Cleared Out the pBooks! - Page 4

zelda_pinwheel · 02-24-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Mais c'est merveilleux tout ça! I would never have expected you to get a reply so fast. Okay, the books you wanted are not yet available but they might, by recieving your letter, put them in the 'To do ' pile!

je suis bien d'accord ! and another person wrote to second the request for Léo Malet, so with a little luck perhaps i won't have to wait as long as i feared... anyway he did say they are already working on them, even if those will not be the first releases. good news !

yvanleterrible · 02-24-2009, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

je suis bien d'accord ! and another person wrote to second the request for Léo Malet, so with a little luck perhaps i won't have to wait as long as i feared... anyway he did say they are already working on them, even if those will not be the first releases. good news !

Yes. And it's good news for french ebooks in general.

I have piles of books published by Laffont, that means I could replace those by ebooks.

ThePage · 02-24-2009, 08:15 PM

I'm in the Chicagoland suburbs.

My local library used to have a book sale just before the famous Brandeis tent sale. Since they remodeled they now have special shelves for a year round booksale.

The smaller library nearer my commuter train station has limited hours, but volunteers take the books that they cannot use, and rubberstamp them with Friends of the -- Library, then put them on a shelf inside the station to reduce boredom among the riders.

zelda_pinwheel · 02-24-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Yes. And it's good news for french ebooks in general.

I have piles of books published by Laffont, that means I could replace those by ebooks.

soon, hopefully.

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Originally Posted by ThePage

I'm in the Chicagoland suburbs.

My local library used to have a book sale just before the famous Brandeis tent sale. Since they remodeled they now have special shelves for a year round booksale.

The smaller library nearer my commuter train station has limited hours, but volunteers take the books that they cannot use, and rubberstamp them with Friends of the -- Library, then put them on a shelf inside the station to reduce boredom among the riders.

now THAT is a good idea.

UncleDuke · 02-24-2009, 08:24 PM

too many ex-wives and too many moves, i've lost all the paper/hardbound books i had before, all i have left are the books on my computer and reader, no complaints, just fact

wayrad · 02-24-2009, 08:53 PM

Not meaning to start anything, but what is the proper way to get rid of p-books once you've scanned them? I've done about 50 and now I feel wedded to the hard copies for all eternity! I can't bear to destroy them, especially the old favorites, but if I sell or give them away, haven't I created a situation where two copies can be read simultaneously, but the author has only received payment for one? I've been keeping my eyes open, but have never seen this exact question addressed here.

yvanleterrible · 02-24-2009, 09:02 PM

It has been discussed... eons ago.

You iz pirate! You'z dangle from top of mast and rot for eternitty.

Nah! Just keep yer old copies somewhere . Or just burnem recycle them.

wayrad · 02-24-2009, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Nah! Just keep yer old copies somewhere . Or just burnem recycle them.

That's what I was afraid of. It is really embarrassing to admit that I went to all the trouble of scanning the things when I can't even claim I'm saving space...

yvanleterrible · 02-24-2009, 09:08 PM

Well... you could send money to the author!

pilotbob · 02-24-2009, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by wayrad

That's what I was afraid of. It is really embarrassing to admit that I went to all the trouble of scanning the things when I can't even claim I'm saving space...

Do you have a fireplace?

BOb

Patricia · 02-24-2009, 09:49 PM

I found that the local hospital has a library which is happy to accept donations. Also local shelters for the homeless. I've also given some to the library at a centre for elderly people.

wayrad · 02-25-2009, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I found that the local hospital has a library which is happy to accept donations. Also local shelters for the homeless. I've also given some to the library at a centre for elderly people.

I don't know, seems like for me to give them away would have the same problems as selling them, from the copyright standpoint. And, as stated in my first post, I can't really stand the idea of destroying perfectly good books. But those seem to be the only alternatives to sitting on them forever.

PS. I never had all these moral dilemmas before I started hanging out here. Darn you, Mobileread!

pshrynk · 02-25-2009, 09:01 AM

We are good at creating moral conundrums. Just ask Marc...

Nate the great · 02-25-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

We are good at creating moral conundrums. Just ask Marc...

We created Marc? Really? Cool.

pshrynk · 02-25-2009, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

We created Marc? Really? Cool.

Well, we had all those spare parts just sitting in the bins...

02-24-2009, 08:15 PM	#48
ThePage Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 4430 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicagoland Device: Kindle 4, eBookwise & Literati	LIbraries & Bookshelves I'm in the Chicagoland suburbs. My local library used to have a book sale just before the famous Brandeis tent sale. Since they remodeled they now have special shelves for a year round booksale. The smaller library nearer my commuter train station has limited hours, but volunteers take the books that they cannot use, and rubberstamp them with Friends of the -- Library, then put them on a shelf inside the station to reduce boredom among the riders.

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