WHSmiths (UK) eBook half price sale - Page 3

dshipp · 01-12-2010, 06:21 PM

Their site appears to be too heavily loaded. I found that retrying searches several times eventually let me get to the books I wanted. Checkout was fine.

I managed to pick up the following books that were on my reading list, at prices that I think are pretty reasonable:

Brave New World (Adobe PDF eBook) - £3.27
Cat's Cradle (Adobe PDF eBook) - £3.27
Slaughterhouse-Five (Adobe PDF eBook) - £3.27
Foundation (Adobe PDF eBook) - £2.90
Foundation and Empire (Adobe PDF eBook) - £2.90
Secound Foundation (Adobe PDF eBook) - £2.90

Keep trying people. The offer runs until at least 3pm tomorrow.

garygibsonsf · 01-12-2010, 11:49 PM

Can anyone in the UK remind me if the VAT is included in the price of the ebooks or not? I seem to recall buying a couple of ebooks from them before and finding the VAT had been added on top somewhere between clicking the 'buy' button and receiving the confirmation email, which was more than a little irritating.

tech_au · 01-13-2010, 02:19 AM

Curses to WH SMith's they made me buy 18GBP of ebooks I wasn't going to.
Somebody shoot me if I buy any more ebooks for 6 months

poshm · 01-13-2010, 02:52 AM

Just be aware that all my bookshelf titles - all the books I've previously bought at WHSmiths have disappeared. I have them all backed up but some people might not. It just says bookshelf error.

omk3 · 01-13-2010, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poshm

Just be aware that all my bookshelf titles - all the books I've previously bought at WHSmiths have disappeared. I have them all backed up but some people might not. It just says bookshelf error.

Mine have disappeared too! It says I never bought any

And, for the record, I still haven't been able to check out....

Hogan · 01-13-2010, 04:17 AM

Everything seems to be going well on the site now. Much better than last night. I was able to select three books and checkout reasonably quickly.

weateallthepies · 01-13-2010, 04:23 AM

I managed to checkout last night, seems a little better this morning. All my books still there but I have already snagged them and backed them up anyway.

For zombie fiction fans they have all the Abaddon books for £2.54 each including the five zombie "Tomes of the Dead" books. They are all pretty pulpy and fun, don't expect anything too great but for that price it's worth it for a bit of light entertainment.

I grabbed some of the Afterblight Chronicles which are post-apocalypse cheese plus some of the steampunky Pax Brittania.

camino real · 01-13-2010, 04:44 AM

I finally managed to check out the books I wanted sometime around midnight. Like weatallthepies I grabbed a few Abaddon bokks because I wanted to try them as well as "The Man with the Golden Arm" by Nelson Algren which I'd always wanted to read.

It's a pity all the books are DRM'ed as I find epub novels look very odd on my Sony as the right hand edge isn't justified. The Algren looks particularly bad.

weateallthepies · 01-13-2010, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by camino real

I finally managed to check out the books I wanted sometime around midnight. Like weatallthepies I grabbed a few Abaddon bokks because I wanted to try them as well as "The Man with the Golden Arm" by Nelson Algren which I'd always wanted to read.

It's a pity all the books are DRM'ed as I find epub novels look very odd on my Sony as the right hand edge isn't justified. The Algren looks particularly bad.

They can be de-fanged if need be, I usually do just to have a platform independent backup of books I've purchased. I'm also mainly using FBReader so DRM has to go.

poshm · 01-13-2010, 05:10 AM

For anyone still having problems checking out (OMK3 ?)

I still wasn't having any joy this morning despite having purchased books last night. So I simply set up a new account with a different email address and lo and behold I managed to get the rest of the books I wanted - all the Shannara books by Terry Brooks at £2.90 so I wasn't giving up without a fight!

Because my bookshelf items were missing on my old account and I could no longer checkout, I think they must have lost some data - maybe a whole server's gone down or they've lost some of their database.

ChristopherTD · 01-13-2010, 05:11 AM

I got a few last night, mainly books at hardcover prices that were now "normal". Then this morning I got 6 more at around £4 each.

Fortunately (for me) their website is awkward to navigate so I can't find anything more that I want just now...

Hogan · 01-13-2010, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChristopherTD

Fortunately (for me) their website is awkward to navigate so I can't find anything more that I want just now...

LOL. That's exactly what I was thinking!

If their site was as easy as Amazon's then my poor old credit card would have taken a worse battering.

omk3 · 01-13-2010, 07:11 AM

FINALLY!!

Thank you SO much for your advice, poshm!
WHSmith sure owe you a good percentage of the money I just gave them!

poshm · 01-13-2010, 07:21 AM

Glad it worked

Hate for people to miss out on a bargain esp as we don't get many ebook bargains in the UK!

mediax · 01-13-2010, 07:52 AM

I'm getting rather nervous about buying anything - I signed up for an account last night and selected a number of books for my basket.

OK, I accept that the books might disappear from my basket, but today I get an error "Sorry. Your email address is not recognised." (and before anyone asks the obvious. yes my e-mail address is the same one I signed up with)

And I'm supposed to pay them money for ebooks to download later????

