09-24-2010, 08:47 AM | #1 |
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JBL at Amazon
The JBL is on sale through Amazon again for $99 (plus shipping). Of course, they put it on sale AFTER I bought one for $120 (mutter, mutter, mumble, mumble, grumble, grumble, grrrr).
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09-24-2010, 09:05 AM | #2 |
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NewEgg sell Red color JBL for $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16858723014 No sale tax if you are not in CA, TN or NJ. |
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09-24-2010, 11:14 AM | #3 | |
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09-24-2010, 03:55 PM | #5 |
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It does raise the question; If Amazon is OK with the sale of other reading
devices, might they be considering dropping the protection of Kindle sales inherent in their only providing eBooks only in their proprietary format? Luck; Ken |
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09-24-2010, 05:06 PM | #6 |
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Ken- You seem more on top of this than most using Calibre and finding ways to purge DRMs, which you cannot detail for legal reasons. But I was wondering if you have found a way to download and convert, in Calibre perhaps, Kindle editions to be read on the Jetbook in some other format. Amazon should have no issue with this as long as the book is paid for.
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indicates that they certainly are taking issue with our use of the ebooks they sell. Their DRM comes in two flavors one is not too hard to defeat and one is a pain. I don't know what the current situation is, but it used to be that the majority of books being offered were infected with the form of DRM that you could remove without a lot of effort. If it looks to be an issue I can usually find the same book available at B&N. To some extent I think that Amazon is aware that they are loosing sales to other retailers who offer ebooks with no DRM or looser DRM and that could be an additional motivation for their drive to sign exclusive contracts with authors. I doubt that the authors realize such a move will remove them from the to be read list of most informed readers who are not captured by Amazon. Luck; Ken |
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09-25-2010, 08:08 AM | #13 |
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I like the black myself. Tried the white for a bit, seems to show dirt, fingerprints worse.
My backup JBL is in burgundy, which is not my favorite, but if I get to the point that I need to use it, well its better than not having one at all now isn't it. BTW Ken, Karma to you sir, you've been doing a great job of being a Jetbook ambassador! |
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See the PM I sent you. Larry |
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But check this out. I want to re-read Niel Sheehans- A Bright Shining Lie published in 1989. Barnes and Noble $28 eReader .com (also B&N) $35 Amazon Kindle $10.31 B&N is charging the hard cover price with very little cost to them. Amazon is charging about what an ebook that is 20 years old is worth. I have a major issue with B&N that almost amounts to an ETHICAL consideration. Just as I do when they sell soft cover public domain classics and charge $15-$20 for them. Retail prices are supposed to be based on SOME relationship to cost plus a reasonable markup- not just any price they think the market can bear. I think Amazon got a feeling for this sentiment because they changed their marketing strategy significantly with the new Kindle. They even give you a link to the free books on ManyBooks without trying to get a piece of the action on what is in the public domain. I'm not saying Amazon is a paragon of ethical sensibility- they started out with 2 generations of an overpriced reader and were charging a small fee for public domain stuff, but at least they seem a little more tuned in to what is fair. I will not deal with B&N, and even if they see the light and start dealing fairly with consumers, it's going to take me a long time to come back around to them. I bought a Jetbook so I could read literature that Gutenberg's visionary founder considered almost a birthright 30 years ago without paying some capitalist robber baron. But now that I am willing to pay for more current works where there is a living author to compensate, I have an instinct about what is a fair price. And Barnes and Noble is not even close- to the point where when and if they go out of business, I will be in line to dance upon their grave. Last edited by Ron46; 09-26-2010 at 04:22 PM. Reason: spelling |
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