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I preorder a book. What to expect?
I pre-ordered a book. I've never done it before and not sure what will happen. What should I expect when the release date rolls around?
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Today, 04:31 AM | #2 |
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I pre-ordered just a couple of times (and the last one was a couple of years ago). But I received an email confirming the pre-order, and an e-mail on the day the book was available informing me they had completed the transaction and the book was available for download.
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1. I've received an e-mail from Kobo on the day of release; 2. Next time I sync my device (by default, I leave Wi-Fi off, to save the battery), the book downloads to it automatically. I suspect that the time of day when it becomes available depends on geography. Here (UK), I find that it seems not to appear until morning - i.e., it doesn't always seem to happen immediately the clock passes midnight. When I've bought direct from publishers, I've found that my book doesn't get made available to me for download until early/mid-afternoon my time. From memory, it's about 09:00 their local time, so, for example, 09:00 in Florida would be 14:00 here. |
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