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Update 11/12/20: This works when ordering a free eBook. You can use the command ‘Alexa, I want to buy Melt Steel Brothers Saga Book 4’ to order a free eBook and get $5 credit. Hat tip to reader MB
The Offer
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- Amazon is offering a $5 eBook credit when you order an eBook using Alexa
The Fine Print
- Offer applies to all Kindle eBooks made available using Alexa Voice Shopping on an Echo Device, including eBook gift purchases and bulk eBook orders that are redeemed within the offer period. Offer not available using Alexa in the Amazon app.
- Alexa will either add the Kindle eBook to your Amazon shopping cart or prompt you to complete the purchase with Alexa. You must complete your purchase by 11:59 p.m. (PST) on November 30, 2020.
- Offer does not apply to eBook pre-orders, physical goods, digital magazines, audiobooks (including Audible companions for your Kindle eBook purchase), print books, or digital subscriptions such as Kindle Unlimited.
- Offer only valid for invited Amazon customers who have received this offer directly from Amazon through email or online display advertisements.
- Offer limited to one per customer and account.
- The maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is $5.
- Discount automatically applied at checkout.
- Offer is non-transferable and may not be resold.
- Digital content and services may only be available to customers located in the U.S. and are subject to the terms and conditions of Amazon Digital Services LLC.
- Taxes and add-on purchases to the qualifying purchase (like an Audible companion) do not apply when determining minimum purchase amount.
- Amazon reserves the right to modify or cancel the offer at any time.
- If any of the products or content related to this offer are returned, your refund will equal the amount you paid for the product or content, subject to applicable refund policies.
- If you violate any of these terms, the offer will be invalid.
- Offer expires at 11:59 p.m. (PST) on November 30, 2020.
Our Verdict
Good deal if you want to buy an eBook anyway.
I ordered the free book successfully via Echo show but I do not see a credit from it anywhere.
Looks like this simply takes $5 off e-books purchased via Alexa. You don’t have to first purchase a free e-book to activate it.
Yes!
For me, it worked without any free e-book purchase. The credit was applied at check-out. The terms don’t ask you to buy an e-book to get the credit. The credit is reflected upon checkout.
I had posted this deal y’day – https://www.doctorofcredit.com/ymmv-amazon-save-15-when-making-discover-your-default-payment-method/#comment-1088720
Thank you
Anyone else getting a “I am unable to purchase it on this device” error?
Worked great, thanks. Another free one today that works is Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
Where does the credit show up?
You can see the credit on your account by looking up any charged ebook on the website, it’ll show you the price after credits, and you can click in to see the detail of this applying.
Anyway around not doing it through the amazon app?
Don’t have a an amazon device.
You can download the Alexa app and use voice command via the app.
Yes that’s what I did. It said you can’t do it from the app
Based on MB’s comment, I ordered the with the following command.
“Alexa, I want to buy Melt Steel Brothers Saga Book 4”
It took several tries before Alexa finally understand me though. And also need to enable Voice Purchasing in Alexa app first.
Does free ebook qualify for the promotion?
I can verify that it does. I ordered this book https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HFPDRI4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 via my echo show this morning and the credit showed up almost instantly. Enjoy!
Where does the credit show?
The author of that book is going to faint at how much her readership has spiked today.
Even a free purchase isn’t required to trigger the offer
Even a free purchase isn’t required to trigger the offer
Here is another free ebook that might interest anyone who enjoys the Vera Stanhope mysteries
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08CT5FFPD/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_o27SFbHMCRDF5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Even a free purchase isn’t required to trigger the offer. It’s not like you get the credits for your next purchase, you get them for that very purchase.
Yes, you do. The terms are not clear and I wasn’t sure, but after getting the free purchase via Alexa, I can confirm that I see the credit when checking out an additional ebook through the website.
I’m seeing the credit without purchasing a free book first.