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« on: January 06, 2010, 08:40:31 AM » |
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I just went to Amazon and did a search for the free books. I noticed that every book now has a price of at least $2.00. Is this happening to anyone else or do you think Amazon has my settings wrong somehow and thinks I'm an international user?
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« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2010, 08:59:39 AM » |
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Yes. In the historical romance genre category there are no longer free books on the bestseller list -- the previous freebie have prices (3.99 and 4.40).
Were free books were cannibalizing sales of others in the lines (Harlequin, for example -- why buy one when you could pick up several for free to get a Harlequin romance fix?)?
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« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2010, 09:00:28 AM » |
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Yipes, that was garbled. I didn't have my coffee this morning.
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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2010, 11:18:04 AM » |
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after I do the -domain I then do a further search using the button in the upper right side and have it show price low to high - that way it further filters out the prices -- for some reason if I just do the -domain it will show books with prices sprinkled in among the free books
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« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2010, 01:59:22 PM » |
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Try the Jungle Search for Kindle...it will make your life easier!  http://www.jungle-search.com/US/kindle.phpMake sure you go through all the fields to narrow down your search. I like to put in a date after say 1950, sort by price low to high, price range 0.00 to 0.00, and exclude public domain books. |
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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2010, 05:56:06 PM » |
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Folks, I think that the OP was trying to say that she did one or more of these things and that the books that are supposed to be free cost $2. Sarah, it does sound to me like Amazon thinks you are an international user. Try checking your "Manage Your Kindle" page. "Your Country" is about halfway down, and you can change this if needed.
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« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2010, 07:11:31 PM » |
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On the "Big Deals on Kindle" page, all the romances that used to be free are now $3 or $4. A couple are shown as 'not available in US'. I'm thinking it's a hiccup connected to the globalization of the DX. . . .though why that would be I can't say. It might be worth it to send e-mail to Kindle CS since the page stills says at the top "Free on Kindle".
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« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2010, 08:33:20 PM » |
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Folks, I think that the OP was trying to say that she did one or more of these things and that the books that are supposed to be free cost $2. Sarah, it does sound to me like Amazon thinks you are an international user. Try checking your "Manage Your Kindle" page. "Your Country" is about halfway down, and you can change this if needed.
Thanks. That's exactly what I was trying to say. I do the "-domain" thing and then sort by price: lowest to highest. There aren't any books that show up at less than $2. The price does say it includes wireless international delivery. I did check the Manage My Kindle. They show my country as the US. I guess I'll just keep an eye on it and call Amazon if it doesn't change. |
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Sarah
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« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2010, 07:58:11 AM » |
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Sarah, I just did that to check. I'm still showing free books not public domain. My location is United States. A call to Amazon is probably in order. . . . . .
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« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2010, 08:17:48 AM » |
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FYI - I am not in the USA but am registered with Amazon as a USA customer and the free books are showing up as free for me.
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« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2010, 10:02:45 PM » |
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Funny thing happened last night. I made my original post from work. It was that computer (on the company network) that was showing no freebies. After I stopped reading KB, I went back to Amazon on our home laptop and the freebies were freebies again.
Go figure! Thanks for all the advice.
It's great to know there's a place to go where you can get some decent answers and genuine help.
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Sarah
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« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2010, 10:19:43 PM » |
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is the company you work for mainly based internationally - just trying to figure why it is showing up like that at work.. Glad it is right on your home computer |
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« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2010, 10:23:33 PM » |
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We have offices all over the world. However, the world headquarters is in Houston where I work. Who knows. They've been playing with our internet settings quite a bit lately blocking certain sites and monitoring others (including any webboard / message board). I think it must have had something to do with that.
Lesson learned - wait to buy books until I'm at home.
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Sarah
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