{"id":8467,"date":"2010-02-12T12:44:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T12:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/rumor-a-free-kindle-for-each-amazon-prime-customer-amazon\/"},"modified":"2010-02-12T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T12:44:32","slug":"rumor-a-free-kindle-for-each-amazon-prime-customer-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/rumor-a-free-kindle-for-each-amazon-prime-customer-amazon.php","title":{"rendered":"Rumor: A Free Kindle For Each Amazon Prime Customer? [Amazon]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/02\/12\/amazon-wants-to-give-a-free-kindle-to-all-amazon-prime-subscribers\/\">TechCrunch has run a dubious-sounding piece<\/a>, quoting sources as saying Amazon's working on a scheme to give each <a title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #amazonprime\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/amazonprime\/\">Amazon Prime<\/a> user a free Kindle. With an annual membership to Prime costing $79 for extra-fast shipping, they'd be losing $120 from the retail value of the first-gen Kindle.<\/p><p>While I don't think it'll be offered to the one-month trial members, it would definitely encourage more Prime sign-ups&mdash;and therefore, more Amazon purchases. Still, to give away a free Kindle sounds way too generous, even for Amazon. [<a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/02\/12\/amazon-wants-to-give-a-free-kindle-to-all-amazon-prime-subscribers\/\">TechCrunch<\/a>]<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=f0139bb9d59124d78ca285ef7f4489f3&amp;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/89178_img.phdo?s=f0139bb9d59124d78ca285ef7f4489f3&amp;p=1\"><\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/89178_eus.gif?eui=2226\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=jqM0FsXs2Fw:s7bQiCSeGBo:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/89178_full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=jqM0FsXs2Fw:s7bQiCSeGBo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/89178_full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=jqM0FsXs2Fw:s7bQiCSeGBo:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/00d25_full?i=jqM0FsXs2Fw:s7bQiCSeGBo:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=jqM0FsXs2Fw:s7bQiCSeGBo:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/00d25_full?i=jqM0FsXs2Fw:s7bQiCSeGBo:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/00d25_jqM0FsXs2Fw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TechCrunch has run a dubious-sounding piece, quoting sources as saying Amazon's working on a scheme to give each Amazon Prime user a free Kindle. 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