Caution is warranted when searching, buying or using anything on Amazon, as with Google, and other Silicon valley surveillance services.
Your complete history of interests are kept imperpetuity and shared with data brokers for commercial and gov’t data-mining, ie: the federal government’s Behavioral Health citizen profile database that went into effect via Obama’s Sept 15 2015 Executive Order.
If a product is offered for “free”, it is because you’re really the product.
RE: ““Free”?? What’s the catch?? Do I have to give my email address??”
Caution is warranted when searching, buying or using anything on Amazon, as with Google, and other Silicon valley surveillance services.
Your complete history of interests are kept imperpetuity and shared with data brokers for commercial and gov’t data-mining, ie: the federal government’s Behavioral Health citizen profile database that went into effect via Obama’s Sept 15 2015 Executive Order.
If a product is offered for “free”, it is because you’re really the product.
RE: ““Free”?? What’s the catch?? Do I have to give my email address??”
Actually this has nothing to do with Amazon, etc. At least directly. These ‘giveaways’ are strictly author/publisher driven.
An author with a number of books, especially books in a series, will put the first one online free, or at a reduced price, to get you hooked on the series so you’ll buy the rest.
There are services like Freebooksy and Robin Reads that authors use to get the word out.
Every thing is not a conspiracy. Most things are, yes, but not everything. And not this.