CyberRead's Offer 50% Off

[Gibbo]

Was contemplating on purchasing both ebooks off Mass Effect by Drew Karpyshyn was compering prices between FictionWise and eReader and just now I received an email from CyberRead they're re-launching and are offering 50% discount offer so I checked what they've got and whiles browsing there SciFi section I found the books mentioned above,so with the offer I got 2 ebooks for the price of one

Here's the email:

Cyberread.com has officially re-launched!

I want to celebrate our vastly improved website by offering 50% off your next eBook purchase at CyberRead.com - Just enter the following discount code at checkout:THKU08

This offer will expire on Nov. 15, 2008.

We purchased CyberRead at the beginning of this year. Since then, we've worked hard on cleaning up the site, making it faster and adding books. We've added over 70,000 new books to our inventory!
CyberRead now has more books than your average Barnes & Noble!
We've also worked at making the site easier to use. If you have any troubles please don't hesitate to contact our Customer Support.
We are planning all kinds of good stuff, so even if this email doesn't excite you, I highly recommend you continue to open our emails and read them in the future. You will not find anyone more dedicated than us to making customers happy.

Regards

[JSWolf]

Well spotted.

[MickeyC]

Can you read these on the Sony?

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by cassidym

Can you read these on the Sony?

I'm at their site right now, and their STORE offers ebooks in these formats:

1) Microsoft Word
2) Microsoft Reader
3) Mobipocket Reader
4) Adobe Acrobat


Don

[bbusybookworm]

Are them DRM Protected or DRm Free.

While from the looks of it it looks llike drm free, but can't find any confirmation on site.

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

their STORE offers ebooks in these formats:

1) Microsoft Word
2) Microsoft Reader
3) Mobipocket Reader
4) Adobe Acrobat

MS Word is unusual, but if their "All Books" search is working they are mostly a MOBI store:

1) 301 Word ebooks
2) 1,741 LIT ebooks
3) 67,595 MOBI ebooks
4) 2,482 PDF ebooks

[bbusybookworm]

Intresting, looking deeper the books in Mobipocket and Microsoft Reader are DRm Protected.

The PDF and Word, not so sure as they say they can e read on multiple devices and Printed.

But Only one PID for Mobi???

[pdurrant]

*cough*mobidedrm*cough*

Originally Posted by bbusybookworm

But Only one PID for Mobi???

[bbusybookworm]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

*cough*mobidedrm*cough*

I Know

Its not really going to bother me, but it is something to keep in mind as I only got that by digging into the support forum.

I do think they are mistaken, as they are giving instructions on how to load it onto the Cybook through the Mobipocket Reader software, and when goving instructions on entering the PID are telling to give the Desktop Reader's PID .

[pdurrant]

I just bought a book from them.

Unfortunately, I can't find where on their site to enter my PID so that the book downloads already coded to that PID.

Their help pages eventually redirect to a mobipocket.com site. I've put in a question to their support line, but it looks to me like Mac/Linux users can't use this store.

Paul

Originally Posted by bbusybookworm

I Know

Its not really going to bother me, but it is something to keep in mind as I only got that by digging into the support forum.

I do think they are mistaken, as they are giving instructions on how to load it onto the Cybook through the Mobipocket Reader software, and when goving instructions on entering the PID are telling to give the Desktop Reader's PID .

[bbusybookworm]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I just bought a book from them.

Unfortunately, I can't find where on their site to enter my PID so that the book downloads already coded to that PID.

Their help pages eventually redirect to a mobipocket.com site. I've put in a question to their support line, but it looks to me like Mac/Linux users can't use this store.

Paul

Interesting.

Here they Say that you need to enter the PID in your device settings before downloading the book.

I didn't see the option and figured that it would show up when I purchased a book.

Also Their support account appears to be seprate from their customer user ID.

[ClintBrauer]

Hey guys, it's Clint Brauer from CyberRead.

To answer a few questions:

1.) I believe only our PDF ebooks work with the Sony Reader at this time. However, we are planning to add a full ePub library in the next few months. (which would work with the Reader, IPhone, etc.)

2.) We no longer require manual entry of the PID. Instead just install Mobipocket Reader and register your device...and the PID is handled from there. See this FAQ.

3.) Note we are completing an API integration between our ecommerce system and our CRM system. When it's done, you will soon be receiving emails post-purchase that instruct you exactly how to use your ebook. In the interim, my apologies for the hardship.

You can always write our support team. We respond normally within 24 hours. My whole mantra is take care of the customers you have before doing anything else.

Sure doesn't mean we are perfect...but we are getting better every day.

BTW, please do sign up for our email list. This 50% offer is just the beginning of some very aggressive offers we are going to make.

[ClintBrauer]

Folks - thanks for the heads up on our erroneous FAQ. We removed it and will create a new one that is more appropriate given our change in PID implementation.

If the few of you that were discussing this/helping each other out would write our support team and mention this discussion on MobileRead, we'll give you a serious discount code at CyberRead for your troubles.

Just let them know what "handle" you used on this forum.

Thanks!

Clint Brauer

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by ClintBrauer

2.) We no longer require manual entry of the PID. Instead just install Mobipocket Reader and register your device...and the PID is handled from there. See this FAQ.

That's really all well and good... but you have just excluded Mac and Linux users from the party since there Mobireader does not run on those OSes. I think you still need a way for one of those users to enter a PID and download from the web site.

I think you should reconsider adding back a method to do it via entering the PID at your web site.

BOb

[Lemurion]

Originally Posted by ClintBrauer

Folks - thanks for the heads up on our erroneous FAQ. We removed it and will create a new one that is more appropriate given our change in PID implementation.

If the few of you that were discussing this/helping each other out would write our support team and mention this discussion on MobileRead, we'll give you a serious discount code at CyberRead for your troubles.

Just let them know what "handle" you used on this forum.

Thanks!

Clint Brauer

Thanks very much for coming and joining us. We really appreciate it when a company representative shows up. I've signed up and taken a look at your store, but I haven't bought anything yet, though I hope to soon.

If I can make a couple of suggestions:

First, could you look into adding ereader as well? Among other things it's currently the only reader available for the iPhone that offers DRM support.

Second, and I know this is probably because you just relaunched, there are a few books that could use re-categorization:

A Thousand Barrels a Second, a non-fiction book on oil exhaustion is listed under Action/Adventure as is the A+ Certification Study Guide, Sixth Edition.

I hate to say it, but you may need to have someone go through your catalog manually to catch all the mis-filed books.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy MR.