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01-12-2010, 06:21 PM	#31
dshipp Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony PRS-300	Their site appears to be too heavily loaded. I found that retrying searches several times eventually let me get to the books I wanted. Checkout was fine. I managed to pick up the following books that were on my reading list, at prices that I think are pretty reasonable: Brave New World (Adobe PDF eBook) - £3.27 Cat's Cradle (Adobe PDF eBook) - £3.27 Slaughterhouse-Five (Adobe PDF eBook) - £3.27 Foundation (Adobe PDF eBook) - £2.90 Foundation and Empire (Adobe PDF eBook) - £2.90 Secound Foundation (Adobe PDF eBook) - £2.90 Keep trying people. The offer runs until at least 3pm tomorrow.

01-12-2010, 11:49 PM	#32
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	Can anyone in the UK remind me if the VAT is included in the price of the ebooks or not? I seem to recall buying a couple of ebooks from them before and finding the VAT had been added on top somewhere between clicking the 'buy' button and receiving the confirmation email, which was more than a little irritating.

01-13-2010, 02:19 AM	#33
tech_au Oz Bookworm Posts: 516 Karma: 4056 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS 505,PRS 650	Curses to WH SMith's they made me buy 18GBP of ebooks I wasn't going to. Somebody shoot me if I buy any more ebooks for 6 months

01-13-2010, 02:52 AM	#34
poshm Fanatic Posts: 581 Karma: 1003580 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambs, UK Device: PocketBook 360, Sony Reader Touch, Ipod touch & Kindle 2	Just be aware that all my bookshelf titles - all the books I've previously bought at WHSmiths have disappeared. I have them all backed up but some people might not. It just says bookshelf error.

01-13-2010, 04:17 AM	#36
Hogan Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 5228 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ireland Device: Motorola Xoom	Everything seems to be going well on the site now. Much better than last night. I was able to select three books and checkout reasonably quickly.

01-13-2010, 04:23 AM	#37
weateallthepies Lord of the Pies Posts: 252 Karma: 103458 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle Scribe, Kindle Oasis 3, Kobo Sage, Onyx Boox Leaf 2, iPad Pro	I managed to checkout last night, seems a little better this morning. All my books still there but I have already snagged them and backed them up anyway. For zombie fiction fans they have all the Abaddon books for £2.54 each including the five zombie "Tomes of the Dead" books. They are all pretty pulpy and fun, don't expect anything too great but for that price it's worth it for a bit of light entertainment. I grabbed some of the Afterblight Chronicles which are post-apocalypse cheese plus some of the steampunky Pax Brittania.

01-13-2010, 04:44 AM	#38
camino real Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 58 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Device: Sony PRS-300	I finally managed to check out the books I wanted sometime around midnight. Like weatallthepies I grabbed a few Abaddon bokks because I wanted to try them as well as "The Man with the Golden Arm" by Nelson Algren which I'd always wanted to read. It's a pity all the books are DRM'ed as I find epub novels look very odd on my Sony as the right hand edge isn't justified. The Algren looks particularly bad.

01-13-2010, 05:10 AM	#40
poshm Fanatic Posts: 581 Karma: 1003580 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambs, UK Device: PocketBook 360, Sony Reader Touch, Ipod touch & Kindle 2	For anyone still having problems checking out (OMK3 ?) I still wasn't having any joy this morning despite having purchased books last night. So I simply set up a new account with a different email address and lo and behold I managed to get the rest of the books I wanted - all the Shannara books by Terry Brooks at £2.90 so I wasn't giving up without a fight! Because my bookshelf items were missing on my old account and I could no longer checkout, I think they must have lost some data - maybe a whole server's gone down or they've lost some of their database.

01-13-2010, 05:11 AM	#41
ChristopherTD Addict Posts: 343 Karma: 1010002 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London. UK Device: Marvin Reader on iPad Air (via Calibre)	I got a few last night, mainly books at hardcover prices that were now "normal". Then this morning I got 6 more at around £4 each. Fortunately (for me) their website is awkward to navigate so I can't find anything more that I want just now...

01-13-2010, 07:11 AM	#43
omk3 Wizard Posts: 1,454 Karma: 37243 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Europe Device: pocketbook 360, kindle 4	FINALLY!! Thank you SO much for your advice, poshm! WHSmith sure owe you a good percentage of the money I just gave them!

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01-13-2010, 07:21 AM	#44
poshm Fanatic Posts: 581 Karma: 1003580 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cambs, UK Device: PocketBook 360, Sony Reader Touch, Ipod touch & Kindle 2	Glad it worked Hate for people to miss out on a bargain esp as we don't get many ebook bargains in the UK!

01-13-2010, 07:52 AM	#45
mediax Readaholic Posts: 255 Karma: 1058454 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Sony PRS-T2 (previously 505 and 650)	I'm getting rather nervous about buying anything - I signed up for an account last night and selected a number of books for my basket. OK, I accept that the books might disappear from my basket, but today I get an error "Sorry. Your email address is not recognised." (and before anyone asks the obvious. yes my e-mail address is the same one I signed up with) And I'm supposed to pay them money for ebooks to download later???? and