Amazon's e-book antitrust settlement

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<p>How much did you get in Amazon’s e-book antitrust settlement?</p>

<p>I got $22.40. I’m trying to figure out whether this is typical or whether it indicates that I spend way too much money on trashy bestsellers for my Kindle.</p>

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<p>I got $28.30 and I wondered the same thing. Of course, I quickly bought a few more books;)</p>

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<p>I got $27.53. It was a nice surprise!</p>

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<p>I have a nook, so no money from Amazon, but $9 from Barnes and Noble. I must not be purchasing enough books. ;)</p>

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<p>I have $32.64.
From listening to my younger friends, it is a lot, especially considering I doubt any were NYT bestsellers( for which there is a higher premium.)</p>

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<p>Haha. I got TWO DOLLARS! You guys must buy a ton of ebooks! I guess I did my first year with my kindle, but I’ve stopped getting them from amazon now. So I suppose in the last year I’ve probably only bought one or two.</p>

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<p>I got $27.53. But my hubby got zip. He used to purchase from Amazon.com, but for the last year or so, he’s switched to Amazon.co.uk. Both my D and I purchase on my US account, so “score.”</p>

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<p>I can make you all feel much better about your book buying habits. I got $53.33. In my defense, we do have 4 different kindles linked to my account so many of the books have been read by more than one person.</p>

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<p>$1.83</p>

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<p>Thank goodness for InigoM, I got $40. something. They are MINE all MINE. </p>

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<p>Yowie. I got a Kindle for Christmas and so far I’ve been reading up a storm, but so far I haven’t spent a penny!! Thank goodness for my library. </p>

<p>ETA: What did the lawsuit say? And what will be different now?</p>

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<p>$4.60 for me…lots of free books to read.</p>

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<p>I was using my nook during the time frame of the lawsuit, but subsequently switched to a kindle. Therefore, I requested a check (which I have not received). I tried to look up my qualifying e-book purchases at bn.com, and it didn’t work. I am being told by a customer service rep that my settlement claim number – that I received in 3 separate e-mails from Barnes & Noble – is not valid. When I am done jumping through hoops, I probably won’t get enough to fully fund another e-book.</p>

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<p>How do you know if you got $$$!</p>

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<p>They sent an email to the amazon account holder.</p>

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<p>Got no email, neither did DH. Is this being rolled out by region?</p>

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<p>We got no emails and no money. We have never yet purchased an ebook, so that might splain it. :)</p>

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<p>$45.26 here, 4 of us use the same account and have had Kindle for years. </p>

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<p>Heres a link to the explanation.
<a href=“Amazon's e-book price-fixing settlement puts money in customers inboxes.”>http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/25/amazon_s_ebook_price_fixing_settlement_puts_money_in_customers_inboxes.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>$85.01!!! Whoo hoo!! (I don’t have cable.) </p>