A whopping $1.57.
Since not all the amounts are a multiple of 1.57, apparently the formula is something more complicated than 1.57 per ebook purchase.
For the Barnes and Noble settlement they said that NY Times best sellers got a higher rate back.
1.57 here too.
I got $40-something but I don’t understand how a suit against Apple results in a settlement payment from Amazon.
According tothis item on businesswire . com, $1.57 is the standard credit for non-bestsellers:
“Consumers will receive a $6.93 credit for every e-book which was a New York Times bestseller, and a $1.57 credit for other e-books.”
The idea was that Apple was locking in the prices at a higher rate, so those of us who bought from BN or Amazon paid more than we might have, if BN or Amazon could’ve negotiated on their own.
So Apple pays Amazon/BN, who pays the customer.
I buy a LOT of e-books - I got $455.25. Off to reduce my Kindle wish list!
I got $121.49. I wish there was an option to transfer it from Amazon - they’re one of the companies I try to avoid doing business with, for a number of reasons. Years ago I used a Kindle (and my then girlfriend’s Kindle was linked to my account - she bought a LOT of ebooks when she was still alive) but I don’t anymore and can’t remember the last time I bought something from them.
But free is free.
A new twist: I just got an email from Barnes and Noble - 18 bucks and change (I had a Nook for several years before it was stolen and I replaced it with the Kindle).
Not sure what I’m gonna do with that, unless I can spend it on “dead tree” books. I no longer buy ebooks from B&N since they made downloading them to a computer impossible, which means I can’t convert them and load them onto the Kindle.
My father-in-law still has a Nook, maybe I’ll use it to get him some ebooks.
Do you have a tablet? The Nook app is free so you could read them on there. I have a kindle now, but used to have a nook, so I’ll probably end up reading any free books I get on my ipad.
Just to clarify for everyone, you do not have to use your credit to purchase e-books from Amazon. You can buy anything you like that is available from Amazon (except gift cards), which is pretty much anything.
I’m not sure about the Barnes and Noble credits, but I would think it would work the same way there, although with a much more limited product selection.
Wilson - You could always use your credit to buy from one of the many merchants or individuals that use Amazon for fulfillment. Sure, Amazon would still be getting a tiny piece of your business, but at least you wouldn’t actually be buying from them.
I have mixed feelings about that, actually. Part of me wishes that the credit was limited to e-books - that way I’d have a chance to “go wild” buying overpriced bestsellers without guilt.
But OTOH, I am very cashed strapped right now and there is so much stuff that really want and sort of need. I just bought 3 cases of my favorite specialty soft drink and a pair of river shoes that I sort of need for a vacation in a few months.
And a few new release e-books, of course. They’re just as expensive as they always were – maybe I’ll get another settlement on those in 4-6 years🤗
I got nuthin’. Do only books that cost more than 9.99 count? I generally figure that if I'm going to pay more than that for a book I might as well get a physical copy, so all the paid ebooks I purchased during the period in question--not all that many anyway--cost between .99 and $9.95.
I have a smartphone so I could read them there, but it’s more convenient to read on the Kindle. Most of my Nook library, I had downloaded to a computer and converted to mobi or azw format, but there are several books I never did that with - and now that B&N has locked down the ability to sideload, I can’t get those last few.
Oooh - just realized why mine was so small. I didn’t get the Kindle until 2013. I had an iPod then a smartphone in 2010, I think I got the Nook in 2011. So I would have bought very few books from Amazon during the time in question.
And a lot of the ebooks I bought during that same timeframe would have been from Ereader.com (because we had Palm Pilots).
I’ll have to go through my Amazon purchase history to try to figure out what the ratio of rebate to purchases might be.
It must be something like that because I had about a dozen e-book purchases in that time period, but only one that was above 9.99.
I found Amazon’s FAQ concerning the settlement. It’s only books from the publishers named in the suits–Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin, and Macmillan–that qualify.
$111. Wow!
Yup, that’s pretty much what I intend to do. I know my “boycott” of Amazon isn’t entirely logical, but hey it’s my little stand against Evil Corporate America™.