Where do you buy your books? - Page 2

chilady1 · 02-16-2010, 10:36 AM

Amazon, Fictionwise, Books on Board, eHarlequin, ManyBooks, Feedbooks, e-Diesel and the Maryland Public Library

jacquelineo · 02-16-2010, 10:56 AM

Thanks for all the posts. I will have to check out some of these sites.

dmaul1114 · 02-16-2010, 04:29 PM

Only Amazon for me in just under a year of having a Kindle.

And Feedbooks for some free public domain books.

eboyhan · 02-19-2010, 08:51 AM

Fictionwise, amazon, O'reilly (especially since they've taken over mspress -- all new mspress books will be avail in 3 fmts: epub, mobi, pdf), Baen...generally if there's a book I'm looking for I'll google the title and specify ebook -- usually find something -- recently got Evelyn Waugh's "Decline and Fall" (very funny book) this way.

schroedercl2 · 02-20-2010, 12:28 PM

Pretty much only Diesel ebook store.

xwordphile · 02-26-2010, 10:50 PM

I've looked everywhere (even here) for a quick and easy answer to this question, and haven't found it:

Are the mobi books sold on Diesel (not the free ones, but the ones I'd pay for) compatible with the Kindle (I have a 1st gen, if that matters)? And when I say "compatible," I mean can I purchase them, download them, and load them onto my Kindle via USB without any other manipulation? (I'm a technomoron and can't handle anything more complicated...)

anurag · 02-27-2010, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by xwordphile

I've looked everywhere (even here) for a quick and easy answer to this question, and haven't found it:

Are the mobi books sold on Diesel (not the free ones, but the ones I'd pay for) compatible with the Kindle (I have a 1st gen, if that matters)? And when I say "compatible," I mean can I purchase them, download them, and load them onto my Kindle via USB without any other manipulation? (I'm a technomoron and can't handle anything more complicated...)

You won't be able to use any Diesel books on the Kindle 1 without using DRM-removal tools.

Most of the paid books at Diesel are in one of five formats - ePub with Adobe DRM, PDF with Adobe DRM, eReader with eReader DRM, Mobipocket with Mobipocket.com's DRM and MS Reader with it's own DRM. There are a few DRM-free PDFs but they won't work with the Kindle 1. All Kindle versions can read DRM-free mobipocket format books but they support only Amazon's DRM scheme which isn't quite the same as Mobipocket.com's own DRM (though Mobipocket.com is now owned by Amazon).

Hope this helps. Btw, you can try looking up an ebook at Inkmesh to see the compatible devices - we take care of all these format-device mappings for you. If the Kindle is not in the list of compatible devices for an ebook, you're going to need some kind of conversion and/or DRM removal to get it to work on the Kindle. Here's an example: http://inkmesh.com/ebooks/decline-an...l+evelyn+waugh

catsittingstill · 02-27-2010, 03:06 PM

the project gutenberg (free out-of-copyright) books are also available from manybooks.net and I like their formatting better.

lene1949 · 02-28-2010, 01:44 AM

There's also a huge amount of book available right here on MR...

I love trying out new authors, and when they offer a book in any genre I like to read, I direct them to Smashwords, if they're not already there... Lots of good books on Smashwords...

sianon · 03-03-2010, 03:11 PM

I buy mine from a mix of places, mainly Amazon, smashwords, BoB, Fictionwise (although rarely now), Ebook.com (mainly text books) and BeWrite books as well as the public domain books here on Mobile Read

rambo47 · 03-03-2010, 10:19 PM

Mostly Amazon, but I've found some great stuff at Baen. I just registered at Fictionwise and will peruse their catalogue too.

jxh11215 · 03-04-2010, 03:53 PM

Amazon, Diesel ebooks, booksonboard and waterstones (for the ones that aren't yet US available)

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02-16-2010, 10:36 AM	#16
chilady1 I devour books! Posts: 789 Karma: 1285226 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad Air, Kindle 3/Kobo Aura HD, iPhone 6	Amazon, Fictionwise, Books on Board, eHarlequin, ManyBooks, Feedbooks, e-Diesel and the Maryland Public Library

02-16-2010, 10:56 AM	#17
jacquelineo Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle 2	Thanks for all the posts. I will have to check out some of these sites.

02-16-2010, 04:29 PM	#18
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	Only Amazon for me in just under a year of having a Kindle. And Feedbooks for some free public domain books.

02-19-2010, 08:51 AM	#19
eboyhan PandaMuse Posts: 104 Karma: 104 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Device: kindle dx, kindle touch SO, kindle fire, kindle fire hd8.9	Fictionwise, amazon, O'reilly (especially since they've taken over mspress -- all new mspress books will be avail in 3 fmts: epub, mobi, pdf), Baen...generally if there's a book I'm looking for I'll google the title and specify ebook -- usually find something -- recently got Evelyn Waugh's "Decline and Fall" (very funny book) this way.

02-20-2010, 12:28 PM	#20
schroedercl2 Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 66 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: none	Pretty much only Diesel ebook store.

02-26-2010, 10:50 PM	#21
xwordphile Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle1	I've looked everywhere (even here) for a quick and easy answer to this question, and haven't found it: Are the mobi books sold on Diesel (not the free ones, but the ones I'd pay for) compatible with the Kindle (I have a 1st gen, if that matters)? And when I say "compatible," I mean can I purchase them, download them, and load them onto my Kindle via USB without any other manipulation? (I'm a technomoron and can't handle anything more complicated...)

02-27-2010, 03:06 PM	#23
catsittingstill Guru Posts: 643 Karma: 551634 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle 1.0.8, iPod Touch, Kindle Keyboard	the project gutenberg (free out-of-copyright) books are also available from manybooks.net and I like their formatting better.

02-28-2010, 01:44 AM	#24
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	There's also a huge amount of book available right here on MR... I love trying out new authors, and when they offer a book in any genre I like to read, I direct them to Smashwords, if they're not already there... Lots of good books on Smashwords...

03-03-2010, 03:11 PM	#25
sianon Addict Posts: 352 Karma: 572 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne Device: Sony 500, Bebook, Kindle, Eco reader Drs and soon the Archos 9	I buy mine from a mix of places, mainly Amazon, smashwords, BoB, Fictionwise (although rarely now), Ebook.com (mainly text books) and BeWrite books as well as the public domain books here on Mobile Read

03-03-2010, 10:19 PM	#26
rambo47 Kindleer Posts: 14 Karma: 102 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Denville, NJ. Device: Kindle 2	Mostly Amazon, but I've found some great stuff at Baen. I just registered at Fictionwise and will peruse their catalogue too.

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03-04-2010, 03:53 PM	#27
jxh11215 Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 142 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Kindle 1 & Kindle 2	Amazon, Diesel ebooks, booksonboard and waterstones (for the ones that aren't yet US available)