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Old 10-26-2014, 12:07 PM   #16
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Amazon's customer service is second to none.
And to me there really are no good alternatives with the selection, hardware, prices, and staying power regarding ebooks.
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Old 10-26-2014, 02:13 PM   #17
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Amazon's customer service is second to none.
Agreed! The things that I buy from them, electronics, etc. will remain consistent, with all images turned off and all possible advertising blocked.

If it's food or household related - cleaning products, etc. - I'm taking a break from them until they change the site again. No one who shoves anything down my throat with regards to advertising gets any more of my money than necessary for me to be happy and comfortable. I don't even let Google advertise to me. My money, my rules.

This is a new site change, and like the other site changes, it will be different before long or I will be dead. Either way, it is now unimportant

ETA - they won't be getting much in terms of book money anymore, either. I have three libraries to use and it's much better and quicker to get the titles I want.
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Old 10-26-2014, 02:56 PM   #18
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If it's unavailable from Kobo I'll buy from Amazon.
How frequently does that happen?
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Old 10-31-2014, 12:33 AM   #19
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oh and a damn site easyer then reading a book off my hp 545 pda

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Old 10-31-2014, 08:40 AM   #21
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oh and a damn site easyer then reading a book off my hp 545 pda

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How about book prices? Amazon has a nasty habit of beating their competition's prices. That's a behavior that I want to encourage.
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Old 10-31-2014, 02:12 PM   #23
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Between my kids, my husband, my parents and me, we read here in 4 languages. Amazon is the only seller that, independantly from the country we are ordering from, will offer books in all 4 languages. My parents order from amazon.fr either french, english or spanish books, and we order from amazon.de or amazon.com books in all 4 languages without any troubles.

The offer for spanish, german or french books from other sellers is ridiculously small, and when they happen to have the book we are looking for, amazon beats or equals them at the price almost every single time.

Plus whispersync.....
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Well done!

My husband speaks and reads several languages, I speak three, though not fluently due to lack of opportunity to use, and my son speaks three. I love languages! If I were to buy books in other languages, Amazon would be my choice.
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I live in Oaxaca, Mexico, and read in English. When I decided to get an ereader I was only interested in availability of books in English, conveniently, in Mexico. Everything else I've learned about Amazon has come since then and Amazon has been, for me, outstanding.

I am really not at all interested in the devices. I like e-ink and the front-light is great.
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Well done!

My husband speaks and reads several languages, I speak three, though not fluently due to lack of opportunity to use, and my son speaks three. I love languages! If I were to buy books in other languages, Amazon would be my choice.
It is the reason amazon won me, and they did this a long time ago, as kindle did not even existed. And then, when they started with kindles and ebook, it really changed our lives. No more expensive fees for book deliveries, or airline charges for overweight luggages.

And another plus for amazon and their kindles : their dictionnaries are exceptional.

If I was only reading in english, I guess I could be very happy with kobo. But as the kids have these 4 languages (french, spanish, english and german) also at school, dictionaries are important. Now my oldest is also learning mandarin and I need to look into that for his kindle, don't know wether it would be possible at all fro him to read mandarin books on it...
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It is the reason amazon won me, and they did this a long time ago, as kindle did not even existed. And then, when they started with kindles and ebook, it really changed our lives. No more expensive fees for book deliveries, or airline charges for overweight luggages.

And another plus for amazon and their kindles : their dictionnaries are exceptional.

If I was only reading in english, I guess I could be very happy with kobo. But as the kids have these 4 languages (french, spanish, english and german) also at school, dictionaries are important. Now my oldest is also learning mandarin and I need to look into that for his kindle, don't know wether it would be possible at all fro him to read mandarin books on it...
It's nice to know that the dictionaries are so good. Thanks!
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And another plus for amazon and their kindles : their dictionnaries are exceptional.
That's what did it for me as well. The availability of the DRAE for reading in Spanish, a second language for me, has been a tremendous asset. All of the other readers at the time were either offering only translation dictionaries or poor quality Spanish dictionaries.

The selection of Spanish language material on Amazon is orders of magnitude greater than anywhere else.
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That's what did it for me as well. The availability of the DRAE for reading in Spanish, a second language for me, has been a tremendous asset. All of the other readers at the time were either offering only translation dictionaries or poor quality Spanish dictionaries.

The selection of Spanish language material on Amazon is orders of magnitude greater than anywhere else.
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Now my oldest is also learning mandarin and I need to look into that for his kindle, don't know wether it would be possible at all fro him to read mandarin books on it...
I haven't tried Chinese, but Japanese is no problem at all — I read books in both languages on my PW2 and have never hit a snag.

It also includes a download option for Chinese dictionaries, so one figures it must handle Chinese ebooks, though whether simplified or traditional I couldn't tell you.
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