You might have free Amazon credits waiting for you thanks to Apple — but they expire this week

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June 20, 2017 5:02 PM

Apple's paying out a $400 million judgement. You might have credits for free e-books waiting in your inbox — and you don't have to do anything.

Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Because of a lawsuit over e-book prices that was settled years ago, you may have credits that can be applied to purchases on Amazon waiting in your Amazon account.

To check if you have credits, simply click this link.

But even if you have credits from the settlement, you have to use them by June 24 — this Saturday — or they'll expire.

Last March, the Supreme Court declined to hear a long-running case about Apple price-fixing e-books, making an earlier $400 million settlement final.

For the past year, Apple's been paying it out. You might have credits for free e-books waiting in your inbox — but, as a reminder, they expire on Saturday.

Here's how it works:

The law firm that's handling the payouts has a lot more information along with a FAQ. Make sure you check your old email address, too.

If you're wondering why Apple is paying for Amazon credits, it's a long and fascinating story. But essentially, the complaint was that Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue strong-armed major publishers into a pricing agreement that ended up causing e-book prices to spike overnight.

The judgment was handed down in 2013, and Apple started sending iTunes credits to customers in 2014.

Once again, you can check if you got any Amazon credits here.

Here's one of the emails that's going out to eligible customers:

According to Amazon, here is how you apply those credits to a purchase:

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