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Borders ebook store now live (US only)
Borders ebook store is now open for business. According to their tweet they've got "over a million" ebooks available :
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edit : "eBook downloads are available only in the US." Last edited by zelda_pinwheel; 07-07-2010 at 10:17 AM. |
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07-07-2010, 10:17 AM | #2 |
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Interesting. I don't know why but I thought they were partnered with Kobo/Indigo?
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07-07-2010, 10:19 AM | #3 |
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they do sell the Kobo, but apparently they're in favour of the open ecosystem model, to their credit. unfortunately this only applies to the US.
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07-07-2010, 10:29 AM | #4 |
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Zelda - may I ask if you could add to the Title - US only .... Thanks ....
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07-07-2010, 10:30 AM | #5 |
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07-07-2010, 11:00 AM | #6 |
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07-07-2010, 11:08 AM | #7 |
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Hm, but a quick read-through of their "getting started" page seems to indicate that they are going by the billing address on the credit card you use for making purchases... This might be do-able.
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07-07-2010, 11:30 AM | #9 |
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07-07-2010, 11:33 AM | #10 |
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Quick check against the iBooks store for the top 10 bestsellers on Borders list:
1 book is cheaper on Borders (Patterson's The 9th Judgement) 3 books are the same price on Borders 6 out of the 10 aren't even available on iBooks. |
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07-07-2010, 11:38 AM | #12 |
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I wonder why Kobo has some books that Borders doesn't? For example, Kraken by China Mieville.
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07-07-2010, 11:44 AM | #13 |
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Just downloaded the iPad app and the first three books that I browsed ( 1984 by George Orwell, Audacity of Hope and Going Rogue by Palin) were cheaper on the borders store than on iBooks, amazon or B&N.
EDIT: Audacity of Hope and 1984 are not available on iBooks. Last edited by ForceMd; 07-07-2010 at 11:51 AM. Reason: Spelling |
07-07-2010, 12:45 PM | #14 |
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How many formats come with a purchase?
When you buy the ebook, do you get access to all of the formats (i.e., download both the "Mobile" version to iPhone and the epub version to Sony Reader), a la Fictionwise's "Multiformat," or do you just get one?
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07-07-2010, 12:46 PM | #15 |
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Can Borders books can be loaded on B&N's Nook (easily)?
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