Read-in-store book selection?

bfollowell · 01-10-2012, 11:29 AM

I just found out about the one hour free, read in store feature. I was curious, can you read ANY book you want or is there just a select list that you have to choose from?

- Byron

taustin · 01-10-2012, 12:10 PM

My understanding is that it's only books the publishers have given permission for, but this is most books.

tecweston · 01-10-2012, 10:00 PM

Just as an aside, they often have free ebooks available in store when you connect via wifi. But be careful with it, I downloaded one book during a visit simply because it was free, read a few pages of it and didn't like it, so I deleted it, and I'm still getting recommendations based on it weeks later. It is the only book I ever get recommendations based on, and it was only on my Nook for a few hours.

fbrII · 01-10-2012, 10:32 PM

Personally I have never run into an issue a book not being available for free reading and I have been a frequent B & N visitor since purchasing a Nook about five months ago.

erk · 01-22-2012, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by fbrII

Personally I have never run into an issue a book not being available for free reading and I have been a frequent B & N visitor since purchasing a Nook about five months ago.

I've been surprised to find some "textbook" type titles for Free-Reading, but I've never been able to actually download anything in store over say, 2MB because it just takes so long (in-store network is about .5MB/minute).

Examples of books not available for Read In Store -
REAMDE / Stephenson
Snuff / Pratchett

Other titles by both authors are available on Read In Store

There are much more than the initial "read in store" list would indicate - if you do a search, many more titles show up as "in store"

sangahm · 01-27-2012, 03:34 PM

Most of the popular books are RIS, but I have been interested in many that are not available, so I think it's based on the types of books you're interested in.

bfollowell · 01-27-2012, 03:48 PM

Yes, I'd read some older posts that made it sound like the selection was somewhat limited. Now that I've tried it though, the selection seems quite large. Actually, I haven't found anything yet that isn't available for RIS, though I'm sure there are some.

Actually, I was quite surprised. S&S won't allow any of their Star Trek titles to be checked out from a library through Overdrive, so I wasn't expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised to see them all available for RIS. Not that I can sit there and read every book but it's nice to know I can check out titles a little more than the samples show before I purchase them.

- Byron

01-10-2012, 11:29 AM	#1
bfollowell Fanatic Posts: 541 Karma: 1152752 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Evansville, IN, USA Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook & Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	Read-in-store book selection? I just found out about the one hour free, read in store feature. I was curious, can you read ANY book you want or is there just a select list that you have to choose from? - Byron

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01-10-2012, 12:10 PM	#2
taustin Wizard Posts: 1,358 Karma: 5766642 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Nook	My understanding is that it's only books the publishers have given permission for, but this is most books.

01-10-2012, 10:00 PM	#3
tecweston Comic book artist Posts: 553 Karma: 1760679 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Detroit Device: Nook Glowlight, iPad, iPhone	Just as an aside, they often have free ebooks available in store when you connect via wifi. But be careful with it, I downloaded one book during a visit simply because it was free, read a few pages of it and didn't like it, so I deleted it, and I'm still getting recommendations based on it weeks later. It is the only book I ever get recommendations based on, and it was only on my Nook for a few hours.

01-10-2012, 10:32 PM	#4
fbrII F. BluDevil Posts: 428 Karma: 1152548 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St. Louis Missouri Device: Pocketbook Inkpad3 pro, Kobo Libra, Kindle Paperwhite	Personally I have never run into an issue a book not being available for free reading and I have been a frequent B & N visitor since purchasing a Nook about five months ago.

01-27-2012, 03:34 PM	#6
sangahm Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Austin Device: nook HD, Palm T3, iPhone	Most of the popular books are RIS, but I have been interested in many that are not available, so I think it's based on the types of books you're interested in.

01-27-2012, 03:48 PM	#7
bfollowell Fanatic Posts: 541 Karma: 1152752 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Evansville, IN, USA Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook & Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	Yes, I'd read some older posts that made it sound like the selection was somewhat limited. Now that I've tried it though, the selection seems quite large. Actually, I haven't found anything yet that isn't available for RIS, though I'm sure there are some. Actually, I was quite surprised. S&S won't allow any of their Star Trek titles to be checked out from a library through Overdrive, so I wasn't expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised to see them all available for RIS. Not that I can sit there and read every book but it's nice to know I can check out titles a little more than the samples show before I purchase them. - Byron

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