Fictionwise has shut down! - Page 3

chilady1 · 11-16-2012, 09:55 AM

Just one more reason why I am glad that I have downloaded and stored ALL my books in Calibre. I will of course miss FW and I also will go through my entire library and ensure that I have all the books purchased on the site in Calibre.

RIP FW! I think we all knew it was just a matter of time.

HarryT · 11-16-2012, 09:57 AM

FW was the store which got me into buying commercial eBooks in the first place (prior to them, I just read public domain stuff). Now, though, they're just... irrelevant. I wonder how long any of the non-specialist independents (eg BooksOnBoard) can survive.

fjtorres · 11-16-2012, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

FW was the store which got me into buying commercial eBooks in the first place (prior to them, I just read public domain stuff). Now, though, they're just... irrelevant. I wonder how long any of the non-specialist independents (eg BooksOnBoard) can survive.

Not long, I fear.
I'm actually surprised they've lasted this long.
Unless the majority of the mainstream publishers go DRM-free their business model has limited growth potential.

AnemicOak · 11-16-2012, 10:06 AM

19 of my 440 transfered. I didn't expect 440 new books to show up in my B&N account as some titles are duplicates due to the eReader copies they gave when OverDrive dropped them, but I thought it would be more than 19. What did transfer seems completely random and strange. One of the books is from a now defunct publisher and a couple others are with different publishers now than the versions in my account. I wouldn’t think they’d be able to get the rights to do that. Also they transferred one or two books from various publishers, but there are tons more from the same publishers that they didn’t transfer in fact B&N is now trying to sell me books I have in my FW account based on the few that did transfer.

I hope more than the 19 transfer over (although I do have backups of my FW account) otherwise the whole transfer thing seems pretty pointless.

Mel · 11-16-2012, 10:23 AM

Out of 156 books, five transfered over. Of course B&N found five books that are not in my Calibre library - because I hated them so much they were deleted with glee. What are the odds of only picking books I despised?

Luckily I only did the transfer out of curiosity as everything was previously backed up.

HarryT · 11-16-2012, 10:24 AM

Has anyone seen any new books appear since the initial transfer?

AnemicOak · 11-16-2012, 10:29 AM

A list of books unavailable for transfer...

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/contai....asp?PID=45600

So far I don't see anything from my account on the list.

trekker99 · 11-16-2012, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by fjtorres

I clicked on the transition link and it claims my email doesn't match their records.
The same email address they sent me the fictionwise shutdown notice to which is the same email address for my (vestigial) Nook account.
Ah, B&N is still B&N, even when they try to do something right.
Mind you, I never bought anything from Fictionwise I couldn't de-DRM and promptly did so, but still...

I'll try again later but I have no expectations of any change.

I am in the same boat. Anyone tried emailing them about this?

ATimson · 11-16-2012, 10:49 AM

I only had two books come over in the initial transfer. Though the page *did* say that it would take some time. I figure I'll wait until Monday before I bug support.

fjtorres · 11-16-2012, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by trekker99

I am in the same boat. Anyone tried emailing them about this?

B&N user support has a reputation that suggests it would be futile.

garygibsonsf · 11-16-2012, 11:19 AM

I find myself wondering if they're also excluding books that were bought for effectively 'free' as part of one of FW's long-ago deals - the ones where you got free micropay money with a purchase to spend on other ebooks. That might go some way to explaining why out of nearly a hundred books, I'm seeing perhaps a dozen at best.

garygibsonsf · 11-16-2012, 11:20 AM

Is it possible some of those books simply aren't available to B&N in the first place? I've never used them, so I have no idea how wide a range of books they have compared to Amazon.

ATimson · 11-16-2012, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by garygibsonsf

Is it possible some of those books simply aren't available to B&N in the first place? I've never used them, so I have no idea how wide a range of books they have compared to Amazon.

No - I have a large number of books that are available to B&N, and that aren't on their exclusion list, that haven't transferred over.

AnemicOak · 11-16-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ATimson

No - I have a large number of books that are available to B&N, and that aren't on their exclusion list, that haven't transferred over.

rft183 · 11-16-2012, 11:28 AM

You can add me to the "email address doesn't match" list... I hate dealing with b&n.

