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[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by ekbell

It's my understanding that if you have a habit of returning books amazon will eventually do something about it.

They have "frozen" me several times. Then I call them up and chew them out, pointing out the $1000s I have spent on ebooks (and usually 3 or 4 purchases in the last week, even if only $0.99 books), and the 10s of 1000s I've spent on other things on amazon, and my membership since 1998. They have always apologized and unblocked me, but YMMV. Sometimes, it's just too darn easy to accidently purchase a book.

And if they do ever do it permanently, well, there are other vendors. All my books are all local, and I've started reading most/all of the books on Moon Reader, even on my Kindle. The kindle software on the Kindle has gotten slower and slower as I have amassed more books, and the non-responsiveness (sometimes 5 or 10 minutes with the kindle screen locked) is beginning to seriously burn my tater tots. I would miss the easy-of-use for Amazon, but I can handle the differences if needed.

If I could just figure out how to get a dictionary "attached" to the Moon Reader Pro, I would never use the kindle reader again. The only thing I would miss with the Moon Reader would be the synching across devices, and I can (and do) that manually. Oh, and the amazon ads

[badgoodDeb]

Non-responsiveness: you don't have to *store* all your books on the kindle, you know. That's what makes it so unresponsive. Keep them in the cloud.

Having said that, however, I have about 100 index pages of books, so that's ... 800? I forget how many are on each page. My Voyage isn't slow. Older kindles might not really care for that many books, though.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

They have "frozen" me several times. Then I call them up and chew them out, pointing out the $1000s I have spent on ebooks (and usually 3 or 4 purchases in the last week, even if only $0.99 books), and the 10s of 1000s I've spent on other things on amazon, and my membership since 1998. They have always apologized and unblocked me, but YMMV. Sometimes, it's just too darn easy to accidently purchase a book.

And if they do ever do it permanently, well, there are other vendors. All my books are all local, and I've started reading most/all of the books on Moon Reader, even on my Kindle. The kindle software on the Kindle has gotten slower and slower as I have amassed more books, and the non-responsiveness (sometimes 5 or 10 minutes with the kindle screen locked) is beginning to seriously burn my tater tots. I would miss the easy-of-use for Amazon, but I can handle the differences if needed.

If I could just figure out how to get a dictionary "attached" to the Moon Reader Pro, I would never use the kindle reader again. The only thing I would miss with the Moon Reader would be the synching across devices, and I can (and do) that manually. Oh, and the amazon ads

I use ColorDict dictionary app with DictData for Moon+

[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Non-responsiveness: you don't have to *store* all your books on the kindle, you know. That's what makes it so unresponsive. Keep them in the cloud.

Having said that, however, I have about 100 index pages of books, so that's ... 800? I forget how many are on each page. My Voyage isn't slow. Older kindles might not really care for that many books, though.

Sorry, misunderstanding here. I don't *store* all my book on my Kindle. First, it would not hold 39,458 (currently) books. I do store them on my real desktop computer, on a very fast 4-disk RAID 5 array. And I keep up with them on Calibre, with extensive custom metadata to make lookups easy. When I want to update my Moon Reader, I export the books I want from Calibre to the local HD, then connect and copy those to my Kindle.

That said, have 37,000+ kindle books on the Amazon cloud makes everything VERY SLOW.
- Downloading a single new book.
- Refreshing books.
Just about any task is painfully slow for me now. When I had a couple of thousand books on Amazon, things were quite fast.

That is why I use Moon Reader now.

Note, Calibre has slowed down a bit also, but with a fast computer, it is well within the range of acceptable.

Oh, and I *never* "send" non-amazon books to amazon's cloud. With past versions of Kindle, it caused all sorts of mystery issues that caused me many unhappy hours on Kindle support, and bi-monthly resets of the tablet. And this is back when I *was* still trying to store a couple of thousand books on the machine. Not sure if that's still an issue, but not necessary now. Started using Moon+ for non-Amazon books, and now I use it for Kindle books also

[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

I use ColorDict dictionary app with DictData for Moon+

OK, tried that, but no joy. Apparently, I'm doing it wrong.

