Kindling in China - Ni Hao!

Polokus · 02-07-2010, 08:37 PM

Greetings friends! Or as we learners of Chinese say: Ni Hao! 你好！

I'm an English guy living and working in China, and I just bought a Kindle DX! Yeah, really! I bought it on Taobao, (that's like the Chinese version of Ebay,) from a company in Beijing. I heard they were selling plenty of them.

I never had an ebook reader before and I love it. I wanted to buy the Kindle 2, but the only way to get it in China was to have a friend in the US buy it for you and smuggle it in a suitcase or something, and I don't have any friends like that, so I never got it.

So when I first heard about the Kindle DX and how Amazon were willing to "ship to China" I was so pleased and made up my mind to get one. It's a great thing and I really like reading with it. (Getting new and quality reading material in English here is no picnic, so something like this is just a gift from the gods.)

Only trouble is... maybe Amazon will ship it to China, but they won't support it here! Can't use Whispernet, can't shop at the 'Kindle store', can't upload documents for conversion, can't use the experimental web browser, etc, etc. I did get the nice welcome message letter on it though, wasn't that nice of them!

Anyway greetings everyone, and if folk could give me some suggestions re. where to go to purchase/acquire ebooks and be able to download them so I can put them on my Kindle with the USB cord, I'd be really grateful.

I know about Project Gutenberg of course, (awesome!), but I'm longing to read books like The Inheritors by William Golding, anything by Cormac McCarthy, anything by Carl Sagan, Jared Diamond and so on.

MickeyC · 02-07-2010, 08:50 PM

Hi Polokus and welcome to MobileRead

daffy4u · 02-07-2010, 09:29 PM

Welcome to MobileRead Polokus!

Are you in China long term? If not maybe registering your Kindle with your home country address will open more books to you.

Take a look at the links in my sig for some fun things you can do with your Kindle. Also see our wiki for more information on E-book stores.

Ervserver · 02-07-2010, 10:20 PM

Hello

Polokus · 02-08-2010, 12:09 AM

Thanks for the welcome and links daffy4u, plenty to get my teeth into there!

Been in China for 5 years now, no plans to leave just yet, (in spite of so many little inconveniences like this one!)

This seems like a neat place, looking forward to spending more time here.

neilmarr · 02-08-2010, 06:59 AM

I seem to remember reading recently, Polokus, of a Chinese manufactured reader becoming available on the mainland and supporting simple Chinese. I'll see if I can track down a link for you, though someone else here might have it immediately to hand. Good to have your company. Very much looking forward to your posts. My own wee publishing house has just signed half a dozen publishing deals in China for paperback releases of our titles in simple Chinese, but I know very little about the ebook scene on the mainland. Best wishes. Neil

Polokus · 02-08-2010, 09:34 AM

Hi Neil, could be you're thinking of the Boeye E900, claimed to be a "clone" of the Kindle DX and which seems to have been making a stir around the 'blogosphere' recently. To tell the truth I tried to get one of these, but the company told me by email that they were still having problems with the machine's software and that it would probably be late March or early April before the thing actually gets into the marketplace! (This kind of thing is not all that unusual in China actually.) I was itching by that point to have my own ebook reader, so I just lashed out on a real Kindle DX, and I don't think I'm going to regret it.

Congrats on your entry into the Chinese market by the way, where can I learn more about your titles?

Lady Blue · 02-08-2010, 11:15 AM

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happy_terd · 02-08-2010, 12:24 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!!!

Rootman · 02-08-2010, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Polokus

Hi Neil, could be you're thinking of the Boeye E900, claimed to be a "clone" of the Kindle DX

I see they even cloned the crappy lack of a separate number line on the keypad too. Interesting to see it also includes a microsd slot too and only 128mb internal RAM.

Polokus · 02-09-2010, 02:16 AM

Thanks for the stylish Chinese welcome Lady Blue! Cool! 你会说中国话吗？

He he, yeah Rootman, you got a point. Those kinds of details are always subject to change though it seems.

Katti's Cat · 02-09-2010, 04:11 AM

Hi & welcome to MR

neilmarr · 02-09-2010, 05:49 AM

That's the Chinese reader I had in mind, Polukus. Sorry to hear it's stalled. You can see our own titles at www.bewrite.net (the site's undergoing a major re-structuring this month, so sorry for any hiccups). The titles we're about to see in 'simple' Chinese (all crime novels so far) are being translated, worked and released in mass run paperback by the Guizhou's People's Publishing House. You come across them? If any of our titles catch your eye, by the way, drop me a line and I'll be happy to send you the PDFs free. Other formats and paperback, I'm afraid, you've got to pay for. Cheers. Neil

ShortNCuddlyAm · 02-09-2010, 08:12 PM

Welcome to MR!

