Free book on Amazon: The Byzantine Empire 101: The TextVook

FlorenceArt · 05-04-2011, 05:27 AM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UCLK6M

Sorry if this has been mentioned, I don't visit this section of the forum much, but I just stumbled on this and thought it might be interesting. I "bought" it but I have no idea what to expect.

avantman42 · 05-04-2011, 06:00 AM

Currently in the UK Kindle store there's a lot of their books available for free, covering a variety of topics. Click on the author's name to see all the books. I imagine they're also free in the US, but I haven't checked.

FlorenceArt · 05-04-2011, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by avantman42

Currently in the UK Kindle store there's a lot of their books available for free, covering a variety of topics. Click on the author's name to see all the books. I imagine they're also free in the US, but I haven't checked.

Thanks, I didn't think of doing that.

pdurrant · 05-04-2011, 06:56 AM

There are 55 free Vook Books. I got them all, because, after all, you never know when you might need one.

FlorenceArt · 05-04-2011, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

There are 55 free Vook Books. I got them all, because, after all, you never know when you might need one.

I won't get them all, especially since I'm not sure I will be able to liberate them and I know I won't read them unless I can. But I am buying a lot of them. There's two about the Middle Eastern history that look promising, since I don't know nearly enough on that subject.

Does anybody know this series anyway? I can't look at them now but I'll do it when I get home.

poohbear_nc · 05-04-2011, 09:51 AM

Vooks contain short video clips embedded in certain pages - and are designed to be viewed using K4iPad. You can read the text portion on a Kindle. Not sure if you can view them on K4PC or K4Mac.

FlorenceArt · 05-04-2011, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Vooks contain short video clips embedded in certain pages - and are designed to be viewed using K4iPad. You can read the text portion on a Kindle. Not sure if you can view them on K4PC or K4Mac.

Aaaah... thanks! Maybe I can view them on my iPod Touch. Or maybe not, since it's rather old. I'll see tomorrow (won't have time to test it tonight).

poohbear_nc · 05-04-2011, 09:55 AM

Just looked at one on K4PC - video clips don't play.

FlorenceArt · 05-04-2011, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Just looked at one on K4PC - video clips don't play.

Actually I'm not very keen on videoclips, so if they are an essential part of the book, I may not be that interested. If they are just illustrations and the text can stand out for itself, I guess I can live without them.

RainingLemur · 05-04-2011, 10:46 AM

Oh, I hadn't heard of these. Good find, thank you.

ATDrake · 05-04-2011, 11:18 AM

I went and downloaded them all when they first showed up (also free in Canada, BTW).

They're very short, but not bad. Kind of like a hybrid of a decently-written Wikipedia article and the BBC Schools revision stuff at the "Scottish Highers" level. A nice, light introduction with a little depth and detail to most of the subjects I tried.

Nowhere near worth the $1.99 "regular" asking price (unless they consolidated all the ones on related subjects into one single "TextVook"), but definitely good enough to download and read as freebies.

koland · 05-04-2011, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Vooks contain short video clips embedded in certain pages - and are designed to be viewed using K4iPad. You can read the text portion on a Kindle. Not sure if you can view them on K4PC or K4Mac.

Very few actually have embedded audio/video (perhaps they are supposed to or perhaps they do in the iBooks store).

All can be read on any Kindle (there is a notation made where any a/v content is missing).

CWatkinsNash · 05-04-2011, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by koland

Very few actually have embedded audio/video (perhaps they are supposed to or perhaps they do in the iBooks store).

All can be read on any Kindle (there is a notation made where any a/v content is missing).

The ones with embedded content at Amazon (a handful) have it clearly noted in the title, and each that does also has a "normal" version as well, from what I remember from the very long list of titles.

05-04-2011, 05:27 AM	#1
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Free book on Amazon: The Byzantine Empire 101: The TextVook http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UCLK6M Sorry if this has been mentioned, I don't visit this section of the forum much, but I just stumbled on this and thought it might be interesting. I "bought" it but I have no idea what to expect.

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05-04-2011, 06:00 AM	#2
avantman42 Wizard Posts: 1,090 Karma: 6058305 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Currently in the UK Kindle store there's a lot of their books available for free, covering a variety of topics. Click on the author's name to see all the books. I imagine they're also free in the US, but I haven't checked.

05-04-2011, 06:56 AM	#4
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,433 Karma: 318076944 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	There are 55 free Vook Books. I got them all, because, after all, you never know when you might need one.

05-04-2011, 09:51 AM	#6
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,191 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Vooks contain short video clips embedded in certain pages - and are designed to be viewed using K4iPad. You can read the text portion on a Kindle. Not sure if you can view them on K4PC or K4Mac.

05-04-2011, 09:55 AM	#8
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,191 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Just looked at one on K4PC - video clips don't play.

05-04-2011, 10:46 AM	#10
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	Oh, I hadn't heard of these. Good find, thank you.

05-04-2011, 11:18 AM	#11
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	I went and downloaded them all when they first showed up (also free in Canada, BTW). They're very short, but not bad. Kind of like a hybrid of a decently-written Wikipedia article and the BBC Schools revision stuff at the "Scottish Highers" level. A nice, light introduction with a little depth and detail to most of the subjects I tried. Nowhere near worth the $1.99 "regular" asking price (unless they consolidated all the ones on related subjects into one single "TextVook"), but definitely good enough to download and read as freebies.

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