Amazon Announces Kindle MatchBook

Amazon has announced Kindle MatchBook, a new program that allows you to acquire Kindle editions of previously purchased books at a discounted price.

Starting next month, for thousands of qualifying books, your past, present, and future print-edition purchases will soon allow you to buy the Kindle edition for $2.99, $1.99, $0.99, or free.

Not every book will be eligible, as it is (apparently) publisher-dependent, but based on the sample of books presented on the splash page, HarperCollins titles will be among the first available.