02-07-2010, 08:37 PM	#1
Polokus Member Posts: 11 Karma: 48 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South China Device: Kindle DX	Kindling in China - Ni Hao! Greetings friends! Or as we learners of Chinese say: Ni Hao! 你好！ I'm an English guy living and working in China, and I just bought a Kindle DX! Yeah, really! I bought it on Taobao, (that's like the Chinese version of Ebay,) from a company in Beijing. I heard they were selling plenty of them. I never had an ebook reader before and I love it. I wanted to buy the Kindle 2, but the only way to get it in China was to have a friend in the US buy it for you and smuggle it in a suitcase or something, and I don't have any friends like that, so I never got it. So when I first heard about the Kindle DX and how Amazon were willing to "ship to China" I was so pleased and made up my mind to get one. It's a great thing and I really like reading with it. (Getting new and quality reading material in English here is no picnic, so something like this is just a gift from the gods.) Only trouble is... maybe Amazon will ship it to China, but they won't support it here! Can't use Whispernet, can't shop at the 'Kindle store', can't upload documents for conversion, can't use the experimental web browser, etc, etc. I did get the nice welcome message letter on it though, wasn't that nice of them! Anyway greetings everyone, and if folk could give me some suggestions re. where to go to purchase/acquire ebooks and be able to download them so I can put them on my Kindle with the USB cord, I'd be really grateful. I know about Project Gutenberg of course, (awesome!), but I'm longing to read books like The Inheritors by William Golding, anything by Cormac McCarthy, anything by Carl Sagan, Jared Diamond and so on.

02-08-2010, 12:09 AM	#5
Polokus Member Posts: 11 Karma: 48 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South China Device: Kindle DX	Thanks for the welcome and links daffy4u, plenty to get my teeth into there! Been in China for 5 years now, no plans to leave just yet, (in spite of so many little inconveniences like this one!) This seems like a neat place, looking forward to spending more time here. Last edited by Polokus; 02-08-2010 at 12:11 AM.

02-08-2010, 09:34 AM	#7
Polokus Member Posts: 11 Karma: 48 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South China Device: Kindle DX	Hi Neil, could be you're thinking of the Boeye E900, claimed to be a "clone" of the Kindle DX and which seems to have been making a stir around the 'blogosphere' recently. To tell the truth I tried to get one of these, but the company told me by email that they were still having problems with the machine's software and that it would probably be late March or early April before the thing actually gets into the marketplace! (This kind of thing is not all that unusual in China actually.) I was itching by that point to have my own ebook reader, so I just lashed out on a real Kindle DX, and I don't think I'm going to regret it. Congrats on your entry into the Chinese market by the way, where can I learn more about your titles? Last edited by Polokus; 02-08-2010 at 09:37 AM.

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02-07-2010, 08:50 PM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi Polokus and welcome to MobileRead

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daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Welcome to MobileRead Polokus! Are you in China long term? If not maybe registering your Kindle with your home country address will open more books to you. Take a look at the links in my sig for some fun things you can do with your Kindle. Also see our wiki for more information on E-book stores.

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02-08-2010, 06:59 AM	#6
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	I seem to remember reading recently, Polokus, of a Chinese manufactured reader becoming available on the mainland and supporting simple Chinese. I'll see if I can track down a link for you, though someone else here might have it immediately to hand. Good to have your company. Very much looking forward to your posts. My own wee publishing house has just signed half a dozen publishing deals in China for paperback releases of our titles in simple Chinese, but I know very little about the ebook scene on the mainland. Best wishes. Neil

02-08-2010, 11:15 AM	#8
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02-09-2010, 02:16 AM	#11
Polokus Member Posts: 11 Karma: 48 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South China Device: Kindle DX	Thanks for the stylish Chinese welcome Lady Blue! Cool! 你会说中国话吗？ He he, yeah Rootman, you got a point. Those kinds of details are always subject to change though it seems.

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02-09-2010, 05:49 AM	#13
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	That's the Chinese reader I had in mind, Polukus. Sorry to hear it's stalled. You can see our own titles at www.bewrite.net (the site's undergoing a major re-structuring this month, so sorry for any hiccups). The titles we're about to see in 'simple' Chinese (all crime novels so far) are being translated, worked and released in mass run paperback by the Guizhou's People's Publishing House. You come across them? If any of our titles catch your eye, by the way, drop me a line and I'll be happy to send you the PDFs free. Other formats and paperback, I'm afraid, you've got to pay for. Cheers. Neil

02-09-2010, 08:12 PM	#14
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