On October 14, 2011, Amazon.com updated to the personal documents feature, and Staples' new ads may offer clues to which ereaders to watch on Black Friday.
For customers who use Kindle Personal Documents, Amazon has emailed some welcome news of a much needed update on October 14, 2011, especially as people may be getting ready to get second Kindles or the Kindle Fire. The October 16, 2011 ad from Staples has some Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook offers, and the offers could be on the models that will be available at a discount on Black Friday.
Kindle Personal Documents
Previously, if your Kindle needed to be fixed under warranty, you lost your personal documents when Amazon sent a new Kindle to replace your old Kindle. You could re-send the documents because they were stored in your email account, but a small service free is added whenever you send personal documents to Kindles by email.
Amazon has now changed this feature. Documents will be archived and they can be downloaded again to new Kindles, including the Kindle 4, Kindle Touch, and (eventually) Kindle Fire. Kindle 3 users need to update their software to be able to re-downloaded documents; the software update is v3.3.
Personal documents are now going to be stored on Amazon.com, which is good news for people who send Microsoft Word .doc files and pdf files to their Kindles by email. Annotations, bookmarks, and syncing your Kindle to the last page you read are also supported features for Kindle Personal Documents if your Kindle is new enough to have the feature.
Currently, the Kindle apps and the Kindle Fire are scheduled to be able to re-download documents "in coming months," according to the "New Kindle Personal Documents Feature" email from Amazon.com Kindle Support.
Staples Ad: eBook Reader Sales
The October 9 - 15, 2011 ad from Staples has some good deals on the Nook Color and the Kindle 3, and it is possible that those will be the models highlighted on sale for Black Friday in stores and for Cyber Monday online. Last year, Woot.com sold Kindle 2s for a discount before the release of Kindle 3, and Amazon then sold the Kindle 2 for $89 on Black Friday (the deal was announced by Twitter and the devices sold out in minutes).
Amazon owns Woot, but it partners with Staples to sell the Kindle and Kindle accessories. In the new Staples ad that ends October 15, 2011, there is a $5 off $25 coupon, and although the Kindle is usually excluded, this time the only exclusions are related to toner, self service, stamps, and gift cards. To see the ad, you need to enter your zip code on the Staples site.
The Staples flyer also shows the Barnes and Noble Nook Color for the standard price of $249, but customers can get a $25 gift card with the purchase of a Nook Color tablet. This could be in anticipation of competing with the Kindle Fire, but it could also be a clue that Nook Colors will be reduced in inventory on Black Friday and Cyber Monday to make room for an updated Nook Color. Kindle with Keyboard, which is the new name for Kindle 3, comes with a $30 gift card from Staples after the $189 purchase price. The Blackberry Playbook is $200 off at Staples until the 15th.
On the October 16-22, 2011 Staples ad, the Kindle is again featured; the Kindle 3 with special offers is discounted by $15, and the $5 of $25 coupon still does not exclude ereaders. If Amazon and Barnes and Noble are now allow coupons for the Kindle and the Nook, that is a good predictor that they will allow discounts on Black Friday, and the gift cards with purchase could indicate that last year's high end Kindle and Nook models will be this year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday fire sale.
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