Connect actually listening to this forum ?

ultim8fury · 12-22-2006, 12:33 PM

I asked for Trudi Canavan and within a couple of weeks her first 3 books hit the store.

A couple of weeks ago Terry Pratchett was mentioned and low and behold 2 of his books have hit the store.

Good job Connect.

Now all I need is "Fly fishing" by J.R.Hartley. (UK centric joke)

In all seriousness though, the store catalogue is building up nicely. The search function still needs work and a software update would be great but I'm pleased that some effort is being put in.

What are other peoples impressions now that we're a few months in ?

JoeTampa · 12-31-2006, 03:42 AM

Still missing some Bill Bryson and Tom Clancy... Even though many of the missing books are available from other E-book stores.

RWood · 12-31-2006, 02:48 PM

I think it is filling in nicely. And one great point over my local book store -- they're never out of stock of any title they carry.

Now you mention that it seems that some of the Sony people are reading this forum, I know that others are not yet reading this forum. I have talked to 2 of the 8 people providing support for the reader via the phones and neither of them admitted to have heard of mobileread before I mentioned it to them. (The 8 support people was their answer when I asked "How many of you are there?") So we know that now 25% of the support staff have heard of mobileread.

FangornUK · 01-02-2007, 08:15 AM

We bought Crichton's Next novel but I was very disappointed with the BBeB formatting of the document, looked very rushed.

ultim8fury · 01-02-2007, 10:37 AM

Interesting. I've not read that particular book but I was conversely very impressed with the formatting of the Pratchett books that are available. The "hidden" pages that are used for the footnotes worked incredibly well. I can only assume that there is more than one company doing the work.

FangornUK · 01-02-2007, 03:59 PM

Some publishers I've noticed that take particular care with BBeBs are:
simon & schuster
Rosetta Books
Random House

I wish Connect had a facility to preview the first 10 pages of the book. I really wouldn't have bought "Next" if I had seen it first.

giedre · 01-02-2007, 05:58 PM

Yes, I had mentioned Koontz, and while it wasn't the particular books by him, they did have a Koontz book shortly thereafter. Hmm, maybe it was there all along and I just didn't look for it. Either way, they are shaping up nicely and I always preview many of the books that they have just added {as notified by email}. I think that just as long as they have more books than I can read {those I like}, then I'm a happy camper!

L1Wulf · 01-03-2007, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FangornUK

Some publishers I've noticed that take particular care with BBeBs are:
simon & schuster
Rosetta Books
Random House

I wish Connect had a facility to preview the first 10 pages of the book. I really wouldn't have bought "Next" if I had seen it first.

Total agreement about a better preview. When I am in a book store looking at a prospective new book from an unknown (to me at least) author, I usually skip to the first page or two, a quarter and the halfway point for an idea of the story and the author's writing style.

If the first two pages pass scrutiny, I look deeper into the book just to make sure that I'm happy with the style and storytelling further on, just to be sure the book didn't start off with a bang then fizzle out.

Kind of hard to do this with ebooks.

12-22-2006, 12:33 PM	#1
ultim8fury Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 368 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Device: PRS500, Looking at 700	Connect actually listening to this forum ? I asked for Trudi Canavan and within a couple of weeks her first 3 books hit the store. A couple of weeks ago Terry Pratchett was mentioned and low and behold 2 of his books have hit the store. Good job Connect. Now all I need is "Fly fishing" by J.R.Hartley. (UK centric joke) In all seriousness though, the store catalogue is building up nicely. The search function still needs work and a software update would be great but I'm pleased that some effort is being put in. What are other peoples impressions now that we're a few months in ?

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12-31-2006, 03:42 AM	#2
JoeTampa Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony Reader	Still missing some Bill Bryson and Tom Clancy... Even though many of the missing books are available from other E-book stores.

12-31-2006, 02:48 PM	#3
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I think it is filling in nicely. And one great point over my local book store -- they're never out of stock of any title they carry. Now you mention that it seems that some of the Sony people are reading this forum, I know that others are not yet reading this forum. I have talked to 2 of the 8 people providing support for the reader via the phones and neither of them admitted to have heard of mobileread before I mentioned it to them. (The 8 support people was their answer when I asked "How many of you are there?") So we know that now 25% of the support staff have heard of mobileread.

01-02-2007, 08:15 AM	#4
FangornUK Addict Posts: 205 Karma: 317 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad, Kindle 3	We bought Crichton's Next novel but I was very disappointed with the BBeB formatting of the document, looked very rushed.

01-02-2007, 10:37 AM	#5
ultim8fury Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 368 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Device: PRS500, Looking at 700	Interesting. I've not read that particular book but I was conversely very impressed with the formatting of the Pratchett books that are available. The "hidden" pages that are used for the footnotes worked incredibly well. I can only assume that there is more than one company doing the work.

01-02-2007, 03:59 PM	#6
FangornUK Addict Posts: 205 Karma: 317 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad, Kindle 3	Some publishers I've noticed that take particular care with BBeBs are: simon & schuster Rosetta Books Random House I wish Connect had a facility to preview the first 10 pages of the book. I really wouldn't have bought "Next" if I had seen it first.

01-02-2007, 05:58 PM	#7
giedre Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 4850 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Carolina Device: Sony 500,505, Kindle, 1150	Yes, I had mentioned Koontz, and while it wasn't the particular books by him, they did have a Koontz book shortly thereafter. Hmm, maybe it was there all along and I just didn't look for it. Either way, they are shaping up nicely and I always preview many of the books that they have just added {as notified by email}. I think that just as long as they have more books than I can read {those I like}, then I'm a happy camper!

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