American readers who bought a paper book via the website may, in the month of October to get one cheaper digital version, or even free.
The service is currently available in the United States, and mainly the classics of English literature – DR
reading the classics of literature: this could be the bet made by Amazon, which will launch in October in the United States its Kindle Matchbook program. This new service would match a paper book in its Kindle release. Thus, a player who bought a book via the Amazon website since its opening in 1995, will now get a digital copy bargain prices: $ 2.99, $ 1.99 or $ 0.99 … and some are even free copies.
Over 10,000 titles
new digital library that contains the reader will have access to the time, more than 10,000 titles, mainly from the Anglo-Saxon literature is already available, for example, the novel by John Irving “A Prayer for Owen “,” Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus “by John Gray success in the 1990s, or” The art of running in the rain “by Garth Stein, and works of famous authors including Ray Bradbury, Michael Crichton, Blake Crouch, Neil Gaiman or Marcus Sakey.
Launched in 2007 in the United States, the digital book already represents nearly 22% of the U.S. book market and is a significant financial windfall, contrary to the hexagon, where even if 15% of the French say they have already read e-book, its use remains marginal.
Announcing the launch, the company called authors and publishers to join the “community” of Kindle Matchbook by using a compelling argument: the new service would indeed “an additional source of income” for those living from the sale of books, but no details are, however, brought about the amounts that accrue to authors and publishers.
Empire Amazon
operation is very beneficial especially for Amazon. It makes it possible to e-commerce giant to expand its offering of digital content, encourage the use of its Cloud Player, and increase sales through Amazon. The brand is continuing its process of dematerialization of cultural property, as was the case at the launch in January of Auto Rip: The service allows customers to Amazon U.S. (and French since June) to find a free digital version (in mp3 format) CDs purchased through the site from 1998 until today. Digital copies are automatically transferred to the “cloud” of each individual customer without encroaching on its storage space.
With all these services, (plus the Amazon Instant Video), the company gradually built a catalog of digital content available on its shelves, but also on the equipment of its competitors.
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