Fave Ebook Site? - Page 2

JeremyR · 03-18-2011, 06:40 AM

Fictionwise, I've probably spent more money there than anywhere else. The selection isn't as good as it apparently once was, before B&N bought them. But they also have cheap prices as they frequently have sales.

And Manybooks.net is good for PD stuff, but they seem to be having server problems of late...

I used to like Feedbooks for PD stuff, but they've apparently turned themselves into an EPUB store

smurfymom · 03-18-2011, 08:47 AM

I love booksonboard.com. They have a large catalog and are fairly inexpensive.

Jellby · 03-18-2011, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

(Canada uses Life+50 years as the period for copyright, so there are works that are in the public domain in Canada but not the US.)

And vice-versa (works published before 1923 by authors who did not die before 1961).

Quote:

AU has changed its laws on copyright to correspond to the Life+70 years practice in the US and elsewhere

Isn't the US Life+90 (on top of other idiosyncrasies)?

mikeayers · 03-18-2011, 12:55 PM

I've heard the US is LifeBeforeMickeyMouse. They keep changing it to protect Mickey.

covingtoncat73 · 03-18-2011, 02:15 PM

Another vote for Gutenberg.org, here. Got me some Poe, Wilde, Yeats, MacDonald, etc. from there already and I'm sure I'll get more. The Kobo is worth it if only to have those books on something I can read them on. I don't want to read a book on my computer.

Barty · 03-18-2011, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JeremyR

I used to like Feedbooks for PD stuff, but they've apparently turned themselves into an EPUB store

Feedbooks still have PD books. they have a smaller selection than Gutenberg but their books seem to be generally better formatted. Their site is also a bit nicer. So

for feedbooks.

MorganM · 03-18-2011, 11:09 PM

Thanks for all the replies. I got a couple of books of feedbooks last night.

spellbanisher · 03-18-2011, 11:47 PM

The internet archive has the largest source of public domain texts, with over 2.7 million. Unfortunately, most of those texts are just scanned and ocr'd, so they are not high quality. It is a good resource, however, because it will provide texts for project gutenberg distributed proofreaders for years to come. The internet archive also has some decent databases that provide high quality texts, and the community texts tend to be pretty good as well. The site url is archive.org.

03-18-2011, 08:47 AM	#17
smurfymom Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greenville, SC Device: Pandigital Novel 6"	great site I love booksonboard.com. They have a large catalog and are fairly inexpensive.

03-18-2011, 11:47 PM	#23
spellbanisher Guru Posts: 826 Karma: 6566849 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bay Area Device: kindle keyboard, kindle fire hd, S4, Nook hd+	The internet archive has the largest source of public domain texts, with over 2.7 million. Unfortunately, most of those texts are just scanned and ocr'd, so they are not high quality. It is a good resource, however, because it will provide texts for project gutenberg distributed proofreaders for years to come. The internet archive also has some decent databases that provide high quality texts, and the community texts tend to be pretty good as well. The site url is archive.org. Last edited by spellbanisher; 03-18-2011 at 11:51 PM.

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03-18-2011, 06:40 AM	#16
JeremyR Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 2458402 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: St. Louis Device: Kindle Keyboard, Nook HD+	Fictionwise, I've probably spent more money there than anywhere else. The selection isn't as good as it apparently once was, before B&N bought them. But they also have cheap prices as they frequently have sales. And Manybooks.net is good for PD stuff, but they seem to be having server problems of late... I used to like Feedbooks for PD stuff, but they've apparently turned themselves into an EPUB store

03-18-2011, 12:55 PM	#19
mikeayers Zealot Posts: 136 Karma: 432377 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle PW 10thGen, Kobo Clara HD	I've heard the US is LifeBeforeMickeyMouse. They keep changing it to protect Mickey.

03-18-2011, 02:15 PM	#20
covingtoncat73 Wizard Posts: 2,745 Karma: 83407757 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Lenovo Duet Chromebook, Moto e	Another vote for Gutenberg.org, here. Got me some Poe, Wilde, Yeats, MacDonald, etc. from there already and I'm sure I'll get more. The Kobo is worth it if only to have those books on something I can read them on. I don't want to read a book on my computer.

03-18-2011, 11:09 PM	#22
MorganM Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 1089963 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra H2o	Thanks for all the replies. I got a couple of books of feedbooks last night.

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