Books removed from fictionwise? - Page 17

aagstn · 05-03-2010, 03:13 PM

Random House added Rex Stout books this week. The MSRP was a crazy $15 to $19 for books that are over 50 years old. However, I have wanted this series for ages and with the day one discounts and rebates and the 20% coupon they have going it was worth it. Of course I pay for them and they are unavailable for download. Really have to wonder about old Fictionwise.

pdurrant · 05-03-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by aagstn

Random House added Rex Stout books this week. The MSRP was a crazy $15 to $19 for books that are over 50 years old. However, I have wanted this series for ages and with the day one discounts and rebates and the 20% coupon they have going it was worth it. Of course I pay for them and they are unavailable for download. Really have to wonder about old Fictionwise.

They're available for pre-order at Amazon too. Publication date? 14th January, 2015!

aagstn · 05-03-2010, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

They're available for pre-order at Amazon too. Publication date? 14th January, 2015!

Awesome. Fictionwise usually clearly lists when a book is a preorder. They had these listed like they were for sale immediately.

Checked these on the Random House site and they should be available as of 4/28. There are a few more coming up for sale on 5/5.

$15 to $19 is also the trade paperback price on these. Have I missed something? How can old series like Nero Wolfe and Fletch be in this price range on paperback? Are they trying this hard to kill the book industry?

TallMomof2 · 05-04-2010, 08:56 AM

Yesterday, 36000+ titles were available and today it's 46,000+ titles. More of my secure titles from my bookshelf are available for download. Looks like some progress is happening.

Storm27 · 05-04-2010, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by aagstn

Random House added Rex Stout books this week. The MSRP was a crazy $15 to $19 for books that are over 50 years old. However, I have wanted this series for ages and with the day one discounts and rebates and the 20% coupon they have going it was worth it. Of course I pay for them and they are unavailable for download. Really have to wonder about old Fictionwise.

You're kidding! Well presumably not, but that's outrageous.

I'd seen them too and decided that the price was just too much even with the discounts and added them to my wishlist. Now I know not to bother buying them.

(I did see there were a very few Rex Stout titles with a different publisher at about $6 less discounts and multiformat)

tompe · 05-04-2010, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by aagstn

$15 to $19 is also the trade paperback price on these. Have I missed something? How can old series like Nero Wolfe and Fletch be in this price range on paperback? Are they trying this hard to kill the book industry?

Isn't that a normal price for trade paperback? And it is logical. The new edition is only for some new reader or for old readers that want to have a nice edition. If you are happy with an ordinary paperback just buy it used.

bookfanmd · 05-04-2010, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by TallMomof2

Yesterday, 36000+ titles were available and today it's 46,000+ titles. More of my secure titles from my bookshelf are available for download. Looks like some progress is happening.

You are lucky. I am still missing 69 secure titles that I had never downloaded, including 43 from the Agatha Christie sale in February. The rest were bought in the week or so prior to March 31. The email confirmation on all said they would be available on my bookshelf for at least 3 months. Each time I contact Fictionwise support I just get a generic response that they are working on it. I sure hope this gets resolved soon.

TallMomof2 · 05-04-2010, 10:51 AM

I'm still missing 1 out of 11 ePubs and 73 out of 164 eReader titles. (Can't check my lit titles until I work around the issues with running Microsoft Reader on Win7 64 bit. Can only run the 2.0 version not the *latest* and must use IEx86 for activation and downloads.)

I was missing approximately 25% more titles before today so it is an improvement, however slight it may be.

calvin-c · 05-04-2010, 03:20 PM

Seems strange about the eReader titles. IIRC FW/BN owns the eReader format and those (and the multi-format) are the ones downloaded from their own servers.

TallMomof2 · 05-04-2010, 04:56 PM

The ereader titles that I can't download are from Penguin, Harper-Collins, and MacMillan. Fictionwise owns the format but not the content.

pdurrant · 05-08-2010, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

They may be back for download from bookshelves, but Fictionwise still has under 46,000 books for sale.

