Comments on: Click ‘buy’ to get the free ebook https://teleread.org/2017/06/11/click-buy-to-get-the-free-ebook/ Blog on ebooks, publishing, libraries, tech, and related topics Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:01:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: My ebook ‘The Geek’s Guide to Indianapolis’ is free until Monday https://teleread.org/2017/06/11/click-buy-to-get-the-free-ebook/#comment-91765 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:01:19 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=157612#comment-91765 […] do look closely at the screen when you go to download the free ebook, because Amazon tries to trick you into signing up for Kindle Unlimited even though the ebook is free to add to your owned-books library. You don’t want the big […]

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]]> By: BDR https://teleread.org/2017/06/11/click-buy-to-get-the-free-ebook/#comment-4969 Sun, 18 Jun 2017 20:41:47 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=157612#comment-4969 A bigger issue is pre-ordering a Kindle Unlimited book. You can’t do it and when you try, you actually buy the book … unaware of what has happened UNLESS you see the charge on your account. When I noticed it and complained, The Zon was most apologetic and all “ah shucks, we hadn’t noticed it” EXCEPT that they seemed to know *exactly* what I was talking about without referring back to the offending webpage. I’m guessing that it was an issue which has come up before and they *were*, in fact, aware of it. I haven’t checked recently but the problem was still there *weeks* after I complained.

The suspicious among us might consider both these instances to be scams; the article’s issue to boost KU’s participation and my issue to, well, boost sales.

In any event, though, as an author both issues should please you because they work to your favor.

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]]> By: idiotprogrammer https://teleread.org/2017/06/11/click-buy-to-get-the-free-ebook/#comment-4822 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 04:15:46 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=157612#comment-4822 This is absolutely hilarious. These sorts of tricks to get you to click things that cost you money are dastardly and annoying. I think I gave up on Amazon when they didn’t indicate sales tax or shipping costs until the very last screen prior to purchase (and then removing the back button).

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