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by rbruce1314

Thanks Mort1997 - good selection again. But it had to happen sometime and I'm FURIOUS!!!
Only five days ago I decided to infill my Percy Peach books and BOUGHT 'Murder at the Lodge' for £2.99............
Not had that before and I'll not be infilling again for a while

I've had that happen to me a time or two, but those things happen.

[maddz]

Elizabeth Peters: Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) is £1.99 in the Amazon UK Spring Sale
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crocodile-S...31127&sr=1-164

[rbruce1314]

Just come across this series in "British Library Crime Classics". 5 books in series, all at 0.90 or 0.99 in UK.

From the 'Golden Age'; if you go for Molly Thynne or Winifred Peck you'll like these (oh, and a soupçon of Dorothy Sayers......).

Dunno if price is permanently low, but there it is. First in series here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Missing-Mur...ng+or+murdered

https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Murde...ng+or+murdered

https://www.amazon.ca/Missing-Murder...ng+or+murdered

https://www.amazon.com.au/d/ebook/Mi...ng+or+murdered

(A bit more in Aus it looks.....)

[Dr. Drib]

'Dunno'?

Ah....the English language.

Time to infill my mouth with some dunnos!

Translation: Dunkin' Donuts, here I come!

[rbruce1314]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

'Dunno'?

Sorry, English slang/forum/txtspk(!!!!!!!).

Short (if you hadn't guessed....) for 'I don't know'.

(And to think I even bothered to put a cedilla under the c of 'soupçon'.........)

And I believe that in Australia a 'dunnY' means summat (something!!) totally different again....

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by rbruce1314

Sorry, English slang/forum/txtspk(!!!!!!!).

Short (if you hadn't guessed....) for 'I don't know'.

(And to think I even bothered to put a cedilla under the c of 'soupçon'.........)

And I believe that in Australia a 'dunnY' means summat (something!!) totally different again....

I'm just teasing you.

[rbruce1314]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I'm just teasing you.

So I suspected - but from your location I just wondered if REAL English (not that US parody!) was in common use there in the way it is in the homeland of its origin.

(Enough smilies this time??)

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by rbruce1314

So I suspected - but from your location I just wondered if REAL English (not that US parody!) was in common use there in the way it is in the homeland of its origin.

(Enough smilies this time??)

I'm a U.S. citizen with dual residency.

[sufue]

Unnatural Causes is the third in the Adam Dalgliesh series by P.D. James. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Unnatural-Cau...dp/B007OVDI7A/

Spoiler:

The third installment in the classic Adam Dalgliesh mystery series, Unnnatural Causes is another must-read page-turner from bestselling author P.D. James, “the reigning mistress of murder” (Time).

Maurice Seton was a famous mystery writer—but no murder he ever invented was more grisly than his own death. When his corpse is found in a drifting dinghy with both hands chopped off at the wrists, ripples of horror spread among his bizarre circle of friends. Now it’s up to brilliant Scotland Yard inspector, Adam Dalgliesh, and his extraordinary aunt to uncover the shocking truth behind the writer’s death sentence, before the plot takes another murderous turn.

Unnatural Causes inspired Cosmopolitan to fervently hope, “if we’re lucky, there will always be an England and there will always be a P.D. James.”

[sufue]

The Leigh Koslow Mystery Series: Books Four and Five Boxed Set by Edie Claire is a bit more than what it sounds like because it also includes a short story ("book" 3.5). It has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle and Kobo US (VIP/couponable).

Titles are:

• Never Neck at Niagara, #3.5
• Never Kissed Goodnight, #4
• Never Tease a Siamese, #5

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Leigh-Koslow-...dp/B014DT0V3O/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...-four-and-five

Spoiler:

Digital boxed set of novels four and five -- plus a bonus short story -- from the USA TODAY bestselling Leigh Koslow cozy mystery series!

Put your puzzle-solving skills to the test as you follow the humorous travails of advertising copywriter Leigh Koslow, her veterinarian father, a certifiable cast of friends and relatives, and their motley assortment of pets. Set in the Pittsburgh borough of Avalon, these captivating, intelligent mysteries have sold nearly half a million copies worldwide.

Set includes Never Kissed Goodnight and Never Tease a Siamese, plus the short story Never Neck at Niagara.

Oh yeah, and the first title in the series, Never Buried, is a perma-freebie, if you want to try before you buy.
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Buried-...dp/B004GKNLMY/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/never-buried