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I saw that as well. And since the regular price is also $0.99, that means it is just a highlighted title, not even a sale priced item.
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03-23-2018, 06:26 PM | #17 |
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I was browsing my Amazon (US) wish lists today when I noticed that nearly all of the Open Road titles are marked "currently unavailable". I'd been puzzling over the reason for this when I remembered this sale from last year. Now I wonder if they're planning a repeat this year. I hope so.
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03-25-2018, 12:40 PM | #19 |
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Following an observation in another forum, I went and spot-checked some of the titles I've bought from Open Road Media at Amazon. While they still show up in My Content and Devices, they don't show the "You purchased this title on..." on the current product pages. I assume Open Road has given everything new ASINs or something. Caveat emptor, if you don't have a good external tracking setup for your purchases.
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Yes, Open Road is definitely a really bad offender at issuing new "versions" that don't show up as previously purchased. Sometimes I even remember to mention this when talking about Open Road sales, but I forget and/or assume folks know this by now a lot too.
Most of the Open Road authors I like, I already have all the titles I want, so I don't really have to check. But when looking at the few authors I still want some titles from, I either have a list of the ones I need or I have my Kindle "Content and Devices" and Kobo "My Books" pages open so I can check for titles I've already purchased. Quote:
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My issue goes far beyond just Open Road titles--I have many ebooks, scattered over a large number of publishers, from a bunch of different vendors--from eBooks.com to Amazon.com to Westminster Theological Bookstore (back before they quit (apparently) selling ebooks)--and in all kinds of formats (many of them DRM Protected). And I don't remember well what I already have purchased. I'm thinking of creating a table in Microsoft Word (A table is easier to create than a spreadsheet. Many times people think that they have to use a spreadsheet; from what I know, I think, however, that a table would suffice unless you need the computer to do calculations within the document.). In one column, I'd put the ISBN numbers--one for ISBN-8 numbers (if available) numbers and another one for ISBN-13 numbers (if available), the title, the authors' names (last name first) in separate columns ("fields?"), and maybe another category or two. Oh, of course by publisher (Open Road or whoever). With a click or two, I could sort the entries(?) in the categories by ISBN *'s, titles, the author's name, publisher, whatever, alphabetically or numerically, of whatever I desire. So, with a click and a glance, I would be able to know what I have and where it is. The only fly in the ointment, that I can see, is that it would take a lot of time to make entries for the books that I already have. Maybe there are programs like Calibre that would make it easier than that to make entries for books that I already have, add new entries, etc. With either system, it would keep me from buying a book again, that I already have. Thoughts by anyone? (Mods: If there are more than one or two posts, I'll start a new thread.) Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 03-25-2018 at 07:11 PM. |
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Although Calibre is really designed to manage ebooks, you could also use it to manage your physical books by adding dummy text files for your physical books and add tags like HC (hardcover), MMPB (mass market paperback), and TPB (trade paperback). It can even be the same text file, just create something with one line in your favorite text editor. I find it's slow to enter these entries from the Calibre GUI, especially if you're planning to enter a bunch. It seems faster to me to run Code:
calibredb add -d -T HC -I isbn:978-1538744413 dummy.txt where -d means allow duplicates -T means tag -I means identifier |
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An illustration of why that is important: back in the pre-ebook days, after much looking and comparing models I bought some bookcases. They were really just what I wanted. When I ran out of room on those bookcases for all of the books that I was accumulating, I special-ordered three more bookcases, made by the same manufacturer with the same model# as the ones that I had bought before. However, they had made a major change in the design so weren't just like the bookcases that I had ordered before! Not only did they have a design feature that I didn't want, they didn't match the bookcases that I already had. The upshot is: they should have changed the model #, so people would know (or suspect) that there was a difference in the bookcases. I did end up keeping them, largely to keep the (real nice) people from the furniture store having to return them to the manufacturer, or whatever. I actually called the manufacturer and told them how I didn't appreciate them making the change, but still keeping the same stock number. Instead of the representative apologizing, it was obvious that she was not happy about me complaining about it! Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 03-25-2018 at 10:14 PM. |
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Apprentice Alf can help with DRM (just Google) and I add my print books and suchlike as empty books (see add books menu). BTW the import list plugin was very handy for adding my previous database of print books to calibre.
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For something like this, which has no real personal info, I'd do it in a spreadsheet in Google Drive. That way I can access it from any computer with Internet access, and even on my phone if need be. I actually use spreadsheets for lots of things, and very few have calculations in them. But you should use whatever you're most comfortable with, after all you're the one who has to maintain it. |
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Open Road is having a sale today, mostly $1.99, some $0.99 or $2.99 for omnibus.
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