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Amazon MP3 Quick Search Plugin (Firefox & IE7)

In late September Amazon.com launched their DRM-Free music download store. DRM-Free music means that customers are able to copy their music to any mp3 player and burn as many copies as they want to CD - all without restrictions. This is a very good thing.

I tried the Amazon music store on day one and was pleased with the quality search, ease of use, and large catalog (though not yet as large at iTunes). Other than the fact that music is DRM-Free, my favorite feature of the Amazon MP3 Store is that I can search for music to download inside my browser. Because my browser is always open, searches for music are at my fingertips. This alone has made Amazon my first stop for mainstream music.

After a few weeks of use, I decided to make the search even easier and created the Amazon MP3 Quick Search Plugin for Firefox and IE7. With it, I go straight to the MP3 store from my quick search bar, bypassing all other Amazon search results - after all, I don’t want the CD, or the t-shirt, or the poster. I want the MP3. And I want it now.

Just so you know, I did put my affiliate code in the search link. It doesn’t cost you any more to buy a song using my affiliate link. It’s just a way for Amazon to reimburse me for making it easier for you to shop with them. If it bothers you that I get a few pennies from when you buy a song, I’m sorry. That’s the way it is. Feel free to rewrite the plugin yourself and take out my affiliate code. If you decide to use it . . . thank you. The money will help me pay for medical school.