# Anyone else get $$ today? eBook Antitrust Settlement **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557 "2014-03-25T22:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/41 "2014-03-26T18:15:50Z")
$13 for me and I’ve already spent most of it on Raising Steam. So thanks to the lawsuit for giving me a new Terry Pratchett. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/42 "2014-03-26T20:15:43Z")
$1.46 for me! ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/43 "2014-03-26T20:26:16Z")
I was happy with my $4.36. Geez! Over a hundred dollars in credit? I would have had a field day! ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/44 "2014-03-27T14:23:06Z")
Ah, crap. $8.53…and I get a LOT of books. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/45 "2014-03-27T14:40:27Z")
I opted to get a check instead of store credit. I haven’t gotten them yet (as far as I know). I wonder when they’ll send them out? I have no idea how much is coming to me, but I’ve spent a lot on ebooks from both B&N and Apple. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/46 "2014-03-27T15:45:40Z")
$.73 for me. Shopping spree! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/47 "2014-03-27T15:59:23Z")
$5.84! I didn’t start purchasing ebooks in earnest until 2013. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/48 "2014-03-27T16:20:26Z")
68.41!!! woot! thank you for the link, jsexton! shopping… ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/49 "2014-03-27T16:29:36Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > $1.46 for me! Me too. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/50 "2014-03-27T17:01:40Z")
66 bucks from amazon. Not bad. I was figuring on twenty at the most. I may have a book problem. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/51 "2014-03-27T19:00:45Z")
$2.92. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/52 "2014-03-27T19:33:07Z")
I got nuttin’. But then I’ve only ever purchased a handful of e-books. I like them in theory, especially the part about not taking up shelf/closet space, but I’m just so much more comfortable with physical books. Amazon should pay me, though, for having made it through that Connie Willis collection that was so badly scanned that it was almost unreadable. (For example, every \*rn \*combination got rendered as an _m_, so “burn” became “bum.”) ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/53 "2014-03-27T19:37:12Z")
I got my letter! I got my letter! I got…$2.19. Well, it’s more that I had before. Now I can get two 99¢ books and still have change. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/54 "2014-03-27T19:49:59Z")
$2.19 here. Apparently I bought 3 qualifying e-books that weren’t NYT Bestsellers. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/55 "2014-03-27T20:04:29Z")
So what \*is \*a “qualifying” book? ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/56 "2014-03-27T20:33:56Z")
“There is no eBook settlement credit associated with this account.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/57 "2014-03-27T23:42:38Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > So what \*is \*a “qualifying” book? From the website: New York Times bestsellers: $3.17 per E-book. These include titles that were New York Times bestsellers at any time, irrespective of when you purchased the E-book. Non-New York Times bestsellers: $0.73 per E-book. These E-books include any titles that were not New York Times bestsellers. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/58 "2014-03-28T01:07:22Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > From the website: > > New York Times bestsellers: $3.17 per E-book. These include titles that were New York Times bestsellers at any time, irrespective of when you purchased the E-book. > > Non-New York Times bestsellers: $0.73 per E-book. These E-books include any titles that were not New York Times bestsellers. Well, that would seem to cover the bases. But I’ve downloaded at least eight non-free books from Amazon over the past few years that were either New York Times bestsellers or not New York Times bestsellers, but I got the same message as **Grestarian**. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557/59 "2014-03-28T01:22:19Z")
I dug around in the Amazon Kindle forum and found that the books have to be from one of the big publishers to qualify: “To be eligible, you must have a U.S. billing address and must have purchased a Kindle book published by Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin or Macmillan between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012.” My tastes are obviously too indie. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-today-ebook-antitrust-settlement/684557.md?page=2)