[Locked] Buy Fakku Book on Amazon and get digital version

Hi,
quick question. Is it still possible to get the digital version for free if you buy the physical version on Amazon? Maybe take a picture of the "serial number" or anything?

I mean, since I have discovered the books are on Amazon it would be outright stupid for me not to buy them there.
I don't know how it is for other countries, but shipping to Germany in a similar speed is only half (!!) the price of what I have to pay here (for one book 10$ shipping compared to 20$ here...). So yeah. Is that possible?

Also as an additional question, if you pre-order there, what is the priority of the shipping there? Will all Amazon preorders be shipped last or how does it work?

I don't think that's possible.

We do not offer the free digital edition for orders that do not come directly from FAKKU. So Amazon orders do not get a free digital edition.

Well that sucks. Then can you somehow use a different shipping method?
I mean, I think you can definitely understand that I would want to use Amazon when I have to pay just half for the shipping there. How can it be so much more here?

Also how about my other question? When you pre-order there, when will it be shipped? Amazon preorders are generally last?

Pre-orders on FAKKU are prioritized ahead of everywhere else, but I think Amazon orders will be sent out at roughly the same time as orders here.

So why is it so much cheaper on Amazon?? I mean, why would I preorder here then? Why would I waster 10$ on shipping at the SAME speed?
For the sake of international customers, can you not figure out any other way?

If not, I guess I'll have to live with the fact of not getting a digital version.

I hope you see I am not "nitpicking", don't you agree that really is a big problem for international customers? I think there must be another way, especially as you are expanding this business as you get more "professional".

It's your decision where you buy the book. If you buy it directly through us it's better for us. That's why we incentivize it by giving you a free digital edition of the book.

That's all there is to it, it's your decision.

Why would it be better for you? The price is...the same?
It's just about the shipping cost and I am wondering how they can just have half the price. Can't you ship with the same carrier or whatever?

If that's the way it is, I wouldn't feel bad about getting the digital version elsewhere. I mean, I supported you, I payed for it, so why would I not get it.
Lol at how at a former pirating site, I even don't want to say things like that even though that used to be normal here, too.

Wavedashh once made a good comparison in another thread that it's the difference of buying a game directly from the developer or through Steam.

We're not Amazon. We can't offer the same kind of prices in shipping and have the resources that Amazon offers. But what we can offer are incentives to purchase your book directly through us, such as the early access and digital copy.

There's nothing wrong with ordering through Amazon, but it's a third party so of course we're not going to make the same money from it. Amazon is a business too, ya know?

When you sell on a third party retailer (like Amazon), they take a percentage of the sale for themselves. That percentage of the sale is what we use here to give you a free digital edition of the book. So when you purchase through a third party retailer we do not offer the free digital edition.

The shipping cost is a different issue that we will figure out soon.

You will figure that out soon?
Well as long as you are working on it, that you be great!

the shipping cost really is a pain and it have to be worked soon


i mean, the shipping price is even higher than the actual book for me, how? :/

The same for me!!! That's what I mean...on Amazon, it's a reasonable price. But here??

So I just threw some data into UPS' shipping calculator and the prices are just astronomical (my city to Berlin). I've never had to ship anything outside the states and now I know why I wouldn't want to. Amazon for sure has it better because they're a gigantic business with established methods of cutting costs.

That's the same reason I only bought 2 books here and all the others @ Amazon ~~
It's a shame that I'm missing the digital copies but the print editions are more important for me.

It's one part packaging and three parts amazons deals with the three shipping companies. Books and dvd/bd can be shipped hybrid (ship to the local post office with ups and delivered by the postman) or lower rates plus amazon eats some of the costs. Fakku uses the book flap packaging so the flat rate priority ship isn't in the deal and forces them to use the weigh based shipping for international. Remember amazon is the only company where the post man will deliver your package on Sunday for.

On Sunday? Wow lol that would never ever happen here :-O

Yeah I don't know why so many people are surprised by this. Amazon is enormous, you just can't compare the prices they can get for shipping with most other businesses, of course they're going to have better deals with the volume they have. Not that I don't feel for those ordering internationally, but Fakku isn't getting rich off the shipping costs or anything, it's just expensive for them.

I bought a physical book from the Fakku booth/room thing at Anime Expo and now I'm realizing it would be nice to have a digital copy. Guess I'll stick to ordering from the site from now on.

You just have to email jacob and send him a pic of the book and your username written on a piece of paper and he will grant access to that books online reader and dl links. Granted if you have tiTiKEi then you have to wait the 16 days until they unlock the reader.