05-02-2012, 10:27 PM | #31 | |
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05-02-2012, 10:30 PM | #32 |
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05-02-2012, 10:30 PM | #33 | |
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05-02-2012, 10:37 PM | #34 |
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I wait until they go on sale with the free gift cards. I'm in no hurry to get a device. For example, I just bought a Kindle NT three days ago for $49 at Walmart. Amazon can't beat that.
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05-02-2012, 10:38 PM | #35 |
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I thought that was specifically prohibited by the publisher rules. I know Books on Board used to have the Rewards program that was basically "buy this book, get this much in account to spend later". They had to discontinue it for agency books.
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05-02-2012, 11:05 PM | #36 |
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They can't. That's basically what Fictionwise, Books on Board, All Romance/OmiLit and Diesel's rewards programs were and they had to end them (like FW did) or adjust them so the rewards were only incurred when buying non-agency books.
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05-02-2012, 11:13 PM | #37 |
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05-03-2012, 01:49 AM | #38 |
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Recently I participated in an Amazon survey. I was rewarded with a $5 gift card. I thought it was a kind of "scam" to reward me for my loyalty to Amazon, having bought some 30 87th Precinct books by Ed McBain. That $5 can be used for anything, including Agency books. I was under the impression that this was a recurring Amazon "feature". Guess I was wrong, otherwise that would be a workaround.
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05-03-2012, 06:53 AM | #39 |
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Well yeah, cause you have gift cards. If you had amazon gift cards then they would beat out walmart.
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05-03-2012, 07:54 AM | #42 |
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But strangely enough, you can't use the Amazon card points for electronic stuff (ebooks) without jumping through a few hoops.
If you try to use the points directly or try get an electronic gift card, you can't use it for ebooks. Instead, you have to buy a gift card with your points and have it mailed to your house. Then enter the code online and use it to buy ebooks. |
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