What's your favorite place to buy ebooks? - Page 2

kennyc · 11-30-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CarolB

How do you get books from Google? Are they all poorly formatted?

As above or just with a browser and download the epub or mobi as available and desired. There are definitely some nasty ones in the mix.

poshm · 12-01-2009, 04:35 AM

For UK readers, WHSmiths is an option for buying ebooks and audiobooks. I read a lot of Agatha Christie novels and they are mostly under £3 here which is an excellent price. Had no problems downloading and using. Excellent prices on the new sony readers as well - best I've seen anywhere.

But most of my books come free from feedbooks which I've found to be an excellent source of epub books. Very nicely formatted too.

Book Depository · 12-01-2009, 05:58 AM

It seems you guys seem to go to specific sites for specific formats. Don't you find that annoying?

Wouldn't you prefer one location for all formats?

kennyc · 12-01-2009, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Book Depository

It seems you guys seem to go to specific sites for specific formats. Don't you find that annoying?

Wouldn't you prefer one location for all formats?

I'd prefer one common format - period.

poshm · 12-01-2009, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Book Depository

It seems you guys seem to go to specific sites for specific formats. Don't you find that annoying?

Wouldn't you prefer one location for all formats?

Doesn't annoy me - I enjoy hunting down various ebooks, part of the thrill of reading. For instance I've a big list of all the Agatha Christie novels and short story collections which I get a kick out of finding online. Some are not yet available as ebooks so I can't get them all. But if I could just waltz over to one location and buy the whole lot in one go - well where is the thrill in that?

Or maybe I just have weird ideas!

igorsk · 12-01-2009, 01:45 PM

Webscriptions is my #1 shop.

Elfwreck · 12-01-2009, 02:11 PM

Fictionwise and Webscriptions. I look around at Smashwords occasionally. I don't buy DRM'd ebooks.

I've bought some from Samhain and OmniLit, but their store interfaces drive me buggy; I now wind up looking at books at the publisher's sites, and then checking to see if they've been ported to Fictionwise. (Which usually has better discounts anyway. And more file formats.)

Superlucky · 12-01-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Book Depository

It seems you guys seem to go to specific sites for specific formats.

Not true in my case. I go to different sites to compare price and content, just as with any other product.

dsvick · 12-01-2009, 04:16 PM

It's not buying but I'm partial to the Baen Free library. I'm just getting started (dont even have a reader yet) so I haven't compared the regular Baen prices to the same books anywhere else yet.

Elfwreck · 12-01-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dsvick

I haven't compared the regular Baen prices to the same books anywhere else yet.

I don't think the Baen books are available anywhere else. (If they are, they cost more.) Baen's prices for ebooks are absolutely the best--about $5 for a single new, in-print book, or $15 for a set of 3-5 books. (You don't get to pick the set.) Older books are sometimes $5-6 for a set of two or three combined. And an incredible selection of their ebooks are available for free. Some are in the library, and some are released on CDs with the hardcovers, and the CD contents are freely reproduced on the web. (With Baen's blessings. They like new readers.)

Baen is the model we wish all ebook sellers would use. Multiple filetypes, no DRM, prices low enough to encourage impulse buys, free samples of everything, and absolutely no fuss about file sharing. (They seem to know that many of their books that aren't in the free library or on the CDs, are available through the darknet. They don't seem consider those "lost sales" any more than they consider yard sales full of books "lost sales.")

So far, their method is working.

igorsk · 12-05-2009, 04:14 PM

Some of the Baen books are available on Fictionwise, e.g. David Weber's Honorverse.

emonti8384 · 12-06-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by poshm

Doesn't annoy me - I enjoy hunting down various ebooks, part of the thrill of reading. For instance I've a big list of all the Agatha Christie novels and short story collections which I get a kick out of finding online. Some are not yet available as ebooks so I can't get them all. But if I could just waltz over to one location and buy the whole lot in one go - well where is the thrill in that?

Or maybe I just have weird ideas!

I know what you mean! I feel the same the way too, the reward of actually finding/reading the book you wanted is a lot sweeter when you have to search!!!

12-01-2009, 05:58 AM	#18
Book Depository Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eton Device: iPhone 3G S, Kindle	It seems you guys seem to go to specific sites for specific formats. Don't you find that annoying? Wouldn't you prefer one location for all formats? Last edited by Book Depository; 12-01-2009 at 05:58 AM. Reason: don't need URL

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12-01-2009, 04:35 AM	#17
poshm Fanatic Posts: 581 Karma: 1003580 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambs, UK Device: PocketBook 360, Sony Reader Touch, Ipod touch & Kindle 2	For UK readers, WHSmiths is an option for buying ebooks and audiobooks. I read a lot of Agatha Christie novels and they are mostly under £3 here which is an excellent price. Had no problems downloading and using. Excellent prices on the new sony readers as well - best I've seen anywhere. But most of my books come free from feedbooks which I've found to be an excellent source of epub books. Very nicely formatted too.

12-01-2009, 01:45 PM	#21
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Webscriptions is my #1 shop.

12-01-2009, 02:11 PM	#22
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	Fictionwise and Webscriptions. I look around at Smashwords occasionally. I don't buy DRM'd ebooks. I've bought some from Samhain and OmniLit, but their store interfaces drive me buggy; I now wind up looking at books at the publisher's sites, and then checking to see if they've been ported to Fictionwise. (Which usually has better discounts anyway. And more file formats.)

12-01-2009, 04:16 PM	#24
dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	It's not buying but I'm partial to the Baen Free library. I'm just getting started (dont even have a reader yet) so I haven't compared the regular Baen prices to the same books anywhere else yet.

12-05-2009, 04:14 PM	#26
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Some of the Baen books are available on Fictionwise, e.g. David Weber's Honorverse.

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