Books On Board Ceased Operations - Page 10

HarryT · 04-26-2013, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by fjtorres

Hmm... Odd.
Well, the source material is in the PD... Maybe feedbooks or Munseys or some other site might have the individual stories. For that matter, there might be other compilations at Kindle...

Most of it is ONLY in the public domain in the US, so unless the previous poster lives in a country which includes the "rule of the shorter term" in its copyright law, it won't be legally available to him.

GeoffR · 04-27-2013, 05:19 PM

On Baen fantasy: Baen sells Glen Cook's Dread Empire series (published by Nightshade), not only much cheaper than Amazon, Kobo etc., but without their geographic restrictions either.

Katsunami · 04-27-2013, 07:27 PM

Crapski. More to add to my TBR-list.

Maybe all authors should just stop writing until I catch up

Tonycole · 04-30-2013, 04:18 AM

The death of Books On Board is a very sad and lousy development for us, the consumers of ebooks. As many of you have pointed out, BoB offered a wonderful range of ebooks, at prices (mostly) that were competitive, and those wonderful discounts and "rewards".
I bought ebooks from them from the very beginning of my time as a user of ereaders, and never regretted dealing with them. They were always quick to respond to any complaints, problems or other cries for help I might send them as well.
And as with the rapidly dieing out bricks and mortar bookshops as well, we are rapidly heading towards a sort of monopoly situation between Amazon, Google, and a few others, which has to be a bad thing as well. As with grocery stores, we need the ebook equivalent of Ma and Pa corner stores to keep the whole thing in balance.

tompe · 04-30-2013, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonycole

The death of Books On Board is a very sad and lousy development for us, the consumers of ebooks. As many of you have pointed out, BoB offered a wonderful range of ebooks, at prices (mostly) that were competitive, and those wonderful discounts and "rewards".

You can also look at it that these wonderful discounts and "rewards" was the reason they did not survive...

AnemicOak · 04-30-2013, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

You can also look at it that these wonderful discounts and "rewards" was the reason they did not survive...

It could certainly be one of the reasons. When agency pricing started ending it kind of blew me away that they were not just coming close to the big stores like Amazon, but often blowing them away on pricing.

Another thing was that pretty much every marketing email I got from them was all romance and erotica. Now I don't have a problem with those genres and I know it's one of the top selling genres for ebooks, if not number one. I do know though that it made some folks perceive that that was all they sold and not even give them a thought when shopping.

I'm sure it was multiple things. We have no idea if it was a well run company or not.

Lemurion · 04-30-2013, 08:01 PM

I know the romance and erotica focus was one reason why I stopped using them. I don't often read in those genres, and I found it hard to get past them to the books that interested me, so I eventually gave up.

gbm · 06-12-2013, 11:06 AM

BoB has let their security certificate. expire.

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This Connection is Untrusted

You have asked Firefox to connect
securely to www.booksonboard.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.
Normally, when you try to connect securely,
sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are
going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.

What Should I Do?

If you usually connect to
this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is
trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn't continue.

www.booksonboard.com uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate expired on 06/05/2013 01:54 PM. The current time is 06/12/2013 10:55 AM.

(Error code: sec_error_expired_certificate)

If you have not backup your ebooks from booksonboard, do so now. Letting the security certificate expire usually means that the web site is close to shutting down.

bernie

tubemonkey · 06-12-2013, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by gbm

BoB has let their security certificate. expire.

I noticed that earlier today when I was checking its status. The fat lady is in the wings.

Ken Maltby · 06-12-2013, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I noticed that earlier today when I was checking its status. The fat lady is in the wings.

...And humming.

Luck;
Ken

jersysman · 06-12-2013, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I noticed that earlier today when I was checking its status. The fat lady is in the wings.

She has already sung and the credits are rolling.

Lemurion · 06-12-2013, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jersysman

She has already sung and the credits are rolling.

Yeah, we're just waiting for the post-credits scene of the Avengers eating shawarma.

Fbone · 06-12-2013, 01:12 PM

I wonder if they tried selling the business before shutting down.

treadlightly · 06-12-2013, 02:14 PM

Is this the wake then? BOB sure saved me some money. RIP BOB

tubemonkey · 06-12-2013, 02:36 PM

I only picked up a few free books from them. Never spent a dime there.

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04-27-2013, 05:19 PM	#137
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	On Baen fantasy: Baen sells Glen Cook's Dread Empire series (published by Nightshade), not only much cheaper than Amazon, Kobo etc., but without their geographic restrictions either.

04-27-2013, 07:27 PM	#138
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Crapski. More to add to my TBR-list. Maybe all authors should just stop writing until I catch up

04-30-2013, 04:18 AM	#139
Tonycole Member Posts: 15 Karma: 62 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Currently I live in Malaysia Device: Various Sony ereaders, Kindle and Nooks	The death of Books On Board is a very sad and lousy development for us, the consumers of ebooks. As many of you have pointed out, BoB offered a wonderful range of ebooks, at prices (mostly) that were competitive, and those wonderful discounts and "rewards". I bought ebooks from them from the very beginning of my time as a user of ereaders, and never regretted dealing with them. They were always quick to respond to any complaints, problems or other cries for help I might send them as well. And as with the rapidly dieing out bricks and mortar bookshops as well, we are rapidly heading towards a sort of monopoly situation between Amazon, Google, and a few others, which has to be a bad thing as well. As with grocery stores, we need the ebook equivalent of Ma and Pa corner stores to keep the whole thing in balance.

04-30-2013, 08:01 PM	#142
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	I know the romance and erotica focus was one reason why I stopped using them. I don't often read in those genres, and I found it hard to get past them to the books that interested me, so I eventually gave up.

06-12-2013, 01:12 PM	#148
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,314 Karma: 103930826 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	I wonder if they tried selling the business before shutting down.

06-12-2013, 02:14 PM	#149
treadlightly Wizard Posts: 1,370 Karma: 6957792 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ottawa, ON Device: Kobo H2O	Is this the wake then? BOB sure saved me some money. RIP BOB

06-12-2013, 02:36 PM	#150
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,853 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	I only picked up a few free books from them. Never spent a dime there.