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Amazon’s new student app comes with free Prime Membership

Amazon launched a new iOS app today, and it’s going to make it easier for students to buy & sell textbook, compare prices, and look for other junk to buy on Amazon.com.

This is a smart move. Students already could do all these things with Amazon, only it required a computer before. By moving the activity to an app Amazon have managed to isolate the student. This means that the student won’t be able to compare the buying prices for textbooks and pick the best place to sell it.

As per Amazon’s usual, textbooks and other used content sold to Amazon are traded in for gift cards, not money. I, for one, would prefer to sell back to the college bookstore; they always gave me cash.

Students who download this app will also get a year’s free membership with Amazon Prime.  The student membership doesn’t include free instant videos, but it does have the free 2 day shipping.

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