two free anthologies (sci-fi and fantasy) from Copia

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I got that email also and I was able to get them. After I 'bought' them, I went to Settings (very top of the page), then to Purchase History (bottom of the page). There should be a Download Now button for the books. The download is an ACSM file, which opens up in ADE. The books are in EPUB format.

Thanks for the tip! If I hadn't seen this I would have passed on these, but I went for it and they downloaded this way just fine.

[ATDrake]

Originally Posted by BrowseTheStacks

Are the SF&F stories public domain stories?

Not all of them. Tanith Lee and Lawrence Watt-Evans, at least, are still living authors who're much too young to have any works PD even under those quirky US public domain rules.

The anthologies and the pulp fiction reprints are done by Wildside Press, which specializes in doing both original/reprint sf/fantasy/mystery from established authors as well as cleaned-up versions of PD stuff.

[Torwan]

What exactly is the problem with COPIA? I've never heard of them. Is it worth registering to get these books?

[carpetmojo]

Originally Posted by jgaiser

No.... Just pining for the fjords!!!

Mind, the way he drove, I'm not surprised they never let 'em have one.


Had to get a Toyota..........

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by Torwan

What exactly is the problem with COPIA? I've never heard of them. Is it worth registering to get these books?

Yes, it's worth registering. I'm very happy with the number of free books I've gotten from them--not this current set particularly, as I'm not into SF and fantasy, but previous books have been interesting (Shoeless Joe, The Graduate, Brave New World, The Wheel Spins, etc.)

The main problem is that one batch of three freebies this summer simply would not download, no matter what, and after an initial response from Copia that they were working on it, no one ever heard from them again. So that soured people on it. But then someone posted an alternative way to get the books going through the "settings" tab.

I would hesitate to buy books from Copia because of the downloading problem and the lack of customer service (plus the books are available elsewhere anyway); I haven't used any of the social features; but I like the free books!

I appreciate that Copia has not shared my e-mail address with anyone else--I know this because I used an alternative address strictly for Copia, and that address has not received mail from any other entity.

[sufue]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I got that email also and I was able to get them. After I 'bought' them, I went to Settings (very top of the page), then to Purchase History (bottom of the page). There should be a Download Now button for the books. The download is an ACSM file, which opens up in ADE. The books are in EPUB format.

Thank you thank you!

That trick worked for me too, and I was able to go back and get those pesky ones from over the summer too!