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Amazon 69 44.23%
Barnes and Noble 18 11.54%
Kobo 21 13.46%
Sony 13 8.33%
Smashwords 10 6.41%
Fictionwise 4 2.56%
Other (Specify in comments) 19 12.18%
iBooks 1 0.64%
Google Books 1 0.64%
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Old 08-20-2011, 07:24 AM   #61
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Okay, now...
Zero votes for iBooks?
Really?

Is it really so bad even Apple fans won't stand up for it?
No eink-based ebook reader can read ebooks bought from iBooks. The DRM can't be removed, and I don't know of anyone working on changing that situation.

With the Agency pricing for books from the big six in the US, there's no price incentive to buy from iBooks.

There's simply no reason to buy from iBooks unless you don't know any better. Everyone here knows better.
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Old 08-20-2011, 10:13 AM   #62
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Okay, now...
Zero votes for iBooks?
Really?

Is it really so bad even Apple fans won't stand up for it?
Check out the "Do-Not-Buy Store" thread. You'll find lots of votes for iBooks there.
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Old 08-20-2011, 11:15 AM   #63
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Check out the "Do-Not-Buy Store" thread. You'll find lots of votes for iBooks there.
Indeed. And that despite a late start.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...8&postcount=11

Sony leads the avoid-like-the-plague list but they at least have *some* supporters.

B&N seems to also run on the minus side in the love/hate rankings, while Amazon for all the carping and FUD dished on them comes out well ahead.

Interesting exercise.
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Old 08-20-2011, 11:29 AM   #64
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How do you people shop at Kobo? Every time I compare prices between Amazon, B&N and Kobo, Kobo is the most expensive one.
Plus, their "preview book" feature is absolutely crappy.
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Old 08-20-2011, 11:34 AM   #65
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How do you people shop at Kobo? Every time I compare prices between Amazon, B&N and Kobo, Kobo is the most expensive one.
Plus, their "preview book" feature is absolutely crappy.
I agree about the preview, it's worthless. I do find browsing their site to be easy and since I have multiple devices I like the direct download link. Of the few books I have compared prices on before I bought they were rated in price from lowest to highest:
Amazon
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Old 08-21-2011, 05:21 PM   #66
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Webscriptions.
Good reads, good prices, no DRM.
And no Agency Model price-fixing.
No georestrictions.
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Old 08-22-2011, 04:02 PM   #67
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B&N because their gift cards are on the rack next to the greeting cards and all my friends and family were easily trainable.

Before the price fix I would have said Fictionwise; easy to use website, sales, a handy weekly e-mail of new books, and my favorite the ability to leave a list of favorite authors so that I would receive a notice when something new was added. Why doesn't everyone do that? I was a sucker every time for those notices.
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Old 08-22-2011, 04:31 PM   #68
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B&N because their gift cards are on the rack next to the greeting cards and all my friends and family were easily trainable.

Before the price fix I would have said Fictionwise; easy to use website, sales, a handy weekly e-mail of new books, and my favorite the ability to leave a list of favorite authors so that I would receive a notice when something new was added. Why doesn't everyone do that? I was a sucker every time for those notices.
I want this too, so much.

I don't understand Fictionwise. Everything I hear about it sounds awesome, but their website is so confusing to me that I can barely get past the homepage. Am I just stupid?
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Old 08-22-2011, 05:01 PM   #69
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Fictionwise were bought by B&N. They haven't had any development since. They can't list any agency publishers' books because of their existing discount schemes. They're dropped all DRMed formats except the dreadful eReader.

OTOH, they do have a decent catalogue of DRM-free multiformat titles from minor publishers.
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Old 08-26-2011, 12:40 PM   #70
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Okay, now...
Zero votes for iBooks?
Really?

Is it really so bad even Apple fans won't stand up for it?


Hello? Somebody?




Explains a lot, then...
Well, if I could actually access anything other than public domain stuff, I would vote for it. I really like the app and the interface, it's esthetically pleasing and it would be nice if I could get all my books in just one app. But I guess that's life; we don't get everything we want.
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Amazon. I always make sure I have at least $25 in my amazon account
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I like BeWrite books followed by Smashwords if I'm actually going to buy books. Now that I've joined a library that lends ebooks I won't be buying any very often, although the cheaper prices at these stores make it much more tempting.
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