07-28-2014, 01:51 AM | #106 | |
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I own a PW2 and an Aura (among others). From time to time I'll go back to the Aura because I love its design, and the versatility it allows with fonts, but after a while I always go back to the PW2 because the possibility of emailing ebooks to it is just priceless. And like you Josie I very seldom buy Kindle books, so I am not a "prisoner of the system" as so many like to describe us. |
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07-28-2014, 07:06 AM | #107 |
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07-28-2014, 08:16 AM | #108 |
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I buy from Amazon and Kobo and my reader of choice is Kindle PW2. I actually prefer to buy with Amazon because I can buy and use gift cards instead of keeping a credit card on file. I have yet to see(in the U.S.)a Kobo gift card. I also like the fact that I can return e books at Amazon if my youngest daughter grabs my kindle and makes unwanted purchases. I am sure that I could call Kobo and do the same, but the convenience of having a quick button to press instead of a long wait on the phone is wonderful.
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07-28-2014, 08:47 AM | #109 |
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07-28-2014, 11:41 AM | #110 |
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According to Kobo's website, the only place you can get a physical Kobo gift card in the US is Fry's Electronics.
I've enjoyed using Kobo's electronic gift cards. (To be fair, not sure if they're available in the US. I'm Canadian.) It means I only have to do Paypal once if I'm buying a number of books. (Which I did last week, as I had an exceptionally lucky run on Kobo's latest trivia contest and ended up with 4 65% off coupons...) |
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07-28-2014, 11:55 AM | #111 | |
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I don't personally buy from Amazon because I like the idea of getting all my books from them. I buy from them because 90% of the time they are cheaper or the same price, plus their highly regarded customer service, plus the fact the shopping experience at Amazon is better than the epub retailers available to me, like Kobo/WH Smith, Waterstones, Google Play, sainsburysebooks, etc. Competition is healthy though, you are right about that, which is why I still look at these other shops even if I do mostly end up going back to buy from Amazon. As for the stuff about strong-arming publishers.... |
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07-28-2014, 08:54 PM | #112 |
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Go ahead and laugh.
Amazon actively discourages customers from buying from certain publishers and authors "Among Amazon’s tactics against Hachette, some of which it has been employing for months, are charging more for its books and suggesting that readers might enjoy instead a book from another author. If customers for some reason persist and buy a Hachette book anyway, Amazon is saying it will take weeks to deliver it. "The scorched-earth tactics arose out of failed contract negotiations. Amazon was seeking better terms, Hachette was balking, so Amazon began cutting it off. Writers from Malcolm Gladwell to J. D. Salinger are affected, although some Hachette authors were unscathed." Are you still laughing? |
07-29-2014, 09:37 AM | #113 | |
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07-29-2014, 11:14 AM | #114 |
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Yep the.Mtn.Man, I'm laughing right along with shalym.
I like some balance to my news before I try to decide who is the villain of the piece! |
07-29-2014, 11:50 AM | #115 | |
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From NPR: "A number of Hachette authors have publically criticized Amazon for the company's role in the dispute, and writers from Hachette and other houses have created a group called Authors United to find a 'long-term strategy' for combating Amazon." From The Guardian: "Hachette authors from Stephen Colbert to James Patterson have demanded Amazon to negotiate in good faith." I can't access the Wall Street Journal article without a subscription, but to make up for it, here's another story from The Guardian: "According to book industry bible the Bookseller, to whom UK publishers spoke on condition of anonymity, Amazon is putting publishers under 'heavy pressure' to introduce new terms. The Bookseller reports that these include the proviso that 'should a book be out of stock from the publisher, Amazon would be entitled to supply its own copies to customers via its print-on-demand facilities', and that 'books cannot be sold for a lower price than Amazon's anywhere, including on a publisher's own website'. "The Bookseller's editor Philip Jones said the ongoing negotiations 'indicate a direction of travel that would see [Amazon] take a sizeable control over both a publisher's inventory and its marketing', and that 'publishers spoken to – and obviously they will only speak on condition of complete anonymity – have every right to be concerned. This is a form of assisted suicide for the book business...' " Yes, let's all laugh at how Amazon is using strong-arm tactics to stifle competition. Simply hilarious. I especially like the part where publishers aren't allowed to sell their books at a lower price elsewhere. This could explain the phenomenon that soulfuldog noticed when he said that "Amazon usually does always offer the lowest and most competitive prices." Last edited by the.Mtn.Man; 07-29-2014 at 11:55 AM. |
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08-03-2014, 03:57 AM | #117 |
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No I am very lucky that the genre I read (romance) has lots of independent publishers such as Dreamspinner press, Samhain Publishing, Totally Bound, and they sell ebooks direct, DRM free, and most provide all multiple formats for one purchase, plus the genre has it's own 'retailer' AllRomance which also sells the same books as the publisher, plus it's where self published books are sold. All this in addition to Amazon. The only time I tend to buy Amazon books is where the book is part of KDP then Amazon is the only place, but that it rare as it locks out AllRomance.
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08-03-2014, 04:10 AM | #119 |
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The decision as to whether or not a book has DRM lies entirely with the publisher. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Amazon.
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08-03-2014, 05:20 AM | #120 | |
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Aren't all Amazon books DRM'd, and if not how can I tell the ones that aren't and convert them to ePub? |
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