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Amazon is Testing Bulk eBook Bundles in Japan

How would you like to have the option of buying an entire series with a single click?

If Amazon’s latest program catches on, you might. The retailer is now testing a new section of the Kindle Store in Japan called Kindle Buying Corner.

Update: Amazon is also testing bundles in the Kindle Store on Amazon.com.

ITMedia reports that Amazon is selling bundles of single issue comic books. A total of 10 bundles are currently being offered. The bundles consist of 15 to 25 consecutive titles from a single series, and are being sold at a 10% to 15% discount. If a reader already owns one of the titles from the bundle, it is excluded from the sale to avoid duplicate purchases.

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It’s not clear why Japanese publishers don’t bundle the single issues into a graphic novel, like what we would see here in the US, although I suspect that the lower selling price of said novel might be the issue.

In any case, this bundle offer is a good way for readers who buy the single issues to fill in the holes in their collection in a single purchase.

Bundles are still a rare thing in ebooks, where you’re more likely to see ebooks collected into an omnibus edition, with all the ebooks combined into a single file. It is used by several smaller retailers, including Baen Books, which offers a month bundle of upcoming and existing titles for $18.

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