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jhowell · 05-27-2023, 01:33 PM

I took a look at Pocket Posh Sudoku 18. $7.99! Does anyone else think these books are overpriced?

The listing for that book shows, "Available only on Kindle Scribe (1st Generation)." I don't have a Scribe but I was still able to add the free sample of that book to my library. Trying to download it to my Kindle Oasis or the Kindle apps for iOS or Android results in a popup error:

Unavailable for Download
The item is not compatible with this device.

So apparently even the free sample can only be delivered to a Scribe.

It is odd that Amazon allows Write-on eBooks to be delivered to a Scribe but not regular print replica books. I wonder whether there is something different about the internal format these new Write-on books.

If someone does purchase one of these I would be interested in seeing the contents of the associated .sdr file from a Scribe to look for any metadata of interest.

05-27-2023, 01:33 PM	#2
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,498 Karma: 84420419 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	I took a look at Pocket Posh Sudoku 18. $7.99! Does anyone else think these books are overpriced? The listing for that book shows, "Available only on Kindle Scribe (1st Generation)." I don't have a Scribe but I was still able to add the free sample of that book to my library. Trying to download it to my Kindle Oasis or the Kindle apps for iOS or Android results in a popup error: Unavailable for Download The item is not compatible with this device. So apparently even the free sample can only be delivered to a Scribe. It is odd that Amazon allows Write-on eBooks to be delivered to a Scribe but not regular print replica books. I wonder whether there is something different about the internal format these new Write-on books. If someone does purchase one of these I would be interested in seeing the contents of the associated .sdr file from a Scribe to look for any metadata of interest.