MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book General > News
Reload this Page France approves law stopping Amazon from shipping discounted books for free

Notices

Reply
Page 8 of 10 « First 4567 8 910
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 10-08-2013, 02:34 PM   #106
Istvan diVega
Inharmonious
Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Istvan diVega's Avatar
 
Posts: 416
Karma: 2157616
Join Date: Jan 2013
Device: Sony PRS-950, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
This kind of digression happens on every internet forum, every day. Getting that worked up about it is about as useful as getting worked up that summer is over and winter on the way.
Istvan diVega is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 02:55 PM   #107
ApK
Award-Winning Participant
ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.ApK ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,390
Karma: 68329346
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ, USA
Device: Kindle
Quote:
Originally Posted by Istvan diVega View Post
This kind of digression happens on every internet forum, every day. Getting that worked up about it is about as useful as getting worked up that summer is over and winter on the way.
Less so on MR than on many places.

But now you have me all bummed about summer being over.
ApK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 03:13 PM   #108
Istvan diVega
Inharmonious
Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Istvan diVega ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Istvan diVega's Avatar
 
Posts: 416
Karma: 2157616
Join Date: Jan 2013
Device: Sony PRS-950, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
It was inevitable I'm afraid. Not only that, next year it'll most likely happen all over again.
Istvan diVega is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 04:18 PM   #109
Prestidigitweeze
Fledgling Demagogue
Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Prestidigitweeze ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Prestidigitweeze's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,384
Karma: 31132263
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: White Plains
Device: Clara HD; Oasis 2; Aura HD; iPad Air; PRS-350; Galaxy S7.
I happen to love the fall -- esp. seeing the darker palette for clothing and the furtive attempts of members of each sex to interest the other in hibernation. The pairing off of humanimals for the ark.

Winter is fun as well.
Prestidigitweeze is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 04:23 PM   #110
tubemonkey
monkey on the fringe
tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
tubemonkey's Avatar
 
Posts: 45,773
Karma: 158733736
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
Quote:
Originally Posted by Waylander View Post

I have only recently signed up to Mobileread, but have followed it for quite some time. This kind of digression from the actual topic of discussion seems to happen a lot. I thought the news was about the French banning Amazon from shipping discounted books for free, not what constitutes a left or right leaning person, or which type of person is more common in which country, OR what makes different types of people who they are.
A topic like this will go political, because it is political.
tubemonkey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 04:31 PM   #111
jgaiser
Omnivorous
jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jgaiser ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
jgaiser's Avatar
 
Posts: 3,283
Karma: 27978909
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Rural NW Oregon
Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1
Quote:
Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze View Post
Winter is fun as well.
Sigh... Except if you live in the country on an unpaved road and have large animals that still need to be fed a couple times of the day. No matter how much mud or snow stands in you way.

Did I mention that Winter is not my favorite season yet?

Now I think we've gotten truly off-topic...
jgaiser is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 05:52 PM   #112
Waylander
Guru
Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Waylander ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 669
Karma: 2905052
Join Date: Oct 2013
Device: Kindle Paperwhite 5 16GB, Kindle Paperwhite 6, Kobo Clara,
Sorry, overreacted and didn't mean to offend anyone.
Waylander is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 06:39 PM   #113
tubemonkey
monkey on the fringe
tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tubemonkey ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
tubemonkey's Avatar
 
Posts: 45,773
Karma: 158733736
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle Metro
Device: Moto E6, Echo Show
Quote:
Originally Posted by Waylander View Post
Sorry, overreacted and didn't mean to offend anyone.
You didn't offend me, so no worries
tubemonkey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 06:53 PM   #114
WT Sharpe
Bah, humbug!
WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.WT Sharpe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
WT Sharpe's Avatar
 
Posts: 39,072
Karma: 157049943
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA
Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Waylander View Post
...This kind of digression from the actual topic of discussion seems to happen a lot. I thought the news was about the French banning Amazon from shipping discounted books for free, not what constitutes a left or right leaning person, or which type of person is more common in which country, OR what makes different types of people who they are.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Waylander View Post
Sorry, overreacted and didn't mean to offend anyone.
Actually you made a very good point, Waylander. I don't think you over-reacted at all. As long as people can keep the focus on the original engadget article this discussion doesn't have to devolve into partisan politics.

