Kindle Wishlist: Auto-delete Samples

Posted by CJ in Kindle 101 on Oct 20th, 2008
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As I was using my Kindle on the train ride home recently, I purchased This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession after having read the sample of it and having attended a talk by the author. The purchasing process was seamless – I reached the end of the sample and there was a link to buy the full text. I clicked the link, and it took me right to the thank you page. In seconds the book appeared on my home screen.

The only hiccup in the process was after the purchase was completed. My home screen now featured the newly downloaded book and the sample. If a Kindle II is in the works, I’d appreciate an auto-delete function so that the sample of a book that you purchase would disappear. Of course, you can currently delete the sample by accessing your Content Manager. It seems to be an unnecessary extra step for something that every Kindle owner will do anyway.

Do other Kindle owners keep their samples for any reason? Do you find it an obnoxious extra step to have to delete your samples?

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2 Responses to “Kindle Wishlist: Auto-delete Samples”

  1. Karen says:
    October 20, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    I agree, this is one of the annoyances of the Kindle. The other is that since it is a different book, you don’t start up at the same spot as you left on in the sample. So the dance goes as follows: write down location in current sample, go to the store (to check price), buy book, return to home, go to content manager, delete sample, return to home, open book, select goto location, type in number and FINALLY start reading the book where you left of.

    And the whole annoying thing is easily fixed from the Amazon side: simply name the book the exact same thing as the sample and when it downloads onto the Kindle, the book replaces the sample and your bookmarks/current location from the sample are used for the book as well. If this were the case, you would go to the store, buy the book, click the BACK button and just keep reading.

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  2. Joe says:
    October 20, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    This is an obvious oversight on Amazon’s part. I can’t think of a reason to save a sample after purchasing the book.

    On the topic, I’d settle for easier deletion all-around, preferably within the document itself.

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