What are the top 5 ebook stores and why? - Page 3

Selzernium · 09-11-2008, 04:57 PM

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BooksonBoard -- cheap, really fast - within couple of hours! - and helpful response
Fictionwise -- cheap, multiformat!
Dieselbooks -- cheap (specially the bundle deals) and good search function

Browsing
Simonsays -- the best search function and layout...

The strange thing is i don't buy from Simonsays cause of the delays even the books S&S publishes!, would you believe that I was able to find/get their books* earlier in BoB and Mobipocket than in their own site. How stranger - to put it politely - can it get...

*) I am mostly interested in S/F - trek - so the situation may be the reverse in the other categories

etak · 09-11-2008, 05:42 PM

Hi, do books on board sell to the U.K. and do they work with the Sony 505.
thanks

pilotbob · 09-11-2008, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by etak

Hi, do books on board sell to the U.K. and do they work with the Sony 505.
thanks

Yes to the first and yes to the second if you buy the Adobe format. You will need Digital Editions, set up an AdobeID and authorize your 505 to download the ebook.

BOb

pilotbob · 09-11-2008, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by etak

Hi, do books on board sell to the U.K. and do they work with the Sony 505.
thanks

BoB has two fee adobe protected test books. One is a PDF and one is ePub.

http://www.booksonboard.com/index.php?F=adobe_ebooks

(Actually the ePub one actually shows a price when you go to buy it. Weird.)

BOb

Robotech_Master · 09-16-2008, 10:30 AM

Just a reminder, at present and until 9/18, Fictionwise's one year club memberships are "better than free" (or, as I'd say, pseudo-free). 100% of the $29.95 membership fee goes into your micropay account, plus you get a $10 coupon. Not a bad deal if you think you'll be wanting at least $40 of e-books.

JSWolf · 09-16-2008, 11:11 AM

Diesel eBooks does have some interesting bundles with some really good prices.

Kris777 · 11-12-2008, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by llasram

Of course, both of them also have automatic store-credit rebates using their respective schemes. Repeat customers can factor that into reducing the effective price of the book, bringing that down to:

Fictionwise:
- General customers pay $11.49
- Club members pay $9.77

Books on Board:
- General customers pay $13.87

So as long as one buys enough books from the same store to make use of the automatic rebates, Fictionwise is a much better deal.

What about format availablility? Can I say that more books available in LIT format than in ereader format on Fictionwise and Books on Board websites?
or all books available in both formats?

HarryT · 03-11-2009, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by hellohardyboys

I personally use www.fun-guide.org
But dont know if the ebooks works in Sony or any other Reader.

I have to ask: how can a store be "good" if its books "don't work in any reader"? How do you read them?

snipenekkid · 03-11-2009, 04:43 AM

not bad it is only a 4-month dead thread. Nice find.

gwynevans · 03-11-2009, 04:53 AM

Actually, I'd guess that someone else posted to the 'dead' thread, Harry commented to it & someone deleted the 'new' message...

hannah · 03-11-2009, 05:44 AM

I buy at books on board. Once tried to buy a book at fictionwise and for regional reasons wasn't allowed to buy it...

Marysart · 03-11-2009, 08:31 AM

I had the same thing happen at Fictionwise and BOB at the same time for different books. This has nothing to do with the respective retailers, but with the publishers' restriction of sales for the book.
The way to get around this is to change your registration information.
Set your country to the USA and you can buy anything you want.
At fictionwise you may have to youse micropay to buy the book.

sassanik · 03-11-2009, 08:39 AM

I buy from:
fictionwise
Books on board

I also get books from Project Gutenberg and occasionally buy directly from a ebook publishers website when the books aren't available elsewhere.

Fictionwise has a better selection IMO than BoB, but BoB tends to have new releases faster. Gutenberg is the place to go for stuff that is out of copyright and has a huge selection.

I don't use amazon or sony sites for ebooks because I don't have a kindle or a sony reader.

Amy

Stringer · 03-11-2009, 01:16 PM

I have used only FictionWise thus far with one exception (I bought the dictionary from MobiPocket), so I cannot really compare them much. However, what I find little bit hard with FW is the search algorithms. I mean there is tens of thousands books, and yet still (or maybe because of it) it is very hard to find books that attract me enough to make the actual transaction. For some reason it thinks that if one person gives a good rating, then it should be put to the top at the highest ratings list. Those books that have hundreds of ratings, fall below those single rating books because there is always someone who gives less good rating no matter how good the book is. Also, best selling definitely ain't the best quality, because most of those are more or less boring to read. So, there is only one way to find the book you want: manually search through them all.

