters at B&N and Borders for about $5. They were pretty and they NEVER fell out of my book. I rather miss bookmarks |
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03-16-2011, 06:01 PM | #11 |
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I do, too. I found some lovely Lord of the Rings movie tie-in ones a few years ago. The designs were based on the Rohan banners. They were rigid and had little wood pieces across the top.
They do stay nicer now that I'm not using them, though |
03-16-2011, 06:34 PM | #12 |
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I received a regular sized envelope with a return address of "Google ebooks".
It contained only four colored plastic strips as follows: A Green one with "My other book is a laptop." in white letters. A Yellow one with ""My other book is a tablet." An Orange one with "Take your library anywhere." A Blue one with ""My other book is a smartphone." There was no letter included in the envelope, no explanation for there use, or why they were sent. My guess is that someone thought there would be some value, to Google, if these strips were left in books, for others to see. Or maybe if I still used a bike and had some clothespins? Luck; Ken |
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03-17-2011, 11:57 AM | #14 |
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