One of the earliest requests from Kindle users has finally been granted by Amazon. Finally, every Amazon book that doesn’t have a Kindle version for sale has link to let Amazon tell the publisher that you want one. As you can see in the picture at left, the link to click is just below where you can see different book cover images. The company’s Kindle blog explained yesterday:
Our goal is to make every title available for Kindle, and to that end some eagle-eyed Kindle owners and enthusiasts have already noticed and been using a new tool to help us do just that. If you’re frustrated that a physical edition of a book is not (yet) available in Kindle version, just look below the book’s image on its product detail page and you’ll find a box that reads, “Please tell the publisher.” Click on the “I’d like to read this book on Kindle” link and we’ll forward your request. Make your voice heard.
Hopefully, the thousands of Kindle users pinging for their favorites will have an impact on publishers. I just clicked on the link next to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and got a sort of satisfying response that my request would be passed along to the publisher. Whether it will convince J.K. Rowling or not is yet to be seen.
I would now love to see Amazon start keeping a list of the most requested unKindled editions. That would really start to generate some heat on publishers.
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