On the heels of a Ticketmaster class action settlement that refunded ticket vouchers to more than 50 million users Saturday, Amazon e-book consumers may have free cash waiting for them as well. 

Following an antitrust settlement between the Department of Justice and Apple, who was accused of price fixing within its electronic book sales, anyone who purchased an e-book from a major publisher between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012 may have just received credit on Amazon. 

Here’s what you need to know:

– You should receive a $6.93 credit for each New York Times bestseller e-book purchased within the aforementioned timeframe.

– You should receive a $1.57 credit for other e-books purchased within in the timeframe.

– If any credits were added to your account, you likely received an email from Amazon like the one below. 

First Ticketmaster, now Amazon! Who knew it was class-action-suit-settlement month on the internets. pic.twitter.com/1tuY76gaIp — ˗ˏˋ((( jayna )))ˎˊ (@jaynawallace)

 

– As BuzzFeed reports, the purchases do not only apply for Amazon customers, but users with Barnes and Noble, Kobo and Apple itself. 

– The new credits, which will appear as a gift card balance, do not need be used to buy e-books alone. Buy socks, tupperware or whatever else you can find in the bowels of the e-commerce goliath.  

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