Fictionwise currently seem to have no Secure Mobipocket ebooks or sale at all. None.

A quick check shows that although fictionwise might have been successful is restoring access to some books that have already been sold, they've made little to no progress in putting books back on sale.

A quick check shows that they still have under 46,000 titles in their store. And they've now removed "Secure Mobipocket" from the list of formats on the sidebar and in pop-up menus on the sales pages.

lcalvin · 05-09-2010, 06:01 PM

With a new netbook and nervous about the longterm health of Fictionwise, I decided to do an organized download of all 950 ebooks I've purchased at Fictionwise.

About 100 didn't make it. (actually 99 plus one that got left in the last mess)

I've sent a support ticket, but I'm not happy. I've got about 30 bn books so far.

I guess I need to see how much of my stuff from ereader.com is inaccessible.

Inkygirl · 05-11-2010, 09:25 AM

I've had some of my previously inaccessible e-books restored as well, but there are a bunch that are still listed in my library but unavailable sigh.

Post about this at:
http://www.inkygirl.com/drm-ebooks-fictionwise/

Debbie

Blue Tyson · 05-12-2010, 12:57 AM

They have a 40% sale, and no Alastair Reynolds. Doh.

RWJ · 05-16-2010, 01:27 PM

Is Fictionwise publishing updates anywhere about which publishers they've come to terms with, and expected progress?

05-09-2010, 06:01 PM	#252
lcalvin Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Palm TX	100 missing ereader titles at Fictionwise With a new netbook and nervous about the longterm health of Fictionwise, I decided to do an organized download of all 950 ebooks I've purchased at Fictionwise. About 100 didn't make it. (actually 99 plus one that got left in the last mess) I've sent a support ticket, but I'm not happy. I've got about 30 bn books so far. I guess I need to see how much of my stuff from ereader.com is inaccessible.

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05-03-2010, 03:13 PM	#241
aagstn Evangelist Posts: 422 Karma: 1004351 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3, iPad mini 2	Random House added Rex Stout books this week. The MSRP was a crazy $15 to $19 for books that are over 50 years old. However, I have wanted this series for ages and with the day one discounts and rebates and the 20% coupon they have going it was worth it. Of course I pay for them and they are unavailable for download. Really have to wonder about old Fictionwise.

05-04-2010, 08:56 AM	#244
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	Yesterday, 36000+ titles were available and today it's 46,000+ titles. More of my secure titles from my bookshelf are available for download. Looks like some progress is happening.

05-04-2010, 10:51 AM	#248
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I'm still missing 1 out of 11 ePubs and 73 out of 164 eReader titles. (Can't check my lit titles until I work around the issues with running Microsoft Reader on Win7 64 bit. Can only run the 2.0 version not the latest and must use IEx86 for activation and downloads.) I was missing approximately 25% more titles before today so it is an improvement, however slight it may be.

05-04-2010, 03:20 PM	#249
calvin-c Guru Posts: 787 Karma: 1575310 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Moon+ Pro	Seems strange about the eReader titles. IIRC FW/BN owns the eReader format and those (and the multi-format) are the ones downloaded from their own servers.

05-04-2010, 04:56 PM	#250
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	The ereader titles that I can't download are from Penguin, Harper-Collins, and MacMillan. Fictionwise owns the format but not the content.

05-11-2010, 09:25 AM	#253
Inkygirl iPadGirl Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: iPad and iPhone	I've had some of my previously inaccessible e-books restored as well, but there are a bunch that are still listed in my library but unavailable sigh. Post about this at: http://www.inkygirl.com/drm-ebooks-fictionwise/ Debbie

05-12-2010, 12:57 AM	#254
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	They have a 40% sale, and no Alastair Reynolds. Doh.

05-16-2010, 01:27 PM	#255
RWJ Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 170 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS-505	Is Fictionwise publishing updates anywhere about which publishers they've come to terms with, and expected progress?

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