Amazon Prime

Rico · November 03, 2011, 05:44:32 PM

Quote from: Ktrek on November 03, 2011, 02:57:29 PM
They act like one book a month is a huge deal. Wow! I'm so impressed. The Nook has offered borrowing from day one and there is no limit to the number only the duration, which is two weeks. That's the same whether borrowing from a friend or a library.

Kevin

I'm confused by this. How can there be no limit? Why would anyone buy books then?

X · November 03, 2011, 07:11:52 PM

Quote from: Rico on November 03, 2011, 05:44:32 PM
Quote from: Ktrek on November 03, 2011, 02:57:29 PM
They act like one book a month is a huge deal. Wow! I'm so impressed. The Nook has offered borrowing from day one and there is no limit to the number only the duration, which is two weeks. That's the same whether borrowing from a friend or a library.

Kevin

I'm confused by this. How can there be no limit? Why would anyone buy books then?

Only certain books are in the "library". There are hundreds of thousands that aren't in the free libraries.

Ktrek · November 03, 2011, 09:08:04 PM

Quote from: Rico on November 03, 2011, 05:44:32 PM

I'm confused by this. How can there be no limit? Why would anyone buy books then?

If a book is on B&N's "lend me" list it can be borrowed from a friend. The only limit is that any book I can lend out can be lent out once but those restrictions do not apply at all to borrowed library books. I can also borrow as many books from friends as I want as long as the book is available for lending. I can also go to my local B&N store and read any book available in ebook, while in the store, for up to an hour a day. If I wanted I could read through entire novels for free just by visiting their store. Libraries, like the Philadelphia Free Library, have sometimes thousands of titles available to loan. You can't borrow from libraries on the Kindle.

Anyway, at least you get some benefits to being an Amazon Prime member. I still think my Nook Color is a more diverse tablet than the Fire will be.

Kevin

X · November 04, 2011, 05:39:40 AM

Quote from: Ktrek on November 03, 2011, 09:08:04 PM
Libraries, like the Philadelphia Free Library, have sometimes thousands of titles available to loan. You can't borrow from libraries on the Kindle.

Anyway, at least you get some benefits to being an Amazon Prime member. I still think my Nook Color is a more diverse tablet than the Fire will be.

Kevin

Kevin, the last part isn't true. You can and I have borrowed from the public library on my kindle. Not only that, some libraries here loan out Kindles to borrow books on. Infact, any library part of the Overdrive network, which is a lot, can get books on their Kindles.

http://overdrive.com/Solutions/Libraries/

http://overdrive.bpl.org/414D6042-2F87-47F3-95CC-6D57C0A4DCC8/10/380/en/SearchResults.htm?SearchID=56585506&SortBy=CollDate

EDIT: You can also borrow certain books from friends with no problems.

Bromptonboy · November 04, 2011, 05:52:47 AM

Not to mention all the other benefits of Prime membership with a Fire-Kindle - covered 2nd day shipping on most items, free movies & TV shows, etc. Overall a nice package. I have had Prime for years, but I am now thinking about getting the new tablet. Just got about $100 in Amazon gift certs - that would take the sting off of the Fire.... :)

Feathers · November 04, 2011, 06:41:13 AM

It's cool that Overdrive have got Kindle support cracked (in the US only at the moment). I use it with the local library and my iDevice at the moment but if they release the Kindle implementation over here, that could be enough to tip me over to buying one.

On the main topic of this thread, I have no interest at all in Amazon Prime. All we get over here is accelerated shipping and I don't order enough from them to make that worth the price of admission.

Rico · November 04, 2011, 08:33:54 AM

Kevin - like Chris said above, you are wrong about being able to borrow from libraries on the Kindle - you can do that. For me, I'm still in the trial of Amazon Prime, but I like that they keep adding extra benefits to it. It started out as mainly free 2 day shipping, now you get streaming video (including all Trek), free book rentals and more. In my view, Amazon is making all the right moves lately.

Rico · November 19, 2011, 02:17:40 PM

Really been loving the free month of Prime. Super fast shipping, free books, video to watch (including all of Trek). So, I'm signed up for a year now! :)

Bryancd · November 19, 2011, 02:52:05 PM

Quote from: Rico on November 04, 2011, 08:33:54 AM
Kevin - like Chris said above, you are wrong about being able to borrow from libraries on the Kindle - you can do that. For me, I'm still in the trial of Amazon Prime, but I like that they keep adding extra benefits to it. It started out as mainly free 2 day shipping, now you get streaming video (including all Trek), free book rentals and more. In my view, Amazon is making all the right moves lately.

They have, BUT, they can't loose focus of their core business. They can't be the best online retailer as well as a media and content company. That's a very big concern a lot of analysts have about the company right now. A lot of spending at Amazon on ventures that might not pan out.

MARKO · November 19, 2011, 03:01:25 PM

Been using prime since they stated it .... love it!!!!!

Jobydrone · December 05, 2011, 05:13:12 AM

Just started my free month of prime this morning (ordered the Wonder Pets Beanie Baby collection for the kids). Looking forward to checking out all the features.

Bryancd · February 01, 2012, 06:19:11 AM

I signed up for Prime last week and immediately ordered a new Weber gas grill and got free shipping which paid for more then half the cost of Prime. Amazon looses $11/ cutomer for each Prime member right now and $15/Kinndle. Like I said, it's a lose leader and they better hope they can grow customer base fast enough to make up for it in volume. There earning report yesterday wasn't too hot.

Jobydrone · February 01, 2012, 06:31:05 AM

Yeah, I wasn't wowed enough to pay for a membership. I didn't like the interface for streaming movies or shows on my iPad, and I don't order enough from them to make it worthwhile for the shipping benefit. I saved a few bucks with some holiday purchases but a few things I ordered didnt even offer the benefit because it was not sold by Amazon directly. Oh well, I'll have to muddle through with Netflix and Xfinity. boo hoo.

Bryancd · February 01, 2012, 06:39:11 AM

The streaming service is a bell and whistle. This chatter online that Amazon will compete with Netflix is just silly.

X · February 02, 2012, 06:09:53 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on February 01, 2012, 06:19:11 AM
I signed up for Prime last week and immediately ordered a new Weber gas grill and got free shipping which paid for more then half the cost of Prime. Amazon looses $11/ cutomer for each Prime member right now and $15/Kinndle. Like I said, it's a lose leader and they better hope they can grow customer base fast enough to make up for it in volume. There earning report yesterday wasn't too hot.

I got it too last week because I'm buying my mother a Fire and I need to have everything in place for her to use it.