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Amazon Wants to Offer Its Smartphone for Free. Who Will Follow?

“Which technology giant will be the first to offer a free smartphone? Amazon.com Inc. is making a play. In a previously unreported move, the online retailer and Kindle maker is considering introducing its long-planned smartphone for free to consumers, according to people familiar with Amazon’s effort.”

Read the story at JessicaLessin.com. . .

Will Amazon’s ‘MatchBook’ Entice Readers to Sell Their Hardcovers and Go Digital?

“Have you bought a book from Amazon any time since the Clinton administration? If so, Amazon is giving you good reason to box those books up and take them to your local used bookshop — or, better yet, put them up for sale on Amazon.com! The company has launched a new program called MatchBook, wherein if you bought a book from Amazon any time from 1995 (when it launched) on, then you have the opportunity to buy a digital version of the book for a severely discounted price — $2.99 or less, with some being free.”

Read the story at Forbes.com. . .