![]() With Whispersync for Voice you can get many Audible books at a discount if you purchase the Kindle book first. My wish for the future of MatchBook is for Amazon to include Audible audiobooks in MatchBook. You can find out more about MatchBook from the Amazon MatchBook page. MatchBook works with both hardcover and paperback purchases. The Amazon account where you purchased the print book must be the same as the Amazon account to which you’ve registered your Kindle or Kindle app. Your order history will also show you which print books you’ve previously purchased are included in the MatchBook program. ![]() Included in MatchBook are books from authors such as Michael Crichton, Jodi Picoult, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, and more.ĭon’t remember all of the books you purchased from Amazon? No worries, Amazon will have a list of your previously purchased print books from Amazon available for you to see. As of now 10,000 books will be available in MatchBook and Amazon hopes to have even more publishers and authors signed up by launch. The program starts in October - stay tuned to The Wonder of Tech for the official launch date. “In addition to being a great new benefit for customers, this is an easy choice for publishers and authors who will now be able to earn more from each book they publish.” What You Need to Know about Kindle MatchBook “If you logged onto your CompuServe account during the Clinton administration and bought a book like Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus from Amazon, Kindle MatchBook now makes it possible for that purchase–18 years later–to be added to your Kindle library at a very low cost,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President of Kindle Content. Sell or store your print books and get the Kindle versions instead. Or your new apartment doesn’t have space for your favorite books. Imagine you’re moving and don’t want to pay to ship your collection of print books. Get a replacement copy in the Kindle format at a discount instead of paying full price to buy the print book again. Or let’s say you lent your favorite book to your significant other right before you broke his heart or he broke yours and you would rather walk across molten lava barefoot than ask for it back. A few seconds after you realize your mistake, you can be reading the Kindle version book on your phone, tablet, computer or Kindle ereader. Let’s say you head out on a trip, business or pleasure, it doesn’t matter which, and you forget to bring along that book you were engrossed in the night before you left. Going back to the beginning of time, well 1995, the beginning of time for Amazon, print books you have purchased from Amazon will be available to you in the Kindle version for the low, low prices of $2.99, $1.99, $0.99 or free. Kindle MatchBookīeginning in October, Amazon will allow you to buy deeply discounted Kindle editions of print books you’ve previously purchased from Amazon in a program called MatchBook. Great news for Kindle fans! Yesterday, Amazon made two announcements that will make fans of Kindle books happy and may even create some new Kindle fans. You may want to check your inbox to see if you got the company’s notice in case you’ve been looking to upgrade anyway.Įditor’s note: This post originally appeared on Engadget. In its email, Amazon included a code customers can use to get $50 off a new Kindle Paperwhite or Oasis, along with $15 in eBook credits. And if you have a newer 4G or WiFi-only Kindle, you won’t be affected at all. You’ll still be able to access your books on an older device and can do wired transfers if you want, though. The other devices in the list are the Kindle Keyboard (3rd Generation), Kindle Touch (4th Generation), Kindle Paperwhite (5th, 6th and 7th Generation), Kindle Voyage (7th Generation) and Kindle Oasis (8th Generation), all of which have WiFi connection. ![]() It noted that the first- and second-generation Kindles, as well as the Kindle DX, won’t be able to connect to the internet at all since they don’t have WiFi connectivity to fall back on. ![]() The e-commerce giant listed the particular devices that will be affected by the switch in its FAQ page. As The Verge reports, Amazon has sent out emails to owners with old Kindles, telling them that previous-generation devices will lose internet access after mobile operators transition from 2G and 3G networks to 4G and 5G. If you have an older Amazon Kindle with 3G internet, take note that you may not be able to wirelessly access and download new content anymore starting in December. SpaceX loses 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm.Tesla raises prices across its entire EV lineup.
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