Amazon offers Kindle kickbacks to indie bookstores

nk497 writes: Amazon plans to give independent booksellers 10% of the takings from ebooks bought on Kindles they sell, the online giant has revealed. The new Amazon Source programme aims to encourage independent bookstores and small retailers to sell Kindle readers by offering commission for the first two years of the device's life. As an alternative to the 10% kickback from book sales, retailers opting into the Amazon Source programme can choose instead to receive a larger discount up front when buying the devices for resale.