07-04-2008, 05:18 PM | #1 |
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What are the best eBook stores and why?
Reading around in this forum and being a Cybook user, I've found these shops:
Mobipocket.com Fictionwise.com Booksonboard.com I've read my first couple of free ebooks, and I'm interested in some comercial ones. As my first purchase, I would like to buy "The Stand", by Stephen King. Doing a search, I found out that the book is 17,95$ in Mobi's and Fictionwise shop, while it's 13,86$ in Booksonboard. I would like to know if Booksonboard has the best prices and a good selection and variety of ebooks. I would like to use your experience to advise me which is the best ebookstore and why. Thanks Last edited by Over; 07-04-2008 at 05:19 PM. Reason: And maybe I should have used the word "which" instead of "what" in the title. :) |
07-05-2008, 03:08 AM | #2 |
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There's no one bookstore which has the lowest prices for everything - sometimes a book is cheapest in one place, sometimes in another. If you're bothered about getting it at the absolutely lowest price you have to "shop around".
Personally I generally buy books at Fictionwise. They have an excellent selection, and generally good prices. They also have a "buyer's club" which gives you additional discount off their standard prices. I note that "The Stand" is currently available with a 100% "Micropay" rebate at Fictionwise - ie it's effectively "free"; you get its entire price back to spend on other eBooks. |
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I've noticed that, but strangely, Fictionwise doesn't offer a mobipocket version. So I guess I'll purchase this book in Booksonboard. (Is there any reason for the available format version each shop has? What's the general mobipocket format support in Fictionwise? Having a Cybook, I'm not that really interested in eReader format and such.
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07-05-2008, 07:57 AM | #4 |
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But they do have a Microsoft Reader version and, if it's legal to do where you live, it's completely trivial to convert that to MobiPocket. I'm not sure why this particular book isn't available in Mobi format - generally, FW are excellent for Mobi books.
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07-06-2008, 01:27 AM | #5 |
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The free ones are the best for me
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07-06-2008, 02:06 AM | #6 |
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I have been buying from this bookstore www.ebookcrescent.com almost a year and I am comfortable with my collection.
I think their prices are mostly affordable and they are attentive and very polite. |
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Fictionwise.com
Booksonboard.com Although my preference is Fictionwise for the reasons Harry has already outlined. Karen |
07-06-2008, 11:27 PM | #9 |
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Baen, Tor, Gutenberg, here on this site. I've not gotten to a point where I've had to buy a book yet, there are some I want however that are not free. Not sure yet where I will buy them
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07-07-2008, 11:08 AM | #10 |
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My favorites, sorted by frequency of purchase (or "purchase" in the case of freebies):
Tor may make it on the list if they either keep doing the freebie thing or start making DRM-free ebooks available. I think that hits every site I've purchased an ebook from (with the exception of the $1.45 I spent at the Sony store to cover the extra cost of the last book I bought using their "$50/reader credit" back when the PRS500 was new). Xenophon |
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Presumably the publishers are not strictly responsible for when the price goes down, it is some combination of publisher and the 'format' they license the book to. From a marketing perspective, if a format vendor may try and lock in a publisher by getting the discount x weeks before the competing formats for some volume guarantee, etc. |
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Only through today, The Stand is advertised at Fictionwise. If I'm not mistaken, it is 100% micropay.
