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Old 04-26-2023, 09:18 PM   #46
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I was gonna post the same. I even have a $5 Amazon credit from Bing and a KU exclusive' lined up for purchase. Man, I'm a nerd.
I just spent my $5 bing credit. Lol. Bummer.

And I do have a huge KU wishlist. But don't subscribe right now. I do hit it once in a while and sort it 'low to high', and sometimes get a few freebies sort to the top! The KU stuff seems to be what goes free more often than the other stuff.


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Old 04-26-2023, 11:23 PM   #47
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II do have a huge KU wishlist. But don't subscribe right now. I do hit it once in a while and sort it 'low to high', and sometimes get a few freebies sort to the top! The KU stuff seems to be what goes free more often than the other stuff.
The reason I'm looking for stuff included with Kindel Unlimited is because those are the books exlusive to Amazon and are about the only ebooks I buy from Amazon any longer.

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Old 04-27-2023, 09:00 AM   #48
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And the question is... What is the cheapest non-free Kindle book? I've got several $9.99 books on my wishlist, but it's not worth it to me to spend much over $10.
I've found what I wanted, that is, it popped up, willy-nilly, for the next "Spend $10 promotion".*

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WHRCX5V

Clicking on the link will also show several other 1¢ options. I figure I'll bookmark a few, just in case the price fluctuates.

*In truth, it was a 2¢ book that first popped up.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092QRWH5P

I note it was published by Pen & Sword, so a search on that in the future might be fruitful.
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Old 05-11-2023, 03:02 PM   #49
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Sigh. Amazon's upped the ante. The current Rewards bonus is 400 points for a purchase of $20 between May 11 and May 17.

I had my plans for the next $10 promotion and this won't work out nearly as well. This is getting pretty rich for my blood. It doesn't let you roll over the 200 points into the next $10 purchase. It may be time for me to get off the carousel.
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Old 05-11-2023, 11:00 PM   #50
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It's also sneaky you have to activate the "card" first to get the bonus points on these dates.
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Old 05-13-2023, 03:53 PM   #51
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I got the bonus points then when I wanted to buy a $20 ebook hoping to get $6 Off instead of $3 It only gave me the $3 UGH!!
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Old 05-24-2023, 11:27 AM   #52
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I got an email last night, AFTER I went to bed, that there was double points on the rewards THAT day. By the time I checked my mail this morning, of course it was over.

I was in and out of Amazon yesterday, so if it was active on the rewards page I didn't notice it. So, it might or might not have been active.
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Old 05-25-2023, 01:56 AM   #53
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I got an email last night, AFTER I went to bed, that there was double points on the rewards THAT day. By the time I checked my mail this morning, of course it was over.

I was in and out of Amazon yesterday, so if it was active on the rewards page I didn't notice it. So, it might or might not have been active.
It was indeed active. I got the same late email just a few hours before the deadline. I did manage to snag a couple books, and I did get double points. Perturbing, though, that the notification went out so late.

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Old 05-31-2023, 02:48 AM   #54
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I just got an email from Amazon saying:

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  • Kindle Points earned on or after June 1, 2023 will expire after 3 months [previously it was 6 months]. Any Kindle Points earned before that date will still expire after 6 months.
Has anyone figured out how to tell when your Kindle Points are expiring?
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Old 05-31-2023, 11:54 AM   #55
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Has anyone figured out how to tell when your Kindle Points are expiring?
I got the same email and was a bit bummed out.

About tracking the expiry, I just keep a note in my phone. I jot down the date when I purchase a book and count three months (or six for older points) from there. Not the most high-tech solution, but it works!

Honestly, I think Amazon could do a better job with this. It'd be great if they just had an expiry date right next to the points in the account.
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Old 05-31-2023, 12:14 PM   #56
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Amazon's really scaling back the level of kickback on this program. First they doubled the outlay from $10 to $20 on the big bonus premium, and now they've cut both the time and the percentage on ordinary credits earned. I've got $3 to convert and use (and now I need to think a bit about dates, but I don't think I'm in the danger zone yet) but then I'm done. I'd rather buy from Kobo anyway.

If you're buying from Kindle anyway certainly anything's better than nothing and it also serves as an effective discount on Big Five purchases, but even so, cutting back on the benefits is going to leave a bad taste in even loyalists' mouths. Introducing the cutbacks gradually might have been more palatable -- or maybe it's like swallowing medicine. Get it down quick.

ETA: Hmm. I wonder if Amazon's eyeing Kobo's VIP program? Could the next change be a membership fee? I wouldn't be surprised.
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Somebody has to pay for Lauren’s 20-carat engagement ring. 🤣
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Amazon's really scaling back the level of kickback on this program. First they doubled the outlay from $10 to $20 on the big bonus premium, and now they've cut both the time and the percentage on ordinary credits earned. I've got $3 to convert and use (and now I need to think a bit about dates, but I don't think I'm in the danger zone yet) but then I'm done. I'd rather buy from Kobo anyway.

If you're buying from Kindle anyway certainly anything's better than nothing and it also serves as an effective discount on Big Five purchases, but even so, cutting back on the benefits is going to leave a bad taste in even loyalists' mouths. Introducing the cutbacks gradually might have been more palatable -- or maybe it's like swallowing medicine. Get it down quick.

ETA: Hmm. I wonder if Amazon's eyeing Kobo's VIP program? Could the next change be a membership fee? I wouldn't be surprised.
My guess is they're going to axe the program entirely and this is just another step in winding it down.

Or it's enshittification, can't ever rule that out.
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...not to mention the tasteful figurehead modeled on Sanchez for Bezos' new yacht.

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My guess is they're going to axe the program entirely and this is just another step in winding it down.
Expect some quote soon that is something like:
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In 2023, we launched Kindle Rewards to make it easier for customers to be rewarded for their purchases. However, the program has not grown to create the impact that we had originally hoped. Our ability to have an impact was often spread too thin.

We are writing to let you know that we plan to wind down Kindle Rewards by [insert date].
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