Choose a story and read the first few episodes (free)
You will receive an e-mail from Amazon that indicates that the dollar amount ($5) of the credit has been added to your customer account. The e-mail will also provide instructions on how to redeem the promotional credit.
Note: Promotional credit expires 30 days from date the credit is applied to your account.
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About this deal:
Offer applies to first-time Kindle Vella customers who start reading an episode by 2/2/2022
Offer only applies to physical products (excludes all digital products including eBooks and digital subscriptions) sold by Amazon.com. Products sold by third-party sellers or any other Amazon entities will not qualify for this offer, even if "fulfilled by Amazon.com" or "Prime Eligible".
About Kindle Vella:
The first few episodes of every story are always free--after that, purchase Tokens and redeem them to unlock episodes. Tokens may only be used to unlock Kindle Vella story episodes in the Kindle app and on the web at www.amazon.com/kindle-vella
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Entered this morning to my Amazon account, and had this offer. Says it "only applies to physical products", but these serial stories are digital. YMMV:
"Limited time deal. Redeem your $5 Amazon credit by starting a new Kindle Vella story! The first few episodes of every story are always free.
This offer is by invitation only and is personal to your customer account.
Offer only applies to physical products (excludes all digital products including eBooks and digital subscriptions) sold by Amazon.com. Products sold by third-party sellers or any other Amazon entities will not qualify for this offer, even if "fulfilled by Amazon.com" or "Prime Eligible".
Shipping charges and taxes may apply to discounted items.
Items must be purchased in a single order and shipped at the same speed to a single address.
Offer limited to one per customer and account.
The maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is $5.
You will receive an e-mail from Amazon that indicates that the dollar amount of the credit has been added to your customer account. The e-mail will also provide instructions on how to redeem the promotional credit.
Promotional credit expires 30 days from date the credit is applied to your account.
Amazon reserves the right to modify or cancel the offer at any time.
Offer is non-transferable and may not be resold.
Credit will be allocated proportionally among all items in your order.
If any of the products or content related to this offer are returned, your refund will equal the amount you paid for the product or content, subject to applicable refund policies.
If you violate any of these terms, the offer will be invalid.
Unless an Amazon Gift Card is the stated benefit of the promotion, credit may not be redeemed for Amazon Gift Cards."
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Last Edited by bluekiwi
January 25, 2022
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Most people that try this are getting the $5 credit
Do not read the stories, they are just awful, just click on the page and scroll down
Any stories on cinnamon toast crunch? Thats my favorite serial.
I wonder how much money these people make (if any). Kind of makes me want to bang out a few episodes of some sub-par nonsense and see if it gains any traction.
HOT VAMPIRE NEXT DOOR kind of sets the bar pretty low.
How is "start" defined? How many pages do I need to "read?"
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Any idea whether the noted credit is limited to Vella-related purchases? I can definitely "start a story" for a fiver! Thanks, OP!
The way I read this, you get the credit by starting a Vella story. It then can be used to buy a physical product sold by Amazon.com, but not to buy any future kindle books or any other digital product. So, you can use it to buy a CD, but not the MP3 version of the same album. Although presumably you can buy an auto-rip CD and get both
you get 500 free tokens ... read a few pages/episodes/chapters and click on get 500 free tokens ... then you can read more free (one chapter costs 37 tokens on the one I looked at)
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HOT VAMPIRE NEXT DOOR kind of sets the bar pretty low.
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What are you seeing? Does it say you're ineligible?
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by Kindle Vella Team, but wasn't notified of a credit. Anyone have any luck with this?