# Amazon - Twelve days of Kindle **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366 "2012-01-04T09:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/21 "2012-01-05T15:55:49Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > I can be a techtard, and this is one of those times. Does this mean I can somehow get these books onto my Nook? It sounds like I could get them on my iPod Touch, since I have the Kindle App (I opted to return the Kindle after being unimpressed with their Browser capabilities). Is that correct? If you download [calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com/), you should be able to convert from one format to another. You may have to remove the DRM first. I haven’t tried it so I don’t know how difficult it is, but supposedly it can be done. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/22 "2012-01-05T16:02:52Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > It doesn’t appear to be an option for the Kindle Fire. I just checked under “Manage Your Kindle” and Special Offers is listed as an option for my Kindle 3 but not for my Fire. Yeah I don’t see it on the Fire or my 2nd Gen Kindle. Bummer! ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/23 "2012-01-05T16:14:35Z")
[Here](http://www.ereaderiq.com/pricewatch/)is a site where you can set up a watch list of Kindle books, and you will get an email if the price drops on any of them. You can import your wishlist, or add individual kindle books to your list using the AISN. ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/24 "2012-01-05T16:35:29Z")
This daily deal is great! Can I get Amazon to send me a daily email on this? I can’t see a way to do it and I know I’ll always forget to check if the current book is something I want. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/25 "2012-01-05T17:56:57Z")
When I went to the daily deal page, there was a big block in the upper right to subscribe to daily deal notifications. If you don’t see it, just go to “Your Account” and click the “Amazon Delivers” subscriptions. It’s in there. ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/26 "2012-01-06T09:59:41Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/27 "2012-01-06T10:11:26Z")
It appears we can’t get that subscription in the UK, we only have a choice of 2, the MP3 newsletter and the [amazon.co.uk](http://amazon.co.uk) deals newsletter. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/28 "2012-01-06T17:56:08Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > Certainly on your iPod Touch App. Heh that’s kind of like returning your car cos you don’t think it makes good toast! 😛 Yeah, it’s hard to explain, and a long time ago to boot. There were other things about it that bugged me, but I forgot what they were. Ah, well… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/29 "2012-01-07T14:42:47Z")
I’ve been looking at that Kindle w/ Special Offers for eighty bucks but haven’t taken the plunge yet; the Amazon site’s kind of vague about how that works. I have the impression after a certain amount of idle time, the page flips to an ad. Are the ads all about book deals from Amazon? That would be a lot more tolerable\* than, say, an ad for a Lexus. If they are book ads, is there an opportunity to customize the offers? If there’s ever a need for offers based on personal preferences, it would be in the field of literature. \*Tolerable in the sense of a pusher dangling a packet of heroin in front of a junkie. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/30 "2012-01-07T15:10:43Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I’ve been looking at that Kindle w/ Special Offers for eighty bucks but haven’t taken the plunge yet; the Amazon site’s kind of vague about how that works. I have the impression after a certain amount of idle time, the page flips to an ad. Are the ads all about book deals from Amazon? That would be a lot more tolerable\* than, say, an ad for a Lexus. If they are book ads, is there an opportunity to customize the offers? If there’s ever a need for offers based on personal preferences, it would be in the field of literature. > > \*Tolerable in the sense of a pusher dangling a packet of heroin in front of a junkie. The way I understand it, the special offers are for Amazon products, not just books. It might be a $5 off coupon for any Amazon purchase, or a discount on mp3 downloads, or a book deal. I don’t think you can customize the offers. No Geico commercials (as far as I know)! ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/31 "2012-01-07T15:11:33Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I’ve been looking at that Kindle w/ Special Offers for eighty bucks but haven’t taken the plunge yet; the Amazon site’s kind of vague about how that works. I have the impression after a certain amount of idle time, the page flips to an ad. Are the ads all about book deals from Amazon? That would be a lot more tolerable\* than, say, an ad for a Lexus. If they are book ads, is there an opportunity to customize the offers? If there’s ever a need for offers based on personal preferences, it would be in the field of literature. > > \*Tolerable in the sense of a pusher dangling a packet of heroin in front of a junkie. I have the Kindle Touch, $99 version with ads. As far as I know the ads work the same on both editions. They are not customizable and they are not ll (or even predominantly) book-related. Basically there are about 4 ads/offers, updated periodically (I would say they update most days but I’m not 100% sure its every day) that activate when your kindle is turned off/sleeping or has idled long enough that it has turned itself off. Remember with e-ink no power is used once the image is set so this doesn’t run your battery at all. The ads are for a variety of things that can be purchased through Amazon. So its not just books but on the other hand there wouldn’t be any Lexus ads since Amazon doesn’t sell cars. Sometimes it is not an ad for an item, but is just a straight up Amazon coupon (get $5 off $25 purchase… stuff like that). When your kindle is turned on there is a roughly 1/2" panel across the bottom in the book selection screen only. The ad is never visible when you are actually reading a book or document. I scoffed at the “ad supported” version but after doing some reading realized some people do regard it as a feature because of the Amazon coupons and book deals that pop up from time to time. I have to say I do not find it intrusive and I have used some of the offers. At the moment the Special Offers are the $1 book deal mentioned above, and two “AmazonLocal” offers which are service offers sort of like groupons. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366/32 "2012-01-07T17:01:14Z")
It relatively recently became possible for those of us who purchased the original Kindle 3 (without “special offers”) to enable the special offers on our Kindles. I elected to do so, and I’ve taken advantage of a few of the offers (of the “Buy one of the following books for $1” variety). The ads aren’t that intrusive, and I was getting tired of the supplied author images displayed by the sleeping non-ad Kindle, anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-twelve-days-of-kindle/608366.md?page=1)