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Old 11-10-2009, 04:12 PM   #61
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Speaking of format, I accidentally found this
http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-epub/...7886334&sr=1-1

epub ??


No dice for me on linux.
It's not really an epub. It just means that the book was converted from ePub.

Linux: It only runs through Wine. I don't know about buying books that way, I am using the browser to buy books!
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Old 11-10-2009, 04:57 PM   #62
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No, I didn't, thanks! Up til now I've pretty much been ignoring sales/deals/freebies at Amazon because they didn't do me any good. Guess I'll need to start paying attention, now!
Time to pimp my thread/list

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42973

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Old 11-10-2009, 05:03 PM   #63
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Sporadic has a great thread--sadly the ONE book I wanted off that thread...had already expired in its freeness. Ah well, I guess there will be others. Sniff.
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:10 PM   #64
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Whoops, it was on Books on the Knob that I saw the expired free book--not Sporadic's thread. My bad.
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:22 PM   #65
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the reason why i should read the whole thread before posting
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:28 PM   #66
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Just a quick note that changing your country on the Kindle store to USA allows you to get the freebies and the classics for free

Alas I tried a few classics and there is nothing to write home about, their ebooks lacks basic formatting like line breaks or page break for new chapters, the footnotes end up in the middle of the text where the original page break probably was, etc.
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:28 PM   #67
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It's not really an epub. It just means that the book was converted from ePub.

Linux: It only runs through Wine. I don't know about buying books that way, I am using the browser to buy books!
I click the button for buying books, and it opens up a new tab in firefox.
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:29 PM   #68
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Could be, as that folder isn't created for me... I only downloaded sample books so far (and they aren't DRM protected).
I snagged some freebies, and found that stuff afterwards.
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:53 PM   #69
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It's not really an epub. It just means that the book was converted from ePub.

Linux: It only runs through Wine. I don't know about buying books that way, I am using the browser to buy books!
It has nothing to do with epub as we know it. It stands for European Publication.
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:56 PM   #70
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It has nothing to do with epub as we know it. It stands for European Publication.
Ah okay. I thought they meant a conversion from epub. Me dumb!
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:56 PM   #71
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It has nothing to do with epub as we know it. It stands for European Publication.
Is there confirmation somewhere of that? I actually thought the person who wrote [E]uropean [Pub]lication was joking especially since the thread involved Australia.
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Old 11-10-2009, 06:07 PM   #72
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Just a quick note that changing your country on the Kindle store to USA allows you to get the freebies and the classics for free

Alas I tried a few classics and there is nothing to write home about, their ebooks lacks basic formatting like line breaks or page break for new chapters, the footnotes end up in the middle of the text where the original page break probably was, etc.
Tried it but they want a whole address in USA...
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Old 11-10-2009, 06:23 PM   #73
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Got it on the new netbook running Windows 7. Bought my first book, Stephen Lawhead's "Hood". Like the display, like the font size options, and am thrilled to be able to have access to the books. Now I just have to really watch my book budget! There's a bunch I can access now I couldn't before, and after this weekend I can't afford to really go nuts in the Kindle Store.
Shel, would you please confirm for me that even if you do not own a Kindle you can now buy ebooks from Amazon and read them on your laptop? I assume that's what you've done but just want to make sure. I would love to do this since there are many ebooks that Amazon sells but Sony doesn't and I just can't bring myself to buy a second ebook reader.
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Old 11-10-2009, 06:28 PM   #74
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Is there confirmation somewhere of that? I actually thought the person who wrote [E]uropean [Pub]lication was joking especially since the thread involved Australia.
The only confirmation I can see is that on the Amazon Kindle Forums someone asked the question and the response was that epub stands for European Publication. That person used MobileRead as his/her source so it must be true. I have never known MobileRead to pass on erroneous information.
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Shel, would you please confirm for me that even if you do not own a Kindle you can now buy ebooks from Amazon and read them on your laptop? I assume that's what you've done but just want to make sure. I would love to do this since there are many ebooks that Amazon sells but Sony doesn't and I just can't bring myself to buy a second ebook reader.
Yes, hon, that is exactly what I've done. Kindle for PC gives anyone with a PC access to the Kindle Store (coming soon for Mac, they say).
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