Oyster shutters its ebook service

[MikeB1972]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Who's insulting you?

If someone is violating the Posting Guidelines rule #1, you should report their post to a moderator and it will be dealt with.

Well, it's two of either me, you, Ravensknight or the monkey.

I didn't get it either, could be a cross post or takes offence at our banter (At first I thought we maybe weren't funny, but, naaa.)

Unless a mod swooped in and deleted the offending posts?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Well, it's two of either me, you, Ravensknight or the monkey.

I didn't get it either, could be a cross post or takes offence at our banter (At first I thought we maybe weren't funny, but, naaa.)

Unless a mod swooped in and deleted the offending posts?

It's gotta be the monkey. He's always fooling around.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Well, it's two of either me, you, Ravensknight or the monkey.

I didn't get it either, could be a cross post or takes offence at our banter (At first I thought we maybe weren't funny, but, naaa.)

Don't worry, I think you're funny at least. So that's one person...

Unless a mod swooped in and deleted the offending posts?

Nah, they usually drop a warning in the thread.

[Ravensknight]

Man, if I was offensive with my post, then the internet has changed in the last month!
[which, considering, might not be that far off base]

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Ravensknight

Well, now you have Talk about a broadening experience, eh?

Originally Posted by Ravensknight

Man, if I was offensive with my post, then the internet has changed in the last month!
[which, considering, might not be that far off base]

What, calling people provincial wasn't offensive last month? You rude person, you...

[Bookworm_Girl]

Oyster finally sent out an email to their customers explaining that the service will stop in January 2016. The email links to an FAQ page. One of my favorite features of Oyster was the way their app promoted discovery of similar books, and I had created many book lists of interesting reads. They have set-up your account page on their website so that you can download this information. Also you can export your highlights & notes from books read.

Data Export
Your data is yours to take with you. We have put together your books read, book lists, notes & highlights in an easy to use export available in HTML, CSV, and JSON formats.

[jhowell]

Oddly, Oyster has just released updates for their Android and iOS apps. I wonder whether these were finished so they decided to roll them out or whether they are working on intellectual property that will be going to Google.


Oyster for Android version 2015100914 updated October 9, 2015:

WHAT'S NEW

Let's play a game. How many of these words can you define right now?
1) Extrinsic
2) Panacea
3) Antediluvian

If all three, congrats! You're a genius. For the rest of us mere mortals who stumbled on one or more of these vocab words, you're going to love what we just added...

◇ Features ◇

• That's right...we added a dictionary! Stuck on a word? No problem. Just tap on it and it will look it up right in the app.
Thanks for using Oyster! Questions? Drop us a line at hello@oysterbooks.com

Oyster for iOS version 2.3.2 updated October 9, 2015:

While there are no new “big” features to report with this update, we’ve added some quick little fixes to make Oyster point one better.

◇ Features ◇

• Improvements to publisher styles including poems, quotes, and the like.
• Fixes for background colors on some books in the reader.
• Better loading (and reloading) of book lists if they are modified in the world beyond the app (i.e. the web).
• Pumpkin Spiced Lattes (PSLs) are officially back at Starbucks. Not sure how we feel about that.

Thanks for using Oyster! Questions? Drop us a line at hello@oysterbooks.com.