Newbie Question on book searching

jazz_jeff · 09-22-2008, 08:08 AM

I'm a newbie (and to my new to the Sony Reader)

Bought it in Waterstones and had a look on their website. Although they have few of everything in every topic, I can't find certain writers.
Folk like Jack Higgins, Arthur C Clarke, Mario Pulzo (godfather, etc) and so on.

Doe anyone know whats thee largest site out there for books (payable ones of course - don't want to get anyone into trouble on this clearly good site and forum).
Has anyone come across any books available by Jack Higgins or Arthur C Clarke for example and where are they?

(I'm a bit disappointed at the limited range of books so far but have NO complaints about my reader.)

igorsk · 09-22-2008, 08:19 AM

See Sony Reader book sources beyond CONNECT.

jazz_jeff · 09-22-2008, 10:39 AM

Thanks. Checked out them all and not one had any by Higgins or Clarke (and they wrote a hell of a lot of books)!

Its very disappointing in this day and age that best sellers such as them are not even included.

igorsk · 09-22-2008, 11:02 AM

Umm, I can see 9 Clarke books on Fictionwise and a bunch on BooksOnBoard.
Are you sure you checked all sources for all authors?

jazz_jeff · 09-22-2008, 11:22 AM

Aye, there is a lot of mainstream writers that I know of missing.
I sent an email to Waterstones asking when was thing likely to improve.
Will let you know of their reply, if any...

BookishDreamer · 09-22-2008, 04:48 PM

I received and e-mail from Sony on Friday about Arthur C. Clarke. Looks like they're offering his short stories.

Quote:

In March, the world lost one of the preeminent and seminal masters of the sci-fi genre. In memory of the genius of Arthur C. Clarke, we've compiled 103 short stories from Clarke's enormous body of work, now available at the eBook Store from Sony. Build your sci-fi library with this entire special collection, or download individual Clarke titles, priced at only $1.99 each.

Dreamer

jazz_jeff · 09-22-2008, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BookishDreamer

I received and e-mail from Sony on Friday about Arthur C. Clarke. Looks like they're offering his short stories.
Dreamer

I did see those but as I have his ENTIRE collection of short stories, I was looking for at least some of his full lenght books. I was shocked and disappointed to see a lack of them!
Its not as if he wrote a few!

I hope the situation improves sometime.

09-22-2008, 08:08 AM	#1
jazz_jeff Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Sony Reader	Newbie Question on book searching I'm a newbie (and to my new to the Sony Reader) Bought it in Waterstones and had a look on their website. Although they have few of everything in every topic, I can't find certain writers. Folk like Jack Higgins, Arthur C Clarke, Mario Pulzo (godfather, etc) and so on. Doe anyone know whats thee largest site out there for books (payable ones of course - don't want to get anyone into trouble on this clearly good site and forum). Has anyone come across any books available by Jack Higgins or Arthur C Clarke for example and where are they? (I'm a bit disappointed at the limited range of books so far but have NO complaints about my reader.)

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09-22-2008, 08:19 AM	#2
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	See Sony Reader book sources beyond CONNECT.

09-22-2008, 10:39 AM	#3
jazz_jeff Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Sony Reader	Thanks. Checked out them all and not one had any by Higgins or Clarke (and they wrote a hell of a lot of books)! Its very disappointing in this day and age that best sellers such as them are not even included.

09-22-2008, 11:02 AM	#4
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Umm, I can see 9 Clarke books on Fictionwise and a bunch on BooksOnBoard. Are you sure you checked all sources for all authors?

09-22-2008, 11:22 AM	#5
jazz_jeff Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Sony Reader	Aye, there is a lot of mainstream writers that I know of missing. I sent an email to Waterstones asking when was thing likely to improve. Will let you know of their reply, if any...