Fictionwise has shut down!

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by jswinden

OT: MODERATORS, This is the 3rd example I've seen this morning of underlined words in posts that cause a pop up advertisement to occur if you mouse over it. Is this new to MR? Or we now going to be inundated with pop up ads? Will we who post have no control over whether or not our thread contains these pop ups?

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. I see no pop-up ads.

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by jswinden

EDIT: In post #530 the words "new account" are underlined and linked to an ad.

Not for me, they aren't. Is is possible that your browser is doing this?
Edit: Looking at the source for the page shows nothing odd near the text in question.

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by jswinden

OT: MODERATORS, This is the 3rd example I've seen this morning of underlined words in posts that cause a pop up advertisement to occur if you mouse over it. Is this new to MR? Or we now going to be inundated with pop up ads? Will we who post have no control over whether or not our thread contains these pop ups?

EDIT: In post #530 the words "new account" are underlined and linked to an ad.

This is you, not MR; I see no underlined words. You've probably picked up some kind of malware that inflicts underlines and ads on internet content.

There's a few ways to go about getting rid of it; if the links all go to the same network of ads, google for solutions based on that; if it's only in one browser, google for help with that, otherwise, run an antivirus program and check out malwarebytes.org's forums for specific help.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by jswinden

OT: MODERATORS, This is the 3rd example I've seen this morning of underlined words in posts that cause a pop up advertisement to occur if you mouse over it. Is this new to MR? Or we now going to be inundated with pop up ads? Will we who post have no control over whether or not our thread contains these pop ups?

EDIT: In post #530 the words "new account" are underlined and linked to an ad.

That's something to do with your browser and plugins (or possibly even your service provider). There's no pop-up ad in the HTML coming from the MobileRead server.

[pidgeon92]

Originally Posted by jswinden

OT: MODERATORS, This is the 3rd example I've seen this morning of underlined words in posts that cause a pop up advertisement to occur if you mouse over it. Is this new to MR? Or we now going to be inundated with pop up ads? Will we who post have no control over whether or not our thread contains these pop ups?

EDIT: In post #530 the words "new account" are underlined and linked to an ad.

I don't see this happening. Perhaps it is a browser setting?

[Fbone]

Sounds like jswinden has a virus or malware of some type.

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/937969

[Kirtai]

Originally Posted by ChristopherTD

When WH Smith (UK bookseller) came to an agreement with Kobo my WHS ebooks appeared in my Kobo bookshelf overnight, with none of this code nonsense.

I had some minor trouble with this but it got sorted out quite quickly. Though I note that the books are listed under reading but not under purchased

Originally Posted by ChristopherTD

This B&N affair is farcial.

Absolutely.

[FizzyWater]

I know this has been a royal cluster. But - assuming everyone eventually gets most of their books converted - it's better than what Simon & Schuster did back in....2003? 2004? Just sent emails saying "better download them now or you're losing them". No offer to convert them to some other site.

Then a year later, they were selling ebooks again, but they weren't willing to put those old titles back in your bookshelf.

I never went back to buying ebooks from them, despite the fact they had very nice regular discounts. I was afraid it would be back to "oops, sorry, we're quitting again"

[Marseille]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I know this has been a royal cluster. But - assuming everyone eventually gets most of their books converted - it's better than what Simon & Schuster did back in....2003? 2004? Just sent emails saying "better download them now or you're losing them". No offer to convert them to some other site.

Then a year later, they were selling ebooks again, but they weren't willing to put those old titles back in your bookshelf.

I never went back to buying ebooks from them, despite the fact they had very nice regular discounts. I was afraid it would be back to "oops, sorry, we're quitting again"

I imagine Barnes and Noble would appreciate the bar being set that low.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I know this has been a royal cluster. But - assuming everyone eventually gets most of their books converted - it's better than what Simon & Schuster did back in....2003? 2004? Just sent emails saying "better download them now or you're losing them". No offer to convert them to some other site.

Then a year later, they were selling ebooks again, but they weren't willing to put those old titles back in your bookshelf.

I never went back to buying ebooks from them, despite the fact they had very nice regular discounts. I was afraid it would be back to "oops, sorry, we're quitting again"

Both Amazon and B&N did the same thing as I recall, although I don't know if they warned folks with an email.

[pdurrant]

Harper Collins closed their ebook stored with just a little bit of notice that it was going away just over two years ago. No transfer to anywhere.

Mind you I'd only bought three books there. I've got 1450 in my Fictionwise library!

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

UK members, if they signed up for the transfer, should have got an email telling them to make sure the email addresses matched.

See my post from the 21st December.

That I did not get ! ....

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by jswinden

OT: MODERATORS, This is the 3rd example I've seen this morning of underlined words in posts that cause a pop up advertisement to occur if you mouse over it. Is this new to MR? Or we now going to be inundated with pop up ads? Will we who post have no control over whether or not our thread contains these pop ups?

EDIT: In post #530 the words "new account" are underlined and linked to an ad.

I had a problem with underlined words in my browsers and MSN Messenger for a long while. I traced it to some software that had migrated to my PC. Well ridded of ....

[rleguillow]

Well, I'm as willing as the next person to gripe about things, so it is a nice change now and then to say something positive. I'd basically given up on getting my books (I had 135 books over on Fictionwise). The other day I was on B&N for something and I realized that my Nook shelf had a lot more books on it than I expected. If I'm counting this right, they've managed at least 123 of that 135 - and I know I did not download a few of them, because I had already bought them again and don't want duplicates on my reader. So I'm willing to bet all 135 are there. It took a long time, and there were no further communications from B&N after the initial sign-up. But I have a nice batch of "new" books to load on my reader, some of which I bought and read so long ago they are once again new to me - I have no memory of them at all.

So please excuse me now, while I go find a cuppa tea and sit down with a good book.

Good luck to all of you with this. Maybe, with time, B&N will come through.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

That I did not get ! ....

Check your spam folder. The email came from NOOK <barnesandnoble@m.bn.com> and had a subject line of "News About Your New NOOK(R) Library"

And, of course, make sure you have a UK nook account with an email address the same as your fictionwise account's email address.