December 3, 2008 | 4:51 PM
How to Get a $5 Credit for Amazon MP3s + Why Amazon MP3 ROCKS!
As much as I love shopping at the Apple iTunes store, I like buying music at Amazon MP3 even more. For one thing, songs purchased from Amazon MP3 can be played on any MP3-capable device. Of course they can be played on iPods, but they can also be played on Zunes, Zens, RAZRs, BlackBerrys, and any other music playing device that supports MP3 files (which is almost all of them ever produced).
Another thing I really like is that Amazon MP3 files are free of digital rights management (DRM) software, so you can burn your songs to CDs, play them on all your computers, and transfer them to all your devices with no embedded limitations.
Finally, all songs are encoded at 256 kbps, which means better audio quality than songs purchased from the iTunes Store.
That’s why I think Amazon MP3 rocks.
Now, at the risk of turning this blog into “Dr. Mac’s Discounts & Deals,” check out this awesome deal from Amazon MP3.
Amazon MP3, Amazon’s music download store, is pleased to announce a cross-promotion with our CD and Electronics stores where purchases of $25 or more of qualifying CD’s or Electronic items from Amazon.com gets customers a $5 credit at Amazon MP3. This promotional offer is only applicable to U.S.-based customers with a U.S. billing address and is valid from now through December 25, 2008.
Click here for complete details.
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Agreed - Amazon’s MP3 service is awesome. It’s worth noting too that if you download and use the Amazon downloader, it automatically dumps your purchases into iTunes so you don’t have to deal with transferring yourself.
This all reminds me … I need to cash in all my Pepsi Stuff points before the end of the year.
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Steve,
You’re absolutely right… Not only do the songs sound great, the (free) Amazon Downloader application makes it convenient to use them in iTunes as well.
I probably should have mentioned it; I’m glad you did!
Bob
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