Here’s the kindle 3g extended warranty. Seems to cover any damage. I’m pretty sure the replacement won’t be a newer model. http://www.amazon.com/2-Year-Extended-Warranty-Keyboard-customers/dp/B003E47YFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323978204&sr=8-1
Not sure why, but the kindle wi-fi extended warranty is $10 cheaper (29.99)
Plan Features
Coverage Against Accidents
Accidental Damage covers any accident which happens during normal use of the product. While most service plans cover basic mechanical malfunction only, this plan covers your Kindle for accidental mishaps such as drops, liquid spills, cracked screens and other human errors for up to 2 years, limited to one claim.
Express Replacement
Should your Kindle Keyboard 3G need to be replaced, we will ship a replacement unit to you along with a prepaid shipping label for you to send the defective unit back to us. No shipping fees apply.
Battery Replacement
One time claim for battery malfunction in the second year of coverage.
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Lord_Il_Palazzo:
I don’t know about saving books on your PC, but you can read them on your PC with a Kindle PC program Amazon offers. As I said, I don’t know if the books are actually saved on your PC or in the cloud, but you can wirelessly sync between your Kindle and your PC program (i.e. read a few pages on the train home, sit down at your computer and pick up where you left off) assuming you have your Kindle’s wireless connected.
In the Kindle for PC program, you log in to your account and see your list of books, and can opt to click on whichever you like to bring them out of “the cloud.” This saves them to your PC directly; I’ve seen the save files and you definitely can read them offline then. I don’t own a Kindle device but do buy books in Kindle format and read them on my iPhone, iPad, and PC via the appropriate “Kindle for _____” apps, and they all work similarly.
aceplace57:
I got a email giving one last chance for a 2 year extended warranty. Normally I never buy them. Electronics are just too reliable.
But the kindle is pretty fragile. knock it off a table one time and if it hits a tile floor then bye bye ebooks. I figured $39.99 was good insurance in case I screw up and drop it. Plus they offer a free battery replacement if thats needed. The extended warranty covers any physical disaster and a instant replacement.
Kindle prices have dramatically decreased since they were introduced at $399; the entry level Kindle now sells for $79. Even the Kindle Fire is only $199, so depending on the model you have, the extended warranty price is between 20% and 50% of the current replacement cost.
Interesting. That agreement I mentioned up-thread to set e-book prices? Apparently it was at the request of Steve Jobs .
The whole agreement was actually launched at the behest of Apple’s Steve Jobs, who had wanted to create an e-bookstore for the iPad but didn’t want to compete with Amazon.com ’s cheap titles, according to the story.
They aren’t that nice.