Woah, so many responses, I feel bad because my aunt already decided on the Kindle
Although I do appreciate all the French ebook store links in case my aunt can't find the books she wants (I'll have to convert them though).
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Originally Posted by bevdeforges
Amazon is starting to sell Kindle books in French, German and whatever, but their selection is pretty limited. Besides FNAC you also have Darty selling standard French titles - in ePub - and while the prices are comparable with those for French pbooks (i.e. outrageous), you at least get a broad selection of current titles. It's the current titles that Amazon seems to be having difficulty getting the rights to sell in e-format.
From the Sony store, you always have the option of registering your Reader as a US one and then having said friend pick up Sony gift cards and just e-mailing you the code you need to activate them.
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Thanks. Why are they having trouble with the publishers or editors? and are you talking about French books or English ones?
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Originally Posted by Fbone
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Thanks!
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Originally Posted by neilmarr
Good to have your company, Semirh. I live in France, too, and there is a problem with geographical sales restrictions on some ebooks. Kindle, by the way, imposes (I think unjustifiably) a near $4 loading on cover price outside the USA, Canada and the UK.
A good option is an ePub-capable reading device, coupled with the excellent but free Calibre Library software so many thousands of us here (and a million others) swear by. You'll find the download here: http://www.calibre-ebook.com)
You can download it right now and find your way around, even start collecting books, both cheap and paid for. It might well help in your choice of device. I use a Sony and find Sony-Calibre a marriage made in heaven.
Good hunting and very best wishes. Neil
PS: Drop me a line to let me know your preferred genre and I'll happily send you a couple of books as attachments from our DRM-free catalogue in Mobi, ePub and PDF editions to experiment with. You'll catch me on ntmarrATbewrite.net (use the @ sign, of course). N |
Thanks, I will when I buy a reader for myself! Got to find a new place and get a part time job first. I hope my aunt can buy the books she wants though.
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Originally Posted by DMB
I really hope Amazon extend the Kjndle to France soon, as they have done to Germany. They do supply a very small selection of books in French for the Kindle. I just got Le Comte de Monte Christo from amazon.co.uk. IIRC it cost £0.86.
I have a UK account with Amazon, even though I don't live there, but I do have a UK address for my account.
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Yeah I saw that they had the store in Germany, France can't be too far away in the future.