Tuesday, the e-commerce giant announced a coming
MatchBook program that will offer customers a corresponding Kindle version of certain print books purchased at any point since Amazon came into existence.
Amazon is merely predicting that 10,000 books will be available through its Kindle
MatchBook program by the time it launches in October.
New
MatchBook program offers Kindle editions of print books that Amazon customers purchased as early as the online store's first days.
Promotional List Price options must be at least 50 % lower than the regular Digital List Price for the Kindle
MatchBook program to be a compelling discount for readers.
I jumped on Amazon's
MatchBook program immediately, and made the Kindle ebook FREE for folks who have bought the trade paperback version of NEW YEAR ISLAND.
Note that if your Digital Book is eligible for the 70 % royalty option, your Digital Book will earn 70 % on each sale of the Digital Book at a Promotional List Price set under the Kindle
MatchBook program or the Kindle Countdown Deals program regardless of whether the Promotional List Price is within the maximum and minimum list price requirements for the 70 % royalty option.
Kindle
Matchbook program offers customers discounted prices for eBooks if they buy print books from Amazon store.
The 35 % Royalty Rate times the Digital Book's Promotional List Price, exclusive of VAT, set under the Kindle
MatchBook program or the Kindle Countdown Deals program.
Amazon's Kindle
Matchbook Program enables authors and independent publishers to offer their Kindle e-books at a discount when shoppers purchase the print book version.
Amazon's
MatchBook program, which lets you buy a Kindle edition of any print book purchased on the site for a discounted price, officially launched.
It has just launched the Kindle
MatchBook program that lets avid readers own both the print and Kindle editions of favorite books.
Let's recap what the program does for you and your book... Two years ago, Amazon quietly launched
the Matchbook program.
Order your printed copy of the Pocket Book of Nursery Rhymes from Amazon today for the next baby shower and get the Kindle ebook edition for free through Amazon's
matchbook program.
First there's Amazon, whose Kindle
MatchBook program lets you buy ebooks at reduced prices if... Read more»
Better yet, participate in Amazon's
Matchbook program — a combo of print book and eBook.
This is similar to Amazon's Kindle
MatchBook program, where they give customers that purchase a printed book the option to buy the Kindle edition for $ 2.99 or less, sometimes free, on certain titles.
It's a Happy Birthday month to Amazon for its creation of the Kindle / Book
Matchbook program.
Here's why
the Matchbook program is awesome and why you should make sure you mark the box when you upload your eBook to Kindle to participate in
the Matchbook program...
With
the Matchbook program, when the book is purchased via Amazon, you can offer the eBook at the same time for any price point between $ 0 to $ 2.99.
And for any Indie Author who only creates eBooks, Amazon's
Matchbook program is the perfect incentive to get print versions of a book up and running.
Meanwhile, Amazon launched an expanded
MatchBook program, which offers consumers the option to buy the discounted Kindle edition of print books they already purchased online.
Enroll this book in the Kindle
MatchBook program: Kindle Matchbook allows readers who purchased the print edition to get the eBook edition for a discount.
You can learn more about the new Kindle
MatchBook program by clicking the following link, which goes to a Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) page:
Update: It looks like Amazon has updated Kindle MatchBook to display an advertisement about Kindle MatchBook on the top of the page for print books, where there is a corresponding Kindle edition enrolled in
the MatchBook program.
The author or publisher can then choose to enroll the Kindle edition in
the MatchBook program.
Anecdotally speaking, of 56 hard back book purchases we've made through Amazon.com since 1999, only three are available for
the Matchbook program.
The idea behind
the MatchBook program is to allow customers who purchase a print edition of the book to receive a significant discount off the Kindle edition of the same book (it may even be free).
Authors who are eligible almost always check the box to enroll in
the MatchBook program.
Today Amazon launched the new Kindle
MatchBook program.
Let me first back up and give an overview of what the Kindle
MatchBook program is, then I'll provide some concrete suggestions for how to take advantage of this promotional opportunity.
Is This Book Enrolled in the Amazon
Matchbook Program?
Amazon announced its new
Matchbook program that would allow those who purchase a physical copy of a book to receive a discount for the e-book version of that same piece of literature just last month.
With Amazon's
Matchbook program, if you purchase the book, you can have the e-book included, for any price - point between $ 0 to $ 2.99, depending on what the standard price of the e-book is, and which discount level the author has selected.
Which isn't a bad idea considering Amazon's new
Matchbook program.
And for Indie Author who only creates ebooks, Amazon's
Matchbook program is the perfect incentive to get print versions of their books up and running.
These paperbacks are in the Kindle Match / Kindle
Matchbook program on Amazon.
The paperbacks of all three Volumes are in the Kindle Match / Kindle
Matchbook program at Amazon!
I'm in the process of converting all of my Kindle books into a print format in preparation for the new
Matchbook program from Amazon.
To be filed under the heading of «Great idea but one that brings out the entitled» is Amazon's new Kindle
MatchBook program.
There are no time commitments if you decide to try
the Matchbook program.
Amazon has just rolled out their new
Matchbook program today and it seeks to give you a low - cost or free digital copy when you buy a real book.
You — the publisher — decides if, when and how long to include your eBook in the Kindle
MatchBook program.
Publisher partners are responsible for enrolling books in
the MatchBook program, and setting a price (free, $ 0.99, $ 1.99 or $ 2.99) at which their customers can also download the Kindle version of the title to their Kindle app for dedicated Kindle hardware.
Not exact matches
Amazon also has a
program called
Matchbook, but it only works with select titles that they sell directly and also provide the Kindle Edition.
Amazon announced a new
program today called Kindle
MatchBook, which offers digital versions of print books purchased through its online bookstore to customers for between free and $ 2.99, depending on
Amazon announced a new
program today called Kindle
MatchBook, which offers digital versions of print books purchased through its online bookstore to customers for between free and $ 2.99, depending on the title.
Amazon announced on Tuesday a new
program called
MatchBook, giving customers incentive to buy a digital version of any physical book ever purchased on the site.
Amazon has so many
programs and acronyms — Associates, Advantage, Marketplace,
MatchBook, KDP, FBA, AWS, ACX, etc. — it's difficult to keep track of all the services, much less specific
program features.
Finally, Amazon will suggest that you enroll in several of its special
programs: KDP Select,
MatchBook, and Book Lending.
And through
programs such as Kindle
Matchbook, it could encourage easy add - on sales to buyers who want both print and electronic editions, with minimal investment for Amazon.