03-14-2011, 02:22 PM | #16 |
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The $2 is charged in countries where Amazon do not have a deal in place with local telecoms providers. It used to be charged in the UK, but no longer.
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03-14-2011, 02:23 PM | #17 |
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The delivery surcharge only applies in countries where Amazon hasn't done a deal with a local telecoms operator. It was abolished in the UK about a year ago.
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03-14-2011, 02:24 PM | #18 | |
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Here is the company post about the deal:
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http://www.kindlepost.com/2011/03/ei...xclusives.html |
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03-14-2011, 02:33 PM | #19 |
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For selected regions only. If I recall correctly that's the US, UK and Australia. All the rest still have to fork out for the extra fee.
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03-14-2011, 04:16 PM | #20 |
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03-14-2011, 04:18 PM | #21 | |
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03-14-2011, 04:23 PM | #22 | |
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The books are not closed to people without Kindles. Amazon has many apps that can be used to read Amazon purchased e-books. If you chose not to use them then that is your choice. Just like I can read library books as a Kindle user. There are apps I can use for my computer, cell phone, and the like to read books from Overdrive. It is all legal and available. It might not be as convienent but it is available. |
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03-14-2011, 05:36 PM | #23 |
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03-14-2011, 05:47 PM | #24 | |
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Basically, the publisher decided it was not worth reprinting. Einstein died in 1955 making the body of these works public domain in some jurisdictions (Canada, for one). If there is enough interest, they can always publish in epub as well. I've never understood the flack about a publisher making market choices on which vendors to sell its goods. |
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03-14-2011, 06:12 PM | #25 |
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Although I think some of this is a bit of an overreaction, I do have to agree that exclusives like this are not my favorite thing.
I also think this may be an argument for a shorter copyright term (life +50 still works best IMO). Total eradication is a bit of an overreaction, which as we all know never crop up on web forums. |
03-14-2011, 06:27 PM | #26 |
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Maybe they won't be DRM'd, then they can be converted to work on any reader.
(Amazon sells plenty of ebooks that aren't DRMd, leaving it up to the author/publisher.) |
03-14-2011, 06:37 PM | #27 |
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Open Road Media are the same company which said that they'd like to break Amazon's usual 9.99 price threshold for e-books, in order to charge $14+ for theirs. And they mainly re-publish rather older backlist titles by semi-known-in-their-genre authors*, not new release hardcover-equivalent bestsellers by widely-known famous ones.
I think someone has a disproportionately skewed idea of what the likely actual market value of their catalogue is. That said, these new Einstein editions are supposed to have extra bonus stuff that presumably wouldn't come with a transcribed older public-domain-in-Life+50-countries edition, so it's not like they're not adding any extra value whatsoever. * Sigh. They just negotiated for all of Barbara Hambly's backlist. At least I'll always have my paperbacks & hardcovers to read from. |
03-14-2011, 06:46 PM | #28 |
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the sad thing is that i think it will be a LONG while before a deal here in my country is developed. people here hardly read, and i doubt that many have heard of ebooks or ereaders (none are being sold yet here). so looks like i'm stuck with the additional $2, which is unfair, considering that i'm not even using 3G. But that's a rant for another day
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03-14-2011, 06:57 PM | #29 |
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03-14-2011, 07:38 PM | #30 |
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I don't know if I'd buy any of these books - but I can get them wirelessly delivered to any of four devices I own - so I'm not too worried about the Amazon exclusivity. I don't care for the exclusive nature, but I don't have a Kindle and I'm not locked out.
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