Reader for UK and/Europe - Page 3

HarryT · 01-04-2007, 06:01 AM

Hi Globesy - welcome to the forum.

You can spend the $50 "credit" at the Connect Store (when you register, click the "I am in the USA" box) but you won't be able to buy any additional books there, because you need a credit card with a registered address in the US.

You can, however, use Connect "Gift Certificates" in the Connect Store, and "Leaping Gnome", in this forum, has been kind enough in the past to buy them for those of us not in the US (pay him for the certificate by PayPal).

There are, however, a number of other sources for books. If you enjoy the out-of-copyright classics, there are 15000+ books that you can download, free of charge, in Sony Reader format from http://www.manybooks.net . If you enjoy fantasy and science fiction, Baen publish e-books in open formats (RTF) which you can use on the Reader.

NatCh · 01-04-2007, 11:20 AM

I think they stopped handing out the $50 credits on January 1st

HarryT · 01-04-2007, 11:21 AM

Did they? Oh well, never mind

. I'm really not much interested in commercial e-Books, so no great loss.

col · 01-04-2007, 11:28 AM

Thanks for your help in other thread, just out of interest what do you use your reader for if not commercial e books?

Colin

yvanleterrible · 01-04-2007, 11:48 AM

Work reports or anything you can muster out with Word or Acrobat Pro.

HarryT · 01-04-2007, 11:52 AM

Two things:

1. SF and Fantasy, which I buy as a monthly subscription from Baen (so I wasn't strictly correct in saying that I don't buy commercial eBooks - I just don't buy them from Connect

). Baen's books are RTF files with no DRM, so they're directly readable in Reader - I just bump up the font size a bit first.

2. Out of copyright classics from http://www.manybooks.net . I absolutely adore authors like Dickens, Dumas, Haggard, etc etc. These form the bulk of my reading and Reader is great for them.

col · 01-04-2007, 12:06 PM

Yeah RTF files without the DRM seem like the best way to go for those of us in the UK but I am unable to find books I like without DRM so it's connect for me or a lot of copy & paste from web sites.

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01-04-2007, 06:01 AM	#31
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Hi Globesy - welcome to the forum. You can spend the $50 "credit" at the Connect Store (when you register, click the "I am in the USA" box) but you won't be able to buy any additional books there, because you need a credit card with a registered address in the US. You can, however, use Connect "Gift Certificates" in the Connect Store, and "Leaping Gnome", in this forum, has been kind enough in the past to buy them for those of us not in the US (pay him for the certificate by PayPal). There are, however, a number of other sources for books. If you enjoy the out-of-copyright classics, there are 15000+ books that you can download, free of charge, in Sony Reader format from http://www.manybooks.net . If you enjoy fantasy and science fiction, Baen publish e-books in open formats (RTF) which you can use on the Reader.

01-04-2007, 11:20 AM	#32
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I think they stopped handing out the $50 credits on January 1st

01-04-2007, 11:21 AM	#33
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Did they? Oh well, never mind . I'm really not much interested in commercial e-Books, so no great loss.

01-04-2007, 11:28 AM	#34
col Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: prs500	Thanks for your help in other thread, just out of interest what do you use your reader for if not commercial e books? Colin

01-04-2007, 11:48 AM	#35
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Work reports or anything you can muster out with Word or Acrobat Pro.

01-04-2007, 11:52 AM	#36
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Two things: 1. SF and Fantasy, which I buy as a monthly subscription from Baen (so I wasn't strictly correct in saying that I don't buy commercial eBooks - I just don't buy them from Connect ). Baen's books are RTF files with no DRM, so they're directly readable in Reader - I just bump up the font size a bit first. 2. Out of copyright classics from http://www.manybooks.net . I absolutely adore authors like Dickens, Dumas, Haggard, etc etc. These form the bulk of my reading and Reader is great for them.

01-04-2007, 12:06 PM	#37
col Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: prs500	Yeah RTF files without the DRM seem like the best way to go for those of us in the UK but I am unable to find books I like without DRM so it's connect for me or a lot of copy & paste from web sites.

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