Well, FW has quite nice search engine with ability to narrow price, category, keywords and even book's publishing date. Book length should be also there (which is not currently) and why on earth does it has to disable the search button after one search? Now, if you can see with one look that the search didn't produce what you wanted and would like to modify a search parameter, you will have to open the search again and input all variables again. If you try to go back, you might notice that you cannot press the search button.

Anyway, I would appreciate a good search program and reliable recommendations much more than few cent discounts.

09-11-2008, 05:42 PM	#32
etak Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: prs505	books on board Hi, do books on board sell to the U.K. and do they work with the Sony 505. thanks

03-11-2009, 08:39 AM	#43
sassanik Guru Posts: 774 Karma: 1211741 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Device: EB1150, iPhone, Cool-er Purple, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Fire	ebook stores I buy from: fictionwise Books on board I also get books from Project Gutenberg and occasionally buy directly from a ebook publishers website when the books aren't available elsewhere. Fictionwise has a better selection IMO than BoB, but BoB tends to have new releases faster. Gutenberg is the place to go for stuff that is out of copyright and has a huge selection. I don't use amazon or sony sites for ebooks because I don't have a kindle or a sony reader. Amy

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09-11-2008, 04:57 PM	#31
Selzernium Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10000 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Free Our Mobileread Feedbooks Bean free library PG Stores BooksonBoard -- cheap, really fast - within couple of hours! - and helpful response Fictionwise -- cheap, multiformat! Dieselbooks -- cheap (specially the bundle deals) and good search function Browsing Simonsays -- the best search function and layout... The strange thing is i don't buy from Simonsays cause of the delays even the books S&S publishes!, would you believe that I was able to find/get their books* earlier in BoB and Mobipocket than in their own site. How stranger - to put it politely - can it get... *) I am mostly interested in S/F - trek - so the situation may be the reverse in the other categories

09-16-2008, 10:30 AM	#35
Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Just a reminder, at present and until 9/18, Fictionwise's one year club memberships are "better than free" (or, as I'd say, pseudo-free). 100% of the $29.95 membership fee goes into your micropay account, plus you get a $10 coupon. Not a bad deal if you think you'll be wanting at least $40 of e-books.

09-16-2008, 11:11 AM	#36
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,037 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Diesel eBooks does have some interesting bundles with some really good prices.

03-11-2009, 04:43 AM	#39
snipenekkid Banned Posts: 760 Karma: 51034 Join Date: Feb 2009	not bad it is only a 4-month dead thread. Nice find.

03-11-2009, 04:53 AM	#40
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Actually, I'd guess that someone else posted to the 'dead' thread, Harry commented to it & someone deleted the 'new' message...

03-11-2009, 05:44 AM	#41
hannah Zealot Posts: 113 Karma: 1012700 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Belgium Device: Kobo H20, Bebook mini	I buy at books on board. Once tried to buy a book at fictionwise and for regional reasons wasn't allowed to buy it...

03-11-2009, 08:31 AM	#42
Marysart Member Retired Posts: 69 Karma: 588 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Amsterdam Device: none	I had the same thing happen at Fictionwise and BOB at the same time for different books. This has nothing to do with the respective retailers, but with the publishers' restriction of sales for the book. The way to get around this is to change your registration information. Set your country to the USA and you can buy anything you want. At fictionwise you may have to youse micropay to buy the book.

03-11-2009, 01:16 PM	#44
Stringer Connoisseur Posts: 81 Karma: 22 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 1 and 2	I have used only FictionWise thus far with one exception (I bought the dictionary from MobiPocket), so I cannot really compare them much. However, what I find little bit hard with FW is the search algorithms. I mean there is tens of thousands books, and yet still (or maybe because of it) it is very hard to find books that attract me enough to make the actual transaction. For some reason it thinks that if one person gives a good rating, then it should be put to the top at the highest ratings list. Those books that have hundreds of ratings, fall below those single rating books because there is always someone who gives less good rating no matter how good the book is. Also, best selling definitely ain't the best quality, because most of those are more or less boring to read. So, there is only one way to find the book you want: manually search through them all. Well, FW has quite nice search engine with ability to narrow price, category, keywords and even book's publishing date. Book length should be also there (which is not currently) and why on earth does it has to disable the search button after one search? Now, if you can see with one look that the search didn't produce what you wanted and would like to modify a search parameter, you will have to open the search again and input all variables again. If you try to go back, you might notice that you cannot press the search button. Anyway, I would appreciate a good search program and reliable recommendations much more than few cent discounts.

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