Overview of Amazon Music Downloads
Amazon.com has long been a top provider of music CDs and other products but has only recently joined the digital music download market. Amazon fans have been anxiously anticipating this move and Amazon doesn’t disappoint. With 3 million songs, their selection of music is near that of iTunes and Napster. Amazon music also offers their music in mp3 format so it is compatible with more devices and software.
Cost and Types of Service Offered:
- - Individual song downloads from $.89 to $.99
- Amazon also offers CDs of all their music and many other products and services.
Best Features:
- Amazon music downloads are more flexible than that of other some other music service's.
- • All songs are in universally compatible MP3 format. Standard MP3
- format
is DRM free and will work with any MP3 or media player.
• Burn as many CDs as you want and copy your music downloads to a - many
devices as you need to.
• Over 2 million songs with every genre represented.
• No program signup or monthly fees. Using your existing Amazon - account, you can buy just the songs you want when you want
-
them.
• Nearly all the major artists and labels are offered
Worst Feature:
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Doesn’t offer unlimited monthly service or special bulk
download discounts, though prices are often slightly cheaper
than itunes.
Software:
- There is a free download manager
program available but it is only necessary for downloading
full albums. This program is not needed when
downloading individual songs.