Hachette Joins Macmillan/HarperCollins in Amazon eBook Price War

February 5, 2010 by dreamsburnred 1 Comment

Hmm seems that $10 is not enough for 3 of the major book publishers anymore.

After Apple revealed the iPad and its $15 book price for publishers 3 of the major book players (Haccette, Macmillan, HarperCollins) either jumped ship, or joined back with a new $15 price.

While it is only $5 more ebooks are now the same price as hardcovers so Amazon isn’t happy.

Looks like Apples iPad has officially knocked all the wind out of the kindle.

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Amazon's PayPhrase Makes Internet Purchasing An Easier Task

October 29, 2009 by dreamsburnred Leave a Comment

We all hate the “paperwork” involved with internet purchases. So amazon came up with an idea.  PayPhrase.

PayPhraze Logo. Image credit: maximumpc.com

PayPhrase Logo. Image credit: maximumpc.com

Instead of typing in your personal information again and again payphrase authenticates you via a special phrase of yours. E.G. Slam Dunk.

This allows you to do your online purchases with much more ease, and speed. Not to mention its much more modern.

DKNY, Jockey, Patagonia, Buy.com, J&R, CarToys.com, and others have already signed up for the service.

In my opinion this is a very good idea. As well only you know your payphrase. As each one is unique.

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