03-27-2014, 05:46 AM | #46 |
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And Feedbooks.com? They will often sell you books others won't.
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03-27-2014, 05:58 AM | #47 |
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03-27-2014, 11:02 AM | #48 |
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You probably already do, but check the publisher sites. It's usually the smaller ones (Carina Press, Samhain, individual authors) that have good deals but I have found sales on Penguin (once) and one other site. Best to check near release dates because that is when I've seen the deals--they are usually part of some kind of promo when it comes to the big guys.
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If I was into romance, this might be more relevant as romance publishers seem to be better about selling books outside the major shops, but as I'm neither into romance nor into the majority of what Baen offers, well. |
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03-27-2014, 12:27 PM | #50 | |
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03-27-2014, 02:57 PM | #51 |
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Where as I have 57 books (going back to 2009) in my Diesel library and got zero emails.
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03-27-2014, 04:54 PM | #52 |
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03-27-2014, 05:02 PM | #53 |
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That's too bad. I bought a few books from Diesel; they sold internationally, and I used them occasionally when the price was right… the large stores force you to use their local retailer and they usually ask for the US price $=€+2 - or don't offer it at all if it's not Amazon. And the large retailers don't let you buy on their US sites at all...
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03-27-2014, 08:29 PM | #54 |
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Not familiar with Zola, but Copia does use Adobe DRM. Oyster is a "Netflix for books", so their books are only readable via their app (iOS only I think). Blinkbox looks like it might be similar to Oyster.
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03-27-2014, 09:15 PM | #55 |
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Thanks for the Copia info. I couldn't find a way to download the ebooks from their website.
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03-27-2014, 10:03 PM | #56 |
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I only signed up with Diesel last year and purchased 8 books. Was planning on getting more... I haven't seen any emails from Diesel either. Oh well. BoB - Sony - Diesel, whose next?
Thanks for posting this info about Diesel. I re-downloaded my eBooks just to have a "fresh" copy. |
03-27-2014, 10:18 PM | #57 |
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I've bought a dozen or so books off Diesel in the last few months, no email though. Went onto their website yesterday, and it looks like books-for-sale are disappearing off it, even before the closure.
I used Diesel because it (i) had a significant number of science fiction & fantasy (easily identifiable as) DRM-free & (ii) it would sell outside the US (quite frequently even books that their site listed as US-only). They, Baen & Mundania Press are the only ebookstores I've bought a significant number off. I'll probably be looking at Feedbooks, who seem to have similar coverage, as a replacement. |
03-28-2014, 03:22 AM | #58 | |
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I'm pretty sure I've downloaded all the stuff I've bought through Diesel - much of which was Tom Holt's backlist, which I know I did - but I'm going to check in detail later today. |
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03-28-2014, 03:12 PM | #59 |
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Took me a second to be able to find it again. I think when you purchase, you are offered the option to download, but there doesn't seem to be a way (at least not an obvious one) to download from your library. If you go to Settings and Purchase History, there's a Download Again button.
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