Amazon Prime’s new killer app: Kindle books by subscription

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 4:34 AM UTC

Amazon Prime’s new killer app: Kindle books by subscription
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Post by bennesvig » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 4:39 AM UTC

Oh man...so tempting to get a Kindle now despite having an iPad 2.

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Post by thomasgerbe » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 4:50 AM UTC

“One book can be borrowed at a time, and there are no due dates. You can borrow a new book as frequently as once a month, directly on your registered Kindle device, and you will be prompted to return the book that you are currently borrowing.”

Hmm only once a month? That seems rather low.

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Post by ryanfitz » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 4:51 AM UTC

is there an easy way to see or search for books that are available for this?

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Post by chrisledet » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 4:54 AM UTC

ryanfitz wrote: post #4

is there an easy way to see or search for books that are available for this?

It's for any book available on the Kindle.

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Post by chrisledet » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 4:54 AM UTC

bennesvig wrote: post #2

Oh man...so tempting to get a Kindle now despite having an iPad 2.

I don't see why you can't just use the Kindle app for this.

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Post by bbgm » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 4:56 AM UTC

chrisledet wrote: post #5

ryanfitz wrote: post #4

is there an easy way to see or search for books that are available for this?

It's for any book available on the Kindle.

That doesn't seem to be the case.

" ... the available library consists of more than 5,000 titles, including more than 100 current and former New York Times bestsellers."

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Post by ryanfitz » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 4:56 AM UTC

chrisledet wrote: post #5

ryanfitz wrote: post #4

is there an easy way to see or search for books that are available for this?

It's for any book available on the Kindle.

some of the kindle product pages have a specific section mentioning the borrow feature. For example http://www.amazon.com/Fast-Food-Nation-ebook/dp/B003G83UI2/r...

However I don't see this on most of the kindle pages, so I assumed it was only available for specific books.

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Post by yequalsx » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:00 AM UTC

Amazon is doing a very good job of enticing people to buy the Kindle Fire. I opted to get a Kindle Touch instead of the Fire or an iPad. What's interesting is that I don't even think about getting an iPad.

I would have gotten one had Apple upgraded the camera for the iPad. But then the announcement for the Fire and Kindle Touch came out. All other tablet makers have been trying to compete with Apple by copying Apple. Amazon has created compelling reasons to consider it's devices and I think the strategy will be a great success. They aren't copying Apple.

What's shocking is how much Google has dropped the ball. They have Youtube and Google books and could have created compelling reasons to buy Android devices. I don't think about Youtube when I want to rent a movie I can't get on Netflix. It's clear that pretty soon I'll ditch Netflix and just go with Amazon Prime. This is even more likely given that books will be part of Amazon Prime.

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Post by ComputerGuru » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 5:02 AM UTC

"one book a month"

That makes it pretty much useless.

EDIT

I guess I'm just not the target audience. For the record, I borrow three longer novels from the local library every one or two weeks (depending on how busy I am with work and life).