OK, here's the text of the flyer for the weekend specials, only good thru the end of today: 100% MICROPAY REBATE SPECIALS! Get a 100% Micropay Rebate when you purchase or pre-order these titles with your credit card or with PayPal. "The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition" [Horror] by Stephen King http://www.fictionwise.com/servlet/mw?t=book&bi=69719 "Sweet Talk" [Romance] by Susan Mallery http://www.fictionwise.com/servlet/mw?t=book&bi=69647 "Rules of Deception" [Suspense/Thriller] by Christopher Reich http://www.fictionwise.com/servlet/mw?t=book&bi=69708 "Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve" [People] by Christopher Andersen http://www.fictionwise.com/servlet/mw?t=book&bi=69673 ====================== Here are your Fictionwise Weekend Specials, which have been specifically selected for you based on eBook ratings you have submitted or on previous purchases. The more eBooks you rate, the more likely we will send you special promotions for eBooks that you will enjoy (you can rate eBooks in your bookshelf). These rebates are active from the time you receive this newsletter until the following Monday at 7am ET (USA). Note: Micropay rebates automatically appear when you add the eBook to your Fictionwise cart. No need to type in any codes or other hassles! After your purchase, the rebate amount is added to your Micropay account. Learn more about Micropay Rebates at: http://www.fictionwise.com/help/micropayrebatefaq.htm Your Fictionwise Weekend Specials are: TITLE: Erdeni's Tiger by Pamela Sargent (60% off Rebate) LIST PRICE: $1.99 CATEGORY: Fantasy LENGTH: 16000 words; Reading time: 45-64 minutes DESCRIPTION: This historical fantasy is set in late 12th century Mongolia. A young shamaness must battle the ghost of her grandmother. (Several characters in this story also appear in Sargent's novel Ruler of the Sky. http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook182.htm?r=7s3 TITLE: The Dandelion Girl by Robert F. Young (60% off Rebate) LIST PRICE: $0.69 CATEGORY: Science Fiction LENGTH: 5500 words; Reading time: 15-22 minutes DESCRIPTION: While his wife is away, a man meets a beautiful girl in the country who pretends to be from the future. Day after day, they return to the same idyllic spot to chat, and he soon finds himself enamored. However, being committed to his marriage, he's resigned to the loss of his new love and what she represents. Or is he?... http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook664.htm?r=7s3 TITLE: When the Gods Slept [Timura Trilogy Book 1] by Allan George Cole (50% off Rebate) LIST PRICE: $5.95 CATEGORY: Fantasy LENGTH: 153835 words; Reading time: 439-615 minutes DESCRIPTION: King of Kings, Lord over Men and Demons Alike: Only one ruler had ever held that title, and now Iraj Protarus, an orphaned prince exiled to a small village high in the Valley of the Clouds, dreamed of being the next great conqueror. The key to his destiny would be Safar Timura, a youth with an awesome gift for sorcery, whose visions foretold Iraj's rise to power. And in those visions, Safar stood at Iraj's side, his soul-blasting spells enabling his friend to attain his dreams. But Safar had other visions with darker portents, and his spellbound knowledge raised secrets better left buried. The road the two men followed would be rich in titles and fortunes, but it would also be rich in death and disaster, in intrigue--and in unforgivable betrayal ... http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook29527.htm?r=7s3 TITLE: DeathCraft by Emmet Lynch (40% off Rebate) LIST PRICE: $5.99 CATEGORY: Science Fiction LENGTH: 66477 words; Reading time: 189-265 minutes DESCRIPTION: Pilot had been dead for just over 5000 years. But he still got around pretty well! It's amazing what a demon in the service of Satan can get into. Inside his ancient leather jacket, a brown rat stirred, troubled by dreams of cats no doubt. Pilot's nightmares were far worse. It's not easy to forget 300 years in the Lake of Fire. Now he sat astride a large and dangerous jet-bike, the best that 23rd century military technology could supply. The rat woke and crawled up onto his shoulder, sat and surveyed the view. Beautiful green rolling hills with azure blue skies punctured with puffy clouds of grey anti-aircraft missile explosions. It almost looked like Wales. Pilot looked at his pet rat, an animal that inspired almost universal hatred. "What will we do today?" he asked his familiar. "Kill, maim and torture?" he said, imagining that the rat had answered, as after all, a rat cant talk. "Ah, the usual so!" He pressed an immaculately manicured thumb to the starter button, and with a lion-like growl the engine started. With no ceremony or parting quip, just a fly catching smile, he flew off towards the distant gunfire, the grass and wild flowers bowing to him in his jet-stream wake. He would add his own bit of homegrown Hell to the conflict. After all, practice makes perfect, and he had been in practice for thousands of years. http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook7759.htm?r=7s3 Note: Only one rebate can be applied to an individual eBook. If more than one rebate is available for an eBook, only the HIGHEST rebate is applied to the purchase. Learn about Micropay Rebates at: http://www.fictionwise.com/help/micropayrebatefaq.htm Last edited by DixieGal; 07-07-2008 at 04:17 PM. |
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I've just extended my membership at Fictionwise for one more year, a very happy customer .
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