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Kindle Owners!
So I discovered something kind of awesome by accident. I've read 2 books within the past 7 days on my Kindle, and I found out that I could return them both for full price refund!
Basically, if you buy a Kindle book and finish it within 7 days, you can "return" it for a refund. I returned them both for a full refund, which was awesome since I felt kind of ripped off paying $13.50 for a digital version of "Gone Girl".
To do so, hover over "your account" in the upper right hand side of the page, scroll down and click on "Manage Your Kindle". Then hit the + sign to expand options for a particular book. If you've finished the book before the week is up, there will be a link that says "Return for a Refund".
Totally stumbled upon this by accident, so just FYI if you are a fast reader!
Re: Kindle Owners!
Missing Our July Sparkler
BFP#1-11/12/12, MMC 1/16/13-baby stopped growing @ 9wks, found out at 13wks, D&E 1/25/13
BFP#2-4/23/13 EDD-01/02/14 baby BOY born 12/31/13 Michael Cameron
I saw you could return books but thought if you read it or something you couldn't thanks for the info
I know, right? They are more than welcome to pay money for their books if it makes them feel better. It's not any different than renting it from the library or borrowing it from a friend. I'm pretty sure J.K. Rowling isn't going to starve because I got an $8 refund. I'd tell them all to suck it =P
I read both books I returned from cover to cover....virtual covers, that is =]
Do they also hate libraries? since you don't pay for a membership or for taking out a book there? I can't believe how they got all pissy about this!
Missing Our July Sparkler
BFP#1-11/12/12, MMC 1/16/13-baby stopped growing @ 9wks, found out at 13wks, D&E 1/25/13
BFP#2-4/23/13 EDD-01/02/14 baby BOY born 12/31/13 Michael Cameron
Are any of you in sales by any chance? Or customer service? Or some sort of commission based job?
Where do you think libraries get the books from? The Book Fairy?
The library buys the book once...then people rent them out for free and gues what OMG they read it and return it!!!!
...so whats your point?
Missing Our July Sparkler
BFP#1-11/12/12, MMC 1/16/13-baby stopped growing @ 9wks, found out at 13wks, D&E 1/25/13
BFP#2-4/23/13 EDD-01/02/14 baby BOY born 12/31/13 Michael Cameron
And will then replace the book as it wears out. So if the book is popular, it will be replaced multiple times.
My point is that you wouldn't return a pair of shoes after wearing them once because you want them for a specific event. If you did, the salesperson who made a commission based on the shoe sale would lose money. As would the manufacturer because they can't see a used pair of shoes.
It's a similar principle. The author works for royalties based on the sales. They take the returns out of those sales. While it may not affect someone along the line of a Nora Roberts or a JK Rowling, it WILL affect people like Macy Beckett. The better her sales numbers on Amazon (for example), the more they are willing to do to promote her work. Returns go against that number.
I know that none of you will care because you're obviously only considering what is best for you personally but think about how it would be if you were the one losing out on a sale.
Nope. I'm a librarian. This is not how ebook lending works at a library.
The library pays (quite a bit of money) for the rights to lend an ebook a certain number of times. When those times are used up, the library repurchases the ebook for another large amount. The library does not make a one time ebook purchase at the regular publisher's amount and then own the ebook.
I know the math is tricky, but....
1 > 0
Plus, libraries actually usually buy a lot more than 1 copy, particularly if people are requesting them from their library (which you aren't, if you're just returning them to Amazon).
Library sales are actually a pretty big deal for authors.
52 Books in 2014??
My sweet babies:
http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/71659899.aspx
This is the point.
:::snort:::
Thanks for the math "lesson" I feel so much smarter thanks to all the book clubbers coming in here and teaching us ladies these lessons...
Stick to your own board...kthanksbye
Missing Our July Sparkler
BFP#1-11/12/12, MMC 1/16/13-baby stopped growing @ 9wks, found out at 13wks, D&E 1/25/13
BFP#2-4/23/13 EDD-01/02/14 baby BOY born 12/31/13 Michael Cameron
Way to tell us a thing or two.
$8 begin to add up when you start spreading the news on message forums like this.
You are SO welcome! I'm happy that this has enlightened you all and now that you're informed, you'll actually purchase Kindle books from Amazon as opposed to stealing them. Yay for cross board sharing!