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11-13-2011, 05:17 AM | #62 |
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Thanks again for the information. Hopefully I won't need it.
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11-13-2011, 09:58 AM | #63 |
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I buy my ebooks anywhere but Amazon.
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11-13-2011, 10:13 AM | #64 |
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I use a Kindle, and I purchase almost all ebooks from Amazon, mainly because it's so convenient (one click and the book's delivered to my Kindle!), selection is excellent, and prices are good too. I occasionally buy ebooks at Smashwords, but not very often. I've found that formatting is more hit-and-miss with books there and sideloading is more hassle.
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11-13-2011, 12:14 PM | #65 | ||
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11-13-2011, 12:15 PM | #66 | |
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11-13-2011, 06:14 PM | #67 |
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Baen first because of great prices and no drm. Fortunately I like the type of books they publish.
Amazon is next because of the selection, ease of purchasing, apps for all my devices, and their drm has been cracked. Apple...just a few times. If their drm had been cracked, I'd buy from them instead of amazon as I prefer the iBook app for reading. Nonny |
11-13-2011, 06:55 PM | #68 |
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Smashwords for all the reasons mentioned and Books On Board because they have a cart so I can make a single buying transaction with several books in it (I buy infrequently and never buy just one book in a session). I occasionally buy from B&N when Books On Board doesn't have a book I want.
I used to buy from Kobo, but they didn't have a cart and I had to pay for one book at a time, which my credit card company interpreted as an indication of fraud and locked my card. |
11-13-2011, 07:29 PM | #69 | |
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11-13-2011, 07:32 PM | #70 |
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I used to buy from Fictionwise but they were decimated by the agency pricing thing and are no longer even remotely competitive on price and selection. Also I don't feel like fiddling with eReader format anymore.
I buy equally as often depending on price, from Kobo and Amazon. Both can be read on the devices I have. I also occasionally buy from Smashwords, and occasionally from author or publisher websites (I like the Delphi Classics collections and I do buy those off their website because they update frequently and it's easier to get the updates from them than from Amazon). |
11-14-2011, 12:33 PM | #71 |
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It all depends.
This has changed over time for me.
In 2003, I began buying from Peanut Press, later eReader.com. When Fictionwise bought them, I began shopping at both, depending on what coupons/rewards were in my best interest. I stopped shopping at both in 2010, when the Agency 5 decimated their selection and offers. I also realized it was a pain to strip eReader DRM from the 500+ books I had purchased (most of which were series titles). I switched to B&N for about 6 months, but their dropping of eReader support and their pathetic iOS apps made that a no-go. A shame, because their NOOKids selection is impressive. I tested the Sony store, but their Mac app stunk and their pricing was usually worse. I bought from Kobo for a few months, until their cross-border currency exchange kept getting my credit cards blocked for potential fraud. And their pricing is usually a touch higher. So basically, I stopped buying e-books. I now borrow from the library, re-read favorite classics or read from my extensive Calibre library of de-infested books. For the handful of my must-buy authors, I may start buying from Amazon as reward for their iOS Kindle app and library integration. It's an incredibly smooth process from select -> download -> read on either of my i-devices. I may even buy a Kindle 4 or Touch, as lugging the iPad is not always ideal, and my iPhone 3's battery is getting iffy. |
11-16-2011, 02:19 PM | #72 |
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I only buy books from Amazon that are $0.00. If I want a book that is not free, I get it from somewhere else, usually Sony, although I have shopped at Kobo and Smashwords. I may try B&N soon; I borrowed a NOOK book from my friend and the experience was better than I expected.
The "why" is because I prefer to spend my money on epub. |
11-17-2011, 10:38 AM | #73 |
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Amazon. Easy and quick.
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04-01-2023, 03:17 AM | #74 |
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I bought them at delphiclassics.com.
I mainly bought public domain books, as they are cheap and contained complete works of an entire author. Save me the time to track the books down one by one. I don't read anything but classics. |
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