How long did it take before you bought your first book

andre66 · 10-02-2010, 09:41 PM

I have had my 350 for 3 days now and have not bought an ebook yet, there seem to be so many free ebooks i want to read that it will be a long time before i actually have to spend any money.
Is there anyone here who has had an ereader for any length of time that has never bought a ebook and just downloaded copyright free/library ebooks?
Andre

beespeckled · 10-02-2010, 10:31 PM

I have had mine since Mother's day and haven't purchased any yet. I have such a variety of titles to select from my public library to download for free, I have to pace them.

SeaBookGuy · 10-02-2010, 11:56 PM

Took me a couple weeks - there was an Australian book I had wanted to buy as a print book, but was kind of expensive, so I'd been putting it off ... surfing around on the off chance it might be available as an e-book, not only was it, but cheaper(!), so I nabbed it.

I've since bought a couple of others, which my library didn't have and were cheaper to download than buy a print copy. There are a couple of other e-books I have my eye on to buy, but I got my reader for free library books.

carld · 10-02-2010, 11:57 PM

I had stuff waiting to be downloaded by the time my K1 arrived, both free and paid.

Sweetpea · 10-03-2010, 02:33 AM

If I remember correctly, I bought my first book a few days after I got my device (a franklin ebookman). Just to test things out.

lene1949 · 10-03-2010, 03:21 AM

I bought a few books for Amazon even before my Kindle arrived....

Clancy_s · 10-03-2010, 05:14 AM

I too bought before my device arrived, but that was partly luck - I found an ARC of new book by one of my favourite authors on Baen.

GeoffC · 10-03-2010, 05:28 AM

before ....

EowynCarter · 10-03-2010, 05:33 AM

Mmm. ** looks into gmail **
I bought the gen3 on 21 october 2008. And have an order confirmation e-mail from mobipocket the same day.
I didn't remembered the first e-books i bought where eragon though.

Bikeridr · 10-03-2010, 05:38 AM

The Kindle arrived at my home the 28th September and the first book was preordered the 27th for release the 29th.
Since I'm still at sea, the Kindle is empty and wrapped (I guess) awaiting me at home, but "The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" has already been downloaded to my netbook and cellphone.

Over · 10-03-2010, 06:18 AM

*sigh*
I wish we had here public libraries with current literature. All we have here are cultural or historical works, or copyright free books from 14th century up to 20th. There might be some technical/professional books too.

Fiction, sci-fi and fantasy books? In your dreams!

Pegster · 10-03-2010, 06:37 AM

I had been reading ebooks on my computer for nearly a year before I bought my first ereader, so I had plenty of books to put on my 505 when it first arrived!

Maggie May · 10-03-2010, 08:44 AM

When I first got my Cybook and had it fully charged I went online immediately and purchased my first ebook. Couldn't believe how great it felt to be able to purchase, download, and be reading a book within a couple of minutes. Brilliant.

Slan
Mag.

Jack Tingle · 10-03-2010, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andre66

I have had my 350 for 3 days now and have not bought an ebook yet, there seem to be so many free ebooks i want to read that it will be a long time before i actually have to spend any money.
Is there anyone here who has had an ereader for any length of time that has never bought a ebook and just downloaded copyright free/library ebooks?
Andre

Well, let's see. I'd had the Compaq Aero 1550 for about a year, and (trying to remember) it was probably either Amazon in their first ebook incarnation or Fictionwise, so that would have been 2002 or 2003, maybe.

I only bought one from Amazon, in .lit format. The Fictionwise stuff was multiformat and I used Mobipocket to read it. The 1550 had a lovely sunlight-readable backlit-or-not B&W LCD display, so I read them in the SkyChair in the back yard.

Good times.

(Edit: I stand corrected. According to my FW bookshelf, it could have been a little earlier than that. My first-purchased short story was released on FW in 2000, and I recall buying it shortly after release, so it could have been 2001. I have some old AlexLit short stories that date earlier, but those were for reading on a computer.)

Regards,
Jack Tingle

cfrizz · 10-03-2010, 10:36 AM

I had already purchased several books in Nov & Dec before I bought my Sony in Jan!

10-02-2010, 09:41 PM	#1
andre66 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 22 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: ALDERGROVE, BC Device: sony prs 350	How long did it take before you bought your first ebook I have had my 350 for 3 days now and have not bought an ebook yet, there seem to be so many free ebooks i want to read that it will be a long time before i actually have to spend any money. Is there anyone here who has had an ereader for any length of time that has never bought a ebook and just downloaded copyright free/library ebooks? Andre Last edited by andre66; 10-02-2010 at 09:55 PM.

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SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	Took me a couple weeks - there was an Australian book I had wanted to buy as a print book, but was kind of expensive, so I'd been putting it off ... surfing around on the off chance it might be available as an e-book, not only was it, but cheaper(!), so I nabbed it. I've since bought a couple of others, which my library didn't have and were cheaper to download than buy a print copy. There are a couple of other e-books I have my eye on to buy, but I got my reader for free library books.

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Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	If I remember correctly, I bought my first book a few days after I got my device (a franklin ebookman). Just to test things out.

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lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	I bought a few books for Amazon even before my Kindle arrived....

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Clancy_s Zealot Posts: 133 Karma: 1010308 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Newcastle, NSW Device: Kobo Glo HD	I too bought before my device arrived, but that was partly luck - I found an ARC of new book by one of my favourite authors on Baen.

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EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,337 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	Mmm. looks into gmail I bought the gen3 on 21 october 2008. And have an order confirmation e-mail from mobipocket the same day. I didn't remembered the first e-books i bought where eragon though.

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Bikeridr Information Acquirer Posts: 436 Karma: 4265156 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Latvia, Rigas Rajons Device: Kindle 3 International, Pocketbook Color	The Kindle arrived at my home the 28th September and the first book was preordered the 27th for release the 29th. Since I'm still at sea, the Kindle is empty and wrapped (I guess) awaiting me at home, but "The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" has already been downloaded to my netbook and cellphone.

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Over Wizard Posts: 1,462 Karma: 6061516 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cascais, Portugal Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2", OnePlus 6	sigh I wish we had here public libraries with current literature. All we have here are cultural or historical works, or copyright free books from 14th century up to 20th. There might be some technical/professional books too. Fiction, sci-fi and fantasy books? In your dreams!

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Pegster Devourer of Books Posts: 135 Karma: 508928 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southeastern US Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-350, Sony PRS-T1, Samsung S5	I had been reading ebooks on my computer for nearly a year before I bought my first ereader, so I had plenty of books to put on my 505 when it first arrived!

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Maggie May Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,907 Karma: 87755439 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Device: CYbook Gen3 and Sony PRS 3505 Kindle 3 G Nexus 7 iPad	When I first got my Cybook and had it fully charged I went online immediately and purchased my first ebook. Couldn't believe how great it felt to be able to purchase, download, and be reading a book within a couple of minutes. Brilliant. Slan Mag.

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cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,561 Karma: 36389706 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	I had already purchased several books in Nov & Dec before I bought my Sony in Jan!