Anywhere to find out about future releases?

AnemicOak · 10-23-2007, 10:34 AM

Hi all,

After a few more days I'm still loving my 505. So I was going through my pre-orders from Amazon & there are about a dozen books I have ordered between now & January. I was trying to decide if I should cancel them & get them as ebooks, but in looking at Fictionwise & Connect I didn't really see a section for upcoming selections so that you know what will be available. I don't want to cancel the pbooks if they aren't going to be available as ebooks. Anywhere I can check?

Thanks

EDIT: Also is there a source for non US ebooks? I'm looking for a couple books that are out in the UK, but not here.

NatCh · 10-23-2007, 11:40 AM

I don't know of any, AnemicOak, but I agree that would be a really nice thing to have.

Liviu_5 · 10-23-2007, 12:39 PM

Right now, I think that no major UK (only) fiction books are released as e-books, while for US usually look at the publisher.

Some release everything they publish as e-books, some release a portion, some none. Compare to older titles by the same publisher and you get an idea of your chances to get the respective book as e.

AnemicOak · 10-28-2007, 11:33 PM

After more looking it appears that some sites put titles up for preorder a short period ahead of time, but were talking a few weeks only. Not sure if they list everything coming out though or just stuff that's more popular. I'm used to preordering months in advance & just having stuff show up. Guess it'll be an adjustment.

I do wish that if a publisher did ebooks at all that they'd release everything they're putting out. Too bad, it appears I'll still be buying quite a few Dead Tree Editions at this point.

AnemicOak · 11-02-2007, 07:30 PM

One of the books on my preorder list is 'Host' by Faith Hunter. I see that Fictionwise has it for release on Nov. 7th, but only in Mobipocket format. This is a Penguin/ROC book. I see other titles by them are available in pretty much all the standard formats. Is it a usual occurrence that certain titles only come out in one format? There's no way to do any conversion on a Mobipocket title correct?

HarryT · 11-05-2007, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Is it a usual occurrence that certain titles only come out in one format?

Yes, very common.

Quote:

There's no way to do any conversion on a Mobipocket title correct?

Do you really have nothing that will read MobiPocket? A Pocket PC? Palm? Smartphone?

M0zza · 11-05-2007, 07:55 AM

WHSmiths has an ebook site. I know Ian Rankin is available on there. But then it's available on Fictionwise as well.

AnemicOak · 11-05-2007, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Do you really have nothing that will read MobiPocket? A Pocket PC? Palm? Smartphone?

Not the point for me. I'm sure I could read it on my laptop & there's probably a reader that would work on my Treo (never checked). I bought my 505 to have something portable & more readable than a PDA (while I can read on my Treo, I really don't care much for it). For me at this point it's going to be either .lit or the dead tree edition I guess.

It seems as if there is no rhyme or reason to which format which books get from some publishers at this point, guess it's just one of those things.

AnemicOak · 11-05-2007, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M0zza

WHSmiths has an ebook site. I know Ian Rankin is available on there. But then it's available on Fictionwise as well.

Thanks for the resource. They don't have the author I was wondering about, Steven Erikson, but it's a good site to know about.

10-23-2007, 10:34 AM	#1
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Anywhere to find out about future releases? Hi all, After a few more days I'm still loving my 505. So I was going through my pre-orders from Amazon & there are about a dozen books I have ordered between now & January. I was trying to decide if I should cancel them & get them as ebooks, but in looking at Fictionwise & Connect I didn't really see a section for upcoming selections so that you know what will be available. I don't want to cancel the pbooks if they aren't going to be available as ebooks. Anywhere I can check? Thanks EDIT: Also is there a source for non US ebooks? I'm looking for a couple books that are out in the UK, but not here. Last edited by AnemicOak; 10-23-2007 at 10:53 AM. Reason: added another question

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10-23-2007, 11:40 AM	#2
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I don't know of any, AnemicOak, but I agree that would be a really nice thing to have.

10-23-2007, 12:39 PM	#3
Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	Right now, I think that no major UK (only) fiction books are released as e-books, while for US usually look at the publisher. Some release everything they publish as e-books, some release a portion, some none. Compare to older titles by the same publisher and you get an idea of your chances to get the respective book as e.

10-28-2007, 11:33 PM	#4
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	After more looking it appears that some sites put titles up for preorder a short period ahead of time, but were talking a few weeks only. Not sure if they list everything coming out though or just stuff that's more popular. I'm used to preordering months in advance & just having stuff show up. Guess it'll be an adjustment. I do wish that if a publisher did ebooks at all that they'd release everything they're putting out. Too bad, it appears I'll still be buying quite a few Dead Tree Editions at this point.

11-02-2007, 07:30 PM	#5
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	One of the books on my preorder list is 'Host' by Faith Hunter. I see that Fictionwise has it for release on Nov. 7th, but only in Mobipocket format. This is a Penguin/ROC book. I see other titles by them are available in pretty much all the standard formats. Is it a usual occurrence that certain titles only come out in one format? There's no way to do any conversion on a Mobipocket title correct?

11-05-2007, 07:55 AM	#7
M0zza Geek... Apparently Posts: 211 Karma: 51260 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Herts, UK Device: Sony PRS-505 (Silver), ASUS Transformer TF300T, IPAD Air 2	WHSmiths has an ebook site. I know Ian Rankin is available on there. But then it's available on Fictionwise as well.

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