11-16-2012, 09:57 AM	#32
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,661 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	FW was the store which got me into buying commercial eBooks in the first place (prior to them, I just read public domain stuff). Now, though, they're just... irrelevant. I wonder how long any of the non-specialist independents (eg BooksOnBoard) can survive. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

11-16-2012, 10:06 AM	#34
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 7,393 Karma: 18771935 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: AuraHD, Nook HD+, Kindle 2,3,T , Opus, TF101, Nexus7, iPT, iPhone5	19 of my 440 transfered. I didn't expect 440 new books to show up in my B&N account as some titles are duplicates due to the eReader copies they gave when OverDrive dropped them, but I thought it would be more than 19. What did transfer seems completely random and strange. One of the books is from a now defunct publisher and a couple others are with different publishers now than the versions in my account. I wouldn’t think they’d be able to get the rights to do that. Also they transferred one or two books from various publishers, but there are tons more from the same publishers that they didn’t transfer in fact B&N is now trying to sell me books I have in my FW account based on the few that did transfer. I hope more than the 19 transfer over (although I do have backups of my FW account) otherwise the whole transfer thing seems pretty pointless. __________________ ~Brian "The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible." — Mark Twain

11-16-2012, 10:24 AM	#36
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,661 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Has anyone seen any new books appear since the initial transfer? __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

11-16-2012, 10:29 AM	#37
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 7,393 Karma: 18771935 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: AuraHD, Nook HD+, Kindle 2,3,T , Opus, TF101, Nexus7, iPT, iPhone5	A list of books unavailable for transfer... http://www.barnesandnoble.com/contai....asp?PID=45600 So far I don't see anything from my account on the list. __________________ ~Brian "The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible." — Mark Twain

11-16-2012, 11:19 AM	#41
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 319 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	I find myself wondering if they're also excluding books that were bought for effectively 'free' as part of one of FW's long-ago deals - the ones where you got free micropay money with a purchase to spend on other ebooks. That might go some way to explaining why out of nearly a hundred books, I'm seeing perhaps a dozen at best. __________________ Author of 7 SF novels for Tor, all DRM-free from August 2012: Angel Stations, Against Gravity, Stealing Light, Nova War, Empire of Light, Final Days and, most recently, The Thousand Emperors. Also the proprietor of Brain in a Jar Books, producing ebook editions of out of print sf novels & anthologies of short fiction by pro authors.

11-16-2012, 09:55 AM	#31
chilady1 I devour books! Posts: 580 Karma: 1181556 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 3, iPhone 4, iPad2	Just one more reason why I am glad that I have downloaded and stored ALL my books in Calibre. I will of course miss FW and I also will go through my entire library and ensure that I have all the books purchased on the site in Calibre. RIP FW! I think we all knew it was just a matter of time.

11-16-2012, 10:23 AM	#35
Mel Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 77706 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Nook Color	Out of 156 books, five transfered over. Of course B&N found five books that are not in my Calibre library - because I hated them so much they were deleted with glee. What are the odds of only picking books I despised? Luckily I only did the transfer out of curiosity as everything was previously backed up.

11-16-2012, 10:49 AM	#39
ATimson Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 1044878 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: nook STR, iPod Touch 3G	I only had two books come over in the initial transfer. Though the page did say that it would take some time. I figure I'll wait until Monday before I bug support.

11-16-2012, 11:20 AM	#42
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 319 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	Is it possible some of those books simply aren't available to B&N in the first place? I've never used them, so I have no idea how wide a range of books they have compared to Amazon. __________________ Author of 7 SF novels for Tor, all DRM-free from August 2012: Angel Stations, Against Gravity, Stealing Light, Nova War, Empire of Light, Final Days and, most recently, The Thousand Emperors. Also the proprietor of Brain in a Jar Books, producing ebook editions of out of print sf novels & anthologies of short fiction by pro authors.

11-16-2012, 11:28 AM	#45
rft183 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas, USA Device: Google Nexus 7	You can add me to the "email address doesn't match" list... I hate dealing with b&n.

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