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Old 03-01-2010, 10:39 AM   #136
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Are you sure you can purchase this from the UK as an eBook?
Yes. And there's some titles I can't purchase but they're still in the running anyway so it doesn't matter.
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Old 03-01-2010, 10:43 AM   #137
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The idea here is that we are reading eBooks, not pBooks. So if a book is not available as an eBook, then we really do have to disqualify it.
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Old 03-01-2010, 10:44 AM   #138
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The idea here is that we are reading eBooks, not pBooks. So if a book is not available as an eBook, then we really do have to disqualify it.
Well I too agree I must say.
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The idea here is that we are reading eBooks, not pBooks. So if a book is not available as an eBook, then we really do have to disqualify it.
Of course, and it IS available as an ebook.

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Of course, and it IS available as an ebook.

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But is it available as an eBook to all who want to partake in it for the book club?
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USA, USA, USA. Where's one shop that's not USA that carries it?
I'll play. USA! USA! USA!



Sorry 'bout that, Jon! I couldn't find an e-version for our friends in the UK. Anyone?
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But is it available as an eBook to all who want to partake in it for the book club?
Perhaps, perhaps not. Life sucks sometimes. Jon, this shouldn't be so stiff and difficult. The club is for fun. If a book wins and people can't get it, well there will be a selection next month.

Relax a bit will ya?

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Sorry 'bout that, Jon! I couldn't find an e-version for our friends in the UK. Anyone?
Amazon, exactly the same link as you posted.
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Old 03-01-2010, 12:20 PM   #145
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Well, as I said, A Briefer History of Time is available in the U.S., and it's pretty much the same book, only updated and slightly longer (go figure--it must have something to do with relativity).

There are 224 pages in the hardcover edition of A Brief History of Time.

There are 256 pages in the hardcover edition of A Briefer History of Time.

Both are excellent. The Kindle edition of A Briefer History of Time is here.
OK, I don't know where that "256 pages" in the hardcover edition of A Briefer History of Time came from as I can no longer find the original page on which I saw it. Of the several hardcover editions that are listed on Amazon, the number of pages in each book varies greatly. It seem A Briefer History of Time is briefer. I've read both, but A Brief History as an audiobook and a Briefer History as an e-book, so there was no way to tell just from that.

Then there's this (each screenshot taken moments apart). Do they mean they want you to tell the publisher you'd like to start reading the book on your Kindle in under a minute?
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According to amazon.co.uk Brief is 256 pages while Briefer is 176 pages. Looks like I'll get Brief
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According to amazon.co.uk Brief is 256 pages while Briefer is 176 pages. Looks like I'll get Brief
Buy both - then you can tell everyone you've got Stephen Hawking's briefs.
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This one is not available in Australia..
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Is Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers available outside the USA? If it's not, it should be eliminated from the list.
It's available in Australia... I bought it yesterday.
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Are you sure you can purchase this from the UK as an eBook?
I've said before on this thread that I am in the UK, and I've bought it. A lot of stuff on Amazon is available via Amazon for PC (but by no means everything, of course).

If we start saying that ebooks must be available everywhere, why not say that they must be readable on any reader? Pretty soon we'd have enough criteria to exclude almost everything. In my view, we're better off proposing whatever we want, people pointing out any shortcomings (like geo restrictions), and then having a vote. I doubt that a book with limited availability will win, because fewer people are likely to vote for it.
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