Fictionwise 45% off coupon

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

So I've used the 45% on the latest Asimov's and Analog (Jan 2013). But I'm having trouble downloading them. I suspect there's a bit of a rush on their servers.

I tried to download some books and had the same problem.

[Raquel]

I downloaded some ePubs today, but they are corrupted and couldn't open.
(My Sony Reader Library says they're corrupted.)

Does anyone have this problem?

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Raquel

I downloaded some ePubs today, but they are corrupted and couldn't open.
(My Sony Reader Library says they're corrupted.)

Does anyone have this problem?

Yep. Same here.

[jersysman]

As much as I like(d) Fictionwise and their discount codes, this reinforces the habit of stripping the DRM off of purchased books and putting them somewhere safe. We should not be at the whim of any site or company closing its doors. On the DRM front, we should not be put in a position where, in order to keep something we paid money for, we have to circumvent or possibly be breaking a law. That is just unacceptable.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by jersysman

As much as I like(d) Fictionwise and their discount codes, this reinforces the habit of stripping the DRM off of purchased books and putting them somewhere safe. We should not be at the whim of any site or company closing its doors. On the DRM front, we should not be put in a position where, in order to keep something we paid money for, we have to circumvent or possibly be breaking a law. That is just unacceptable.

I'm just trying to download some of the MultiFormat books I bought in the past. They are DRM Free already but FW is just down since this 3AM last night.

[jersysman]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I'm just trying to download some of the MultiFormat books I bought in the past. They are DRM Free already but FW is just down since this 3AM last night.

I hope you are able to get all of your ebooks Blossom. I am glad I have such redundancy in backing up all of my purchases. I remember hearing some of the horror stories when Borders closed. I guess that is why I have so many backups.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by jersysman

I hope you are able to get all of your ebooks Blossom. I am glad I have such redundancy in backing up all of my purchases. I remember hearing some of the horror stories when Borders closed. I guess that is why I have so many backups.

I have them on discs somewhere so if I have to go looking I will. These are when I first started buying years ago.

I do have since the last three years all books I've brought and freebies backed up on Calibre though.

[koland]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Everyone back up your books!

And good luck with that.

In the middle of the night (around 3-4 am), I just got error after error trying to get a final duplicate backup (in case I've misplaced something).

My palm purchases go back to 2000!

I suspect many, many (maybe most?) of my purchases won't transfer. there was supposed to be a link in the email I got, showing what doesn't, but it didn't work.

[pdurrant]

I got a reply back from Fictionwise when I reported the problem:

Sorry for the error. Due to the high volume of downloads at this time, we have had some server issues. Please try once again to download your titles.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your patience.

I have now been able to download my most recent purchases, and make a start on downloading (again) all my books, just-in-case.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by koland

I suspect many, many (maybe most?) of my purchases won't transfer. there was supposed to be a link in the email I got, showing what doesn't, but it didn't work.

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

[NightBird]

My palm purchases go back to 2000!

Mine, too! Fortunately I downloaded everything when B&N bought them. I'm actually surprised it's taken them this long to close - thought it would be sooner.

I copied a list of all my books from my bookshelf just to be sure of what I have. That was tedious - Gah! 57 pages.

You can also use the bulk download, which makes it a little less painful.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by NightBird

Mine, too! Fortunately I downloaded everything when B&N bought them. I'm actually surprised it's taken them this long to close - thought it would be sooner.

I copied a list of all my books from my bookshelf just to be sure of what I have. That was tedious - Gah! 57 pages.

You can also use the bulk download, which makes it a little less painful.

Snap! I have 57 pages in my bookshelf too!

Oh - no I don't, I have 58. Some more books have mysteriously appeared in my Fictionwise bookshelf. I had 1424 items, and now I have 1450.

Oooohhh.. In bulk download view it shows 58 pages and 1450 items, and in the oridinary bookshelf it shows 57 pages and 1424 items (and a mysterious invisble 1425th).

And I still seem to have the 100 book download limit. Sigh.

[Tattncat]

Originally Posted by jersysman

As much as I like(d) Fictionwise and their discount codes, this reinforces the habit of stripping the DRM off of purchased books and putting them somewhere safe. We should not be at the whim of any site or company closing its doors. On the DRM front, we should not be put in a position where, in order to keep something we paid money for, we have to circumvent or possibly be breaking a law. That is just unacceptable.

Ditto! However, stripping and storing/backing up on an external drive or"the cloud" is always a good idea.

[NightBird]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Oh - no I don't, I have 58. Some more books have mysteriously appeared in my Fictionwise bookshelf. I had 1424 items, and now I have 1450.

Oooohhh.. In bulk download view it shows 58 pages and 1450 items, and in the oridinary bookshelf it shows 57 pages and 1424 items (and a mysterious invisble 1425th).

And I still seem to have the 100 book download limit. Sigh.

Very weird!

I think that 100-book limit is standard (I have that too.) At least it's better than 1 at a time.

[bookratt]

The death of the great Fictionwise coupons... :'(


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