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Old 03-27-2012, 02:20 PM   #121
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That is crap. That means that I am forced to get the Kindle version and then have to convert to ePUB. Why oh why?
I really dislike geo-restrictions.
Actually, why not send me the money via PayPal and I'll buy the ePub for you as a gift? Just PM me if you want to do this.
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:22 PM   #122
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Great! So you can buy the Kindle ePub in Canada?
Well, it's not my fault that person bought a reader where the HP eBooks are not available in the device's native format.
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:28 PM   #123
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I'm in Canada and the button links to the UK version (but it's $61 CAD and change for the set). The button is greyed out at first, and it asks you to change your language option to UK (won't accept US). I downloaded the epubs without store affiliation since I have a Kobo.
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:34 PM   #124
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If we download with store affiliation, can we download more then 8 times from that store?
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:40 PM   #125
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To any one who bought the English-GB versions of the books - are the covers actually like this


instead of the original:


The US version seems to have kept the covers from the paper books.

(and yes I know I'm nitpicking )
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:51 PM   #126
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The US version seems to have kept the covers from the paper books.
The actual British paper books switched over to the new covers. It's called the Signature Series.
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:53 PM   #127
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Those are the covers for the paper UK books. They re-released them with new cover art.

Edit: Wasgo beat me to it.
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:56 PM   #128
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The actual British paper books switched over to the new covers. It's called the Signature Series.
Thanks for that, I hadn't realised that they had been brought without new covers.
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Old 03-27-2012, 02:59 PM   #129
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The way I read it, is that you'll get charged for a download for each device you put them on. So if you have a book on a Kindle Touch, a Kindle Fire, a desktop, a laptop, and an iPhone; you'll get charged for 5 of your 8 downloads.
Sending a copy to your Amazon account 'costs' one download. But you can then download as many times as you like from your Kindle Books List.

Downloading a DRM-free ePub to your computer 'costs' one download. But you can then read that DRM-free ePub on any of your devices that can read an ePub.
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Old 03-27-2012, 03:01 PM   #130
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That is crap. That means that I am forced to get the Kindle version and then have to convert to ePUB. Why oh why?
I really dislike geo-restrictions.
What gives you that impression? You can download a DRM-free ePub version directly from the pottermore site, once you've bought it.
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Old 03-27-2012, 03:12 PM   #131
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It seems I'm the only one who feels the price is a little high, and even I paid it.
Well, they're certainly not great prices. They don't take into account the street prices of the paper books for instance so right now I can buy the paperback versions for less (in the US)...

Book 1 paper $6.71
Book 1 digital $7.99

Book 2 paper $6.31
Book 2 digital $7.99

Book 3 paper $6.09
Book 3 digital $7.99

Book 4 paper $7.35
Book 4 digital $9.99

Book 5 paper $7.48
Book 5 digital $9.99

Book 6 paper $7.33
Book 6 digital $9.99

Book 7 paper $8.73
Book 7 digital $9.99

All 7 in paper $50.00 (or $50.85 as a box set)
All 7 in digital $57.54
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Old 03-27-2012, 03:25 PM   #132
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I'm a bit confused at Pottermore's logic in selling a watermarked ebook directly from their site but requesting it be DRMed if it's sold through one of the bookstores. Am I misunderstanding something or is this another facet of the grand clusterfluff?
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Sending a copy to your Amazon account 'costs' one download. But you can then download as many times as you like from your Kindle Books List.

Downloading a DRM-free ePub to your computer 'costs' one download. But you can then read that DRM-free ePub on any of your devices that can read an ePub.
So, realistically, all you really need are *at most* two of the 8 downloads; one watermarked ePub for your PC (which can be sideloaded to any epub-capable device or app you or your minor child may own) and one for your Kindle cloud that gets sync'ed to every device/app associated with your account.

By the Terms of service, the other 6 downloads are backups in case your PC crashes and you lose you hard drive backup or you abuse your Amazon account and get banned.

Seems plenty liberal to me.
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I'm a bit confused at Pottermore's logic in selling a watermarked ebook directly from their site but requesting it be DRMed if it's sold through one of the bookstores. Am I misunderstanding something or is this another facet of the grand clusterfluff?
My guess is that Amazon (for instance) has refused to implement the watermarking method, and so Pottermore has no option but to opt for the DRming.
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I'm a bit confused at Pottermore's logic in selling a watermarked ebook directly from their site but requesting it be DRMed if it's sold through one of the bookstores. Am I misunderstanding something or is this another facet of the grand clusterfluff?
I'm guessing that Amazon couldn't support watermarking the ebooks and that having Pottermore send the watermarked version would require Amazon to treat each copy as a separate inventory item, which would be difficult, if not impossible to do.

So when faced with the choice of DRM-free with no watermark, or DRM, they went with the DRM version. Maybe they'll eventually offer a DRM-free, watermarked file directly from the site.
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