12-17-2011, 02:33 PM | #76 | |
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At Amazon.co.uk English -> Unlimited US -> Unlimited German -> Gleichzeitige Verwendung von Geräten: Keine Einschränkung (ie Unlimited) French ??? Italian ??? Spanish ??? Why this difference ? Last edited by pdurrant; 12-17-2011 at 03:29 PM. Reason: fixing my typo that was quoted. I'm vain. |
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12-17-2011, 03:26 PM | #77 |
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Have you asked Amazon? They are the only ones who can answer your question.
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12-17-2011, 03:46 PM | #78 | |
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Yes, I've asked...
(I now see that my links to my blog posts regarding this issue are not visible on my copy...) First is the one where I saw the "problem" with Amazon.fr : http://readingandraytracing.blogspot...different.html Then I asked (twice) and blogged about the two answers : First answer : Quote:
Lastly, they included an email address (kindle-votre-avis@amazon.fr) where I could send further remarks. That was before the ES and IT stores opening, so I think now that this decision is indeed a decision and no bug, hence my irritation. Lastly, Bragelonne (one of our Publishers) had a meeting with Amazon, and got some hand waving leading them to go with DRMs (while their stance so far had been to go without)... (I'll have to translate that one, sorry...) So, three times asked about it, three times no answer... |
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12-17-2011, 04:14 PM | #79 |
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12-17-2011, 04:53 PM | #80 | |
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The email support system is quite limited in it's abilities to... well... work satisfactorily. If you are truly interested in having your questions answered, then find a phone number and talk to a human. Anything else is waste of time. Last edited by DiapDealer; 12-17-2011 at 05:14 PM. |
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12-17-2011, 04:59 PM | #81 | |
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I WAS truly interested, and talked to Amazon about it... But you're right : it TOTALLY WAS a waste of time. |
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12-17-2011, 05:38 PM | #82 | |
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http://russellphillips.wordpress.com...-dont-use-drm/ The main points could probably be summarised as: It annoys legitimate customers while failing to prevent piracy. Given that, why would I use it? |
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12-17-2011, 06:00 PM | #83 | |
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If you don't see "Unlimited" we have to assume there is DRM. I have seen a few authors say no DRM in the book's summary. |
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12-17-2011, 06:00 PM | #84 |
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Thanks Russel for that perfect explanation... I'll keep your blog's link for future reference.
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12-17-2011, 06:24 PM | #85 |
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I'm pleased you liked it Feel free to link to it - as I said, one of the reasons I wrote a blog post about it was so that I could point people at it whenever I wanted to explain why I don't like DRM (or why I choose not to use it).
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12-17-2011, 08:40 PM | #86 | |
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So thanks for letting me know that the point I wasn't addressing wasn't addressed...now onto the Ministry of Redundancy for their redundant talk regarding the redundancy present in the talks at the Ministry of Redundancy. |
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12-17-2011, 11:44 PM | #87 |
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Agreed. In fact, I'm going to buy a Kindle book either today or tomorrow.
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12-19-2011, 01:58 AM | #89 |
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My main issue with Amazon is real simple, while I don't care for the closed environment, there is one area that boggles and annoys me to no end - ebook pricing.
Now I know this has to do with publishers as well as Amazon, but IF Amazon is the number 1 ebook retailer in the US (world?), then they should help spur ebook adoption faster by helping to push these book prices down considerably. I'm sorry, but while I like ereading, I just know it's incredibly cheap to produce over a physical book, so why am I paying close if not the exact same pricing of a hard copy? This is one area at least Apple had the balls to stand up for when it came to the music industry, it helped them by making them lower their pricing to an acceptable level where anyone doesn't mind paying the price for said music, and entering Apple's ecosystem. Why Amazon doesn't leverage this, is likely the reason why people prefer other devices where maybe they can find or use other stores to hopefully save some cash, ect. Someone has to get prices down if anyone in the future wants to get ahead in the ebook business. |
12-19-2011, 02:56 AM | #90 | |
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I find that most of the eBooks I buy are considerably cheaper than the corresponding paper book - generally they are about 70% or so of the paper book cost. This is a fair price, in my view. |
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