Amazon Pairs Print and Digital Books With New Program

It looks like this only applies to books that were purchased new through amazon. Used books purchased through amazon marketplace are not included: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1001373341

I take it that this will apply only for physical books purchased through Amazon. I love using my Kindle; my only problem is that I lived a good portion of my life reading books on paper.

When I got an iPod, I was able to transfer all my existing CDs onto it; this program is the closest thing to an equivalent process for books. I just wish there were a way that I could prove that I own a book and qualify for the discounted price, even if I did not buy the book through Amazon.

I wish this worked the other way around as well. I'd love to get a discounted price on the hardcover versions of my Kindle books.

I have been waiting for something like this for a long time. The only problem is that it is only for Kindle books. I would like a PDF/ePUB for any paper copy book I buy even if its a 5 dollar surcharge that is much better than buying the same book 2 separate times on different media (paper and ebook).

Honestly I would like this to be the default option for all paper books I buy, even if the costs get factored in to the buying price. If I can take my CDs I purchased and encode them into MP3 and use them on my e-device of choice then why cant a similar model be used for paper media.

I have been waiting so long for this.

On the one hand I'm excited.

On the other hand there are some series like LoTR and Harry Potter that I went ahead and re-bought. So that's frustrating, although on the third hand I got some value so and don't see as a total waste of money.

Of course, Harry Potter is the kind of thing that will probably never qualify for this. How broadly publishers do embrace this will be interesting to see.

This can't come soon enough. I'm preparing for a potential cross country move early next yet. I was looking at the potential of getting rid of a multitude of books that I haven't read yet since the storage cost would probably exceed the repurchase cost whenever I did get around to wanting to read those books. This makes that choice even more palatable.

Presumably, one could download the eBook to every book they've purchased on Amazon, even if they no longer own the print version (e.g., resold or lost). I'm hoping O'Reilly, Manning, and Apress get on board with this, but I can see why they'd hesitate.

I hope this applies to technical books as well. I would love to have things like my old DSP textbook and others available with me wherever I go, but still have the hardcopy I'm used to at home.

Anything stopping me from buying a book with matchbook, and then sell the physical copy but keep the digital one ?