I will say this, though: Some of the political comments by some members have caught the eye of the moderation team, and if they continue this thread will join the growing list of otherwise interesting threads that have been closed due to discussing issues reserved exclusively for Mobileread's Politics and Religion forum in open forum.
WT Sharpe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 08:00 PM   #115
Greg Anos
Grand Sorcerer
Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Greg Anos ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 11,532
Karma: 37057604
Join Date: Jan 2008
Device: Pocketbook
Quote:
Originally Posted by Istvan diVega View Post
This kind of digression happens on every internet forum, every day. Getting that worked up about it is about as useful as getting worked up that summer is over and winter on the way.
But I do that every year!!!!

I hate winter...
Greg Anos is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 08:15 PM   #116
SteveEisenberg
Grand Sorcerer
SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.SteveEisenberg ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,435
Karma: 43514536
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: near Philadelphia USA
Device: Kindle Kids Edition, Fire HD 10 (11th generation)
I hate the Spring.
SteveEisenberg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 10:45 PM   #117
Laridae
Addict
Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Laridae ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Laridae's Avatar
 
Posts: 208
Karma: 1203096
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Device: Nexus 7, Blackberry PlayBook, Nexus 4, ChromeBook
Quote:
Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
A topic like this will go political, because it is political.
Exactly!
What else were the OP and the moderators expecting?
Laridae is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2013, 11:46 PM   #118
JoHunt
I am what I am
JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.JoHunt ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
JoHunt's Avatar
 
Posts: 6,625
Karma: 62235665
Join Date: Sep 2011
Device: iPad3, Voyage
Quote:
Originally Posted by Laridae View Post
Exactly!
What else were the OP and the moderators expecting?
Well I'm the OP and I think you can tell by my opening comment that I was only wondering about the financial implications:

Quote:
Originally Posted by joehunt View Post
So Amazon just has to raise its shipping price to €1
JoHunt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-09-2013, 01:49 AM   #119
doubleshuffle
Unicycle Daredevil
doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.doubleshuffle ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
doubleshuffle's Avatar
 
Posts: 13,944
Karma: 185432100
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains
Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3
It would be possible to discuss the topic peacefully, but what can you do - you say you like winter, and at once the summer squad will claim you're a Sibero-Stalinist and want to force winter on everyone... and there goes the thread.

Anyone for some cuisses de grenouille or escargots?
Last edited by doubleshuffle; 10-09-2013 at 01:54 AM.
doubleshuffle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-09-2013, 02:28 AM   #120
afv011
Captain Penguin
afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.afv011 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
afv011's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,966
Karma: 2079999999
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Seattle, WA
Device: Kobo Clara BW, Kobo Libra 2, Nook Glowlight
Quote:
Originally Posted by doubleshuffle View Post
Anyone for some cuisses de grenouille or escargots?
This seemed appropriate; lobster, snails, frogs, ... they all go in the same bucket.
afv011 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 8 of 10 « First 4567 8 910

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Howard Fast books discounted at Amazon (US) caleb72 Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 2 05-01-2013 12:38 PM
Paulo Coelho books discounted at Amazon slex Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 7 09-07-2012 11:13 AM
Amazon's recommendation system and the impact of free and discounted books Bob Butler General Discussions 31 06-13-2012 07:00 PM
e-Books, Bookstores and the Law in France ekaser News 2 09-25-2010 02:29 PM
Free Books - Wicked Lovely (update) & Stopping Time koland Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 5 04-06-2010 12:02 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:08 PM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.