Amazon Includes Kindle Request Button on Books
Great news for Kindle owners today: Amazon has started to include a Kindle request button on books that are not yet available for the Kindle (seen at left on a book called The Year of Eating Dangerously).
The button reads: “Please tell the publisher: I’d like to read this book on a Kindle.”
Once you click the button, you get this response: “Thank you for requesting this title in Kindle Edition. Our goal is to make every title available for Kindle. We will pass your specific request on to the publisher.”
This is a great step forward in understanding what Kindle owners are reading and what they’d like to read. I hope publishers take this seriously and realize they have a great opportunity to connect with their readers with this tool.
The book at left was a book I spotted in Barnes & Noble and noted down to look up on the Kindle Store when I got home. Unfortunately, no Kindle version exists, so I’m holding off on buying the hardcover hoping for a Kindle version. Now with the new request button, I’m able to convey that information to the publisher and hope they listen.
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Bernard Cornwells book “Sharpes Fortress” is missing from the Kindle list, it is third in line and I am now stuck what can be done?
All the other Sharpe’s books are available from Kindle. Suggestion: get online with your library, put a hold on this book so you can read a hard copy, and get back to purchasing Kindle copies to finish the series.