Day 3 – Unease is setting in

[church mouse]

Since I came across the site some years ago, Luzme.com has been the foundation for my e-book buying. My personal “Watchlist” on there has gradually grown to something approaching 150 books. My email notification is set at £4.00, so I get told when the price of a book on my Watchlist has fallen below that figure on a seller's site (over time I have learnt that invariably it will be either Amazon or Google Play, or both). Just because the price drops does not mean I will immediately buy the book, but every month or so I allow myself a splurge; buying a selection of those books which have fallen below £4.00 plus one of the more expensive ones whose price just never seems to move – I visit my Watchlist each day just to see whether any of my longstanding, pricey books is showing any movement at all. If a book drops below £3.00, then I may snap it up immediately (Umberto Eco's “The Name Of The Rose” just dropped to £2.62).

There has been an order, a structure, a method to my ebook habit for these last few years with Luzme. On Sunday the site went down and today is day 3 with no Watchlist. This morning I did receive a price drop email (the aforesaid offering from Umberto Eco) so perhaps all is not lost, but my equilibrium is disturbed.

I “googled” this morning for UK alternatives to what Luzme offers and there appear to be none. Am I truly facing a future of having to manually search ebook seller sites each day to see if a book I am interested in has dropped in price?

There is a nagging, little voice in my head, which volume is increasing by the hour, reminding me that I never kept a backup of my Watchlist (in effect, my wish list of books to buy).

I have convinced myself that Rachel (who runs the site) has merely gone away on holiday and, whilst away, there has been some server crash, or other such semi-disastrous, technical failure which can easily been resolved on her return.

So my prayer this morning is “Rachel, enjoy the sun and the sand, but come home soon, I need you!”

[Yolina]

Not a "complete package" like Luzme but for Kindle books, there's uk.ereaderiq.com. That could maybe do in the meantime given that usually if an ebook comes down in price at another retailer, Amazon will quickly catch up

[church mouse]

Originally Posted by Yolina

Not a "complete package" like Luzme but for Kindle books, there's uk.ereaderiq.com. That could maybe do in the meantime given that usually if an ebook comes down in price at another retailer, Amazon will quickly catch up

Thank you for your suggestion.

As you say, not as complete, but it would be better than nothing should what I hope is a bout of indigestion for Luzme turn out to be a fatal heart-attack.

[church mouse]

Peace and harmony has returned....Luzme is alive!

Now, time to consider a back up wish list me thinks.

[frahse]

Originally Posted by church mouse

Peace and harmony has returned....Luzme is alive!

Now, time to consider a back up wish list me thinks.

Fear keeps us alive.
A healthy scare can bring great wisdom.

... all assuming we survive.