New eBookStore

[nekokami]

Originally Posted by Hadrien

Well, it's gonna be tough to sell 5.99 a book you can get for free...
http://www.feedbooks.com/discover/view_book/313

Excellent! I hadn't realized this title had passed to the public domain. (Now I just need to find the sequels in ebook form.) Looks like someone's relying on people not knowing about Gutenberg.

[KatrinaCardway]

Hadrien made excellent points, and thanks for the tip on the free eBooks.

The sister-site of my eBookstore is an Indy eBookstore, www.DPPstore.com, fueled by the independent spirit and a do-it your own way mentality. All of their PDF's are readable on the Sony eInk devices. They are protected but not DRM'ed and they also have a very nice selection of FREE eBooks... Also on the free and public domain tip: don't forget Project Guttenberg - Huge selection if difficult to navigate, offering many formats!

But if you are looking for non-public domain titles, such as new releases from big publishers, www.eBooksAboutEverything.com is still running 10% off storewide
Enter coupon code:
0202402

Originally Posted by Hadrien

Well, it's gonna be tough to sell 5.99 a book you can get for free...
http://www.feedbooks.com/discover/view_book/313

Are these e-book stores aware that a whole lot of books are available in the public domain ?

DRM free for new books is the way to go, look at what's happening with the music industry, even Steve Jobs says that DRM is ruining the industry. People won't steal classics like they did with mp3, these classics are available in a legal way for free, but they DO need new materials for their reader. I understand that it's a really tough job to make them understand what's better for the industry, but now that we've seen the outcome for both the music and video industry, there's a whole lot of example to create a better e-book industry.

[yvanleterrible]

Katrina! Was that picture taken at the last Harry Potter unveiling or is it your usual getup?

[jimnphx]

So as a new iLiad user, how will I know what e-books are readable on my device? I see a lot of comments about books not readable with the iLiad. Whats that all about?

Thanks

Jim

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by jimnphx

So as a new iLiad user, how will I know what e-books are readable on my device? I see a lot of comments about books not readable with the iLiad. Whats that all about?

Thanks

Jim

With the manual you should get a list of supported file types. If you don't find it you can somewhere on this site... if you're patient!

[Bob Russell]

There's some file type info here...
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7713

and a list is here in the MR wiki...
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Sony...orted_formats:

[KatrinaCardway]

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Katrina! Was that picture taken at the last Harry Potter unveiling or is it your usual getup?

This pic is my inner zen old woman who has seen it all, done it all & doesn't give a rat's %$# what anyone thinks anymore. Thanks for noticing her - she's my favorite.

[Ebook lover]

Mobileread.com, itself, has a lot of free books to read.

[Halk]

Well, I don't think any online store has in any way "cracked it" as far as creating a decent shopping/browsing experience.

There's a rather large amount of online bookstores out there, and very little to distinguish them. Cost is directly comparible, there's no delivery fees so there's little to separate shops. Geographic location makes no difference either, my native language is English, but I don't complain too much about American English books. As well as that the urge to pay for books I would expect, along with MP3s isn't strong, so to beat piracy then like MP3s the retailer has to make it easier and more pleasant to buy books for a painless price than "steal" them.

As to how you could distinguish yourself... I guess the only thing I can think of is some kind of flash application where you can "see" a bookshelf, and see the spines of the books (at a readable resolution). It would have to be mostly preloaded or at least loading the next shelves in the background so that it's fast. Use the mouse to "grab" a book out and see the cover, and the back cover for the standard blurb about it, and price.

I dunno if that'd be possible, or if it'd work, but frankly browsing online bookstores is crap compared to wandering around in a real shop.

[Puddytat purr]

Originally Posted by Halk

...but frankly browsing online bookstores is crap compared to wandering around in a real shop.

So do what I do, go wander round Waterstones and Smiths with a notebook, find the books you like, then go home and hit Fictionwise

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Puddytat purr

So do what I do, go wander round Waterstones and Smiths with a notebook, find the books you like, then go home and hit Fictionwise

heh... that's what i used to do, then go to the library.

[Puddytat purr]

I never bother with the library because I'm so dreadful about remembering to return my books

Because I got out of the habit, it never occured to me to use it as a way to scout for new books - and the cool thing about the library is that the staff don't get mad at you for staying for hours, reading bits of the stock and then leaving without buying anything

[moz]

Katrina, I can't see contact info on the website, and that makes it hard to report problems. Specifically, when I switched from $US to $AUS using the currency dropdown I got "500 Can't connect to services.xmethods.net:80 (Bad hostname 'services.xmethods.net') at /home/shared/ebooksabouteverything/soap.lib line 9

For help, please send mail to the webmaster (webmaster@make-a-store.com), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. "

I'm not inclined to report a problem with your store to some unrelated email address.

But apart from that... I actually want to buy some books

Edit: and the coupon code has expired

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Puddytat purr

Because I got out of the habit, it never occured to me to use it as a way to scout for new books - and the cool thing about the library is that the staff don't get mad at you for staying for hours, reading bits of the stock and then leaving without buying anything

yep...

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by Puddytat purr

I never bother with the library because I'm so dreadful about remembering to return my books

Because I got out of the habit, it never occured to me to use it as a way to scout for new books - and the cool thing about the library is that the staff don't get mad at you for staying for hours, reading bits of the stock and then leaving without buying anything

Libraries are great, there is lots to do there and people minding them are very helpful and friendly. Believe it or not, most have very little time to read. But whatever you do there, be careful when you bring up the subject of ebooks, some of them will have you thrown out standing on your head.