[koland]

With most amazon.com items, you don't get charged until the item is shipped. I haven't preordered an ebook before but I think it's the same.

It's possible (though I'm just guessing at this point) that if you "purchase" it now, the price you're charged will be the price the book is when it's actually able to be delivered. Feel free to correct me on that, anyone who has preordered an ebook.

The price it is when you order it is what you pay. The only exception is for pre-orders: if they go DOWN in price, you get lowest price from when you order and when it releases. Since it can't get cheaper than free, that's what you pay.

It has absolutely nothing to do with their magazine subscriptions (where you can get free trials and have to cancel).

 

[koland]

I'm actually really interested in seeing how a cookbook works out in Kindle format. I have always considered cookbooks to be something that wouldn't work too well on the K. But if you can link directly to a recipe from the index then that might be kinda cool. Seems like one pro of a Kindle cookbook would be being able to shop for the ingredients in the store with the K in hand, rather than having to write out a shopping list beforehand.

Remember, also, this is a K2 promotion. It can be read on the K1, of course, but on the K2 you search by default only in the book you have open. Look for Chicken in a cookbook and only find the pages where the ingredient is mentioned. Indexes/recipe lists and a TOC will be welcome (but not something I've found on the few cookbooks I've purchased for the Kindle, so far).