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I downloaded it but haven't read it yet |
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43 | 59.72% |
I did not read it because the book is 'not my thing' |
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7 | 9.72% |
I read at minimum a sample, but the book was not to my liking |
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18 | 25.00% |
I meant to send a donation but I forgot |
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7 | 9.72% |
I meant to send a donation but do not use Paypal (or whatever given option) |
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3 | 4.17% |
Why send money when the author is giving it away for free |
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4 | 5.56% |
Other |
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13 | 18.06% |
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The Introvert
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So far, I have not read one free book. Be it a donationware or classics from mobileread library. I even deleted all mobileread library books except two. I have a very long TBR list, over 150 books. So any freebies will have to wait. Wait not because they are freebies but because other books were in the line before them.
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Um, what is "donationware"? A free book that you agree to pay for and then don't? Please explain
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Calibre is made available on this basis. Some "donationware" has a recommended level of donation that you "should" pay, some leave it open. Some say "donate if you like" while others say "you must donate if you like it". |
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Grand Sorcerer
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I would not call Calibre donationware. Calibre seems to me to be opensource software were the option to donate was made available because users asked for it. I think you need the intention to make money and actively tell what you expect on term of donations for it to be donationware.
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I wasn't aware that one couldn't donate for calibre at the beginning - I'm a n00b ![]() |
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I don't even think I have come across any of those. What sites are they on/popular with? I get Sony freebies and that kind of stuff...
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Hmm....Refuge looks like it could be my kind of thing. I don't mind paying $5, that's cheap! To be honest I don't think they should have donationware books, only because for a lot of people, their list of to-be-read books are so long that by the time they get to it they either forget to donate or they go back to the website and it's maybe changed.
Say what we want about Sony but I like how they do their freebies. For this one month the book is free. After that we will charge you X amount of dollars. A lot of time the free book they offer is the first to a series; there have been plenty of authors I've found and don't normally read but with that first free book I have purchased the entire series (one consisting of 7 books). But I didn't read those books for a couple of months. I don't know, it just seems the donationware system is incredibly flawed from what I've understood of it. I think we tend to appreciate things more when they are in limited supply or when they are only offered for a limited time. Looks like I found a new author anyway, lol! ![]() |
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