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To be honest, I don't care that there's an update available. I'm not interested in getting spam from authors of the books I buy. I buy a lot of books for Kind
by jlarocco 14y ago
To be honest, I don't care that there's an update available. I'm not interested in getting spam from authors of the books I buy. I buy a lot of books for Kindle, but the day Amazon lets authors spam me is the day I stop buying at Amazon.
I understand that an author's book is important to them, but most of their readers just aren't that interested. If I was really interested in new editions of the Vim tips book, I'd already be following the author online.
- sirclueless 14y agoSeconded. Like most customers, I'd like my book purchase to be a simple one-off transaction. I load it on my kindle and then I read it and then I don't want to be bugged about it. Unless it is a reference book (which to be fair this book might be for some readers) I don't really give a hoot that there's another version. The most I would be OK with Amazon doing is sticking a "There is an update available" link in my menu while reading. More than that is too intrusive, no matter how much the author thinks he deserves warm fuzzies for performing a good service.
- surfingdino 14y agoYes, that's what I'd like to see too. A simple notification that an update is available would be all that's needed.
- jamesrcole 14y agoIt doesn't have to be one-size-fits-all. There could be a 'receive updates about this book' checkbox when purchasing the book.