Harry Potter ebooks! Really! - Page 12

ProfCrash · 03-27-2012, 06:10 PM

So I bought the UK version. I have never read them and I think I will prefer those. I didn't need a second account, just a second email.

You cannot use American Express yet but my debt card worked fine.

mgmueller · 03-27-2012, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Polyphemus

I was wondering the same thing. I hope it is separate books.

I bought the 4-book set of A Song of Ice and Fire and it was a single e-book.

Separate.

mgmueller · 03-27-2012, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

So we can download in multiple formats and have them linked to multiple shops? So I could have them at Sony, B&N & Amazon?

Yes. Did so with my Amazon account so far. For the B&N account I'll have to use VPN later on: "Not available in your region". Plus ePUB + Sony.
I find them in my Amazon account without any distinction from "real" Amazon/Kindle books.

ProfCrash · 03-27-2012, 06:21 PM

Choose the gift option and email the UK version to yourself at a second email address. All you have to say is that the person is a Brit. Then you get a gift certificate code and you can download the UK version. It was disgustingly simple.

Wasgo · 03-27-2012, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Choose the gift option and email the UK version to yourself at a second email address. All you have to say is that the person is a Brit. Then you get a gift certificate code and you can download the UK version. It was disgustingly simple.

It's really not secure. Using Firebug for Firefox I managed to add both collections to the cart at the same time.

Synamon · 03-27-2012, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Choose the gift option and email the UK version to yourself at a second email address. All you have to say is that the person is a Brit. Then you get a gift certificate code and you can download the UK version. It was disgustingly simple.

If you want to download the book through B&N or Sony later you are better off pretending that the other person is a Canadian.

ProfCrash · 03-27-2012, 06:28 PM

OK. Why?

I was able to send it to my Kindle account and download it to my computer using the gift certificate method. Granted, I am an American but I am not sure why it would work differently if I was a Canadian.

Asked with all seriousness and not trying to be snarky.

Nahgem · 03-27-2012, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mgmueller

Yes. Did so with my Amazon account so far. For the B&N account I'll have to use VPN later on: "Not available in your region". Plus ePUB + Sony.
I find them in my Amazon account without any distinction from "real" Amazon/Kindle books.

Same with my Nook account. They even sync across devices and apps like a "real" B&N ebooks.

I'm not sure what country you're actually from, but you can change your Pottermore Shop account to Canadian or US long enough to link your B&N account. It seems to look at account information rather than IP address, which is awesome.

JSWolf · 03-27-2012, 06:29 PM

Now between the US and the UK versions, does the UK version have all the graphics that the US version has or would we be better to get a pirated copy with the graphics and use those to add into the UK version?

ProfCrash · 03-27-2012, 06:31 PM

The UK version does not have the illustrations, that is what I was told.

I don't think that is a huge deal and decided that I preferred them in the mother language.

JSWolf · 03-27-2012, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wasgo

It's really not secure. Using Firebug for Firefox I managed to add both collections to the cart at the same time.

So what did you have to do exactly to be allowed to buy the UK version?

ProfCrash · 03-27-2012, 06:32 PM

All I did was click on the UK version, select it as a gift, enter the email address for the gift, select that the gift receiver was a Brit, and then create my Pottermore account using a different email account.

Nahgem · 03-27-2012, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Now between the US and the UK versions, does the UK version have all the graphics that the US version has or would we be better to get a pirated copy with the graphics and use those to add into the UK version?

ProfCrash is right. The UK versions never had the illustrations or varied fonts in the print editions either. I'd just pull the illustrations and fonts and add 'em in if you want the best of both worlds. I'm mildly considering doing that myself, actually.

JSWolf · 03-27-2012, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Nahgem

ProfCrash is right. The UK versions never had the illustrations or varied fonts in the print editions either. I'd just pull the illustrations and fonts and add 'em in if you want the best of both worlds. I'm mildly considering doing that myself, actually.

I already have the fonts. So that's not a problem. As for the illustrations, can someone say what size they are so I will know if I'm getting ones that are close enough if not as large?

Synamon · 03-27-2012, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

OK. Why?

I was able to send it to my Kindle account and download it to my computer using the gift certificate method. Granted, I am an American but I am not sure why it would work differently if I was a Canadian.

Asked with all seriousness and not trying to be snarky.

Pottermore will only send the books to B&N and Sony from the US and Canada so if your gift Pottermore account has the country set as UK you won't be able to use that option. Canadians are geo-restricted to the UK version of the books, so that's the same as using the UK as your country for the gift account. You didn't have problems sending from a UK Pottermore account to your Amazon Kindle account since the Kindle link works for most countries, but I assume you would have a problem linking to a B&N or Sony account from that UK account, whereas you'd be fine linking from one where your country was set as Canada.

From Pottermore:

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We have partnered with the following services to make it easy to send your Harry Potter eBook to your account. (Subject to reading service availability in your country.)

Sony Reader online account (US and Canadian based customers only)
Amazon Kindle (available in most countries)
Barnes & Noble NOOK (US and Canadian based customers only)
Google Play (This service is currently available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States)

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03-27-2012, 06:10 PM	#166
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	So I bought the UK version. I have never read them and I think I will prefer those. I didn't need a second account, just a second email. You cannot use American Express yet but my debt card worked fine.

03-27-2012, 06:21 PM	#169
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Choose the gift option and email the UK version to yourself at a second email address. All you have to say is that the person is a Brit. Then you get a gift certificate code and you can download the UK version. It was disgustingly simple.

03-27-2012, 06:28 PM	#172
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	OK. Why? I was able to send it to my Kindle account and download it to my computer using the gift certificate method. Granted, I am an American but I am not sure why it would work differently if I was a Canadian. Asked with all seriousness and not trying to be snarky.

03-27-2012, 06:29 PM	#174
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,796 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Now between the US and the UK versions, does the UK version have all the graphics that the US version has or would we be better to get a pirated copy with the graphics and use those to add into the UK version?

03-27-2012, 06:31 PM	#175
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	The UK version does not have the illustrations, that is what I was told. I don't think that is a huge deal and decided that I preferred them in the mother language.

03-27-2012, 06:32 PM	#177
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	All I did was click on the UK version, select it as a gift, enter the email address for the gift, select that the gift receiver was a Brit, and then create my Pottermore account using a different email account.