OT:Amazon Kindle Wi-Fi

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:09:49 +0000, The Other Mike wrote:

> On 21 Nov 2011 23:32:07 GMT, Bob Eager <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:09:45 +0000, The Other Mike wrote:
>>
>>> On 16 Nov 2011 13:08:59 GMT, Bob Eager <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>>If anyone is into O'Reilly books, you can download the e-book of any
>>>>book you own for about 3 quid.
>>>
>>> How do they know you own the book?
>>
>>You type the ISBN into your account.
>>
>>.-)
>
> So hypothetically, you could wander into a bookshop, maybe even wander
> into an online bookshop like Amazon. Look at the cover of a book costing
> 40 quid, take a note of the ISBN number

(RAS syndrome!)

> and then go to the publishers
> website which lets you download a copy for about three quid?

You could, but it'd be easier to cut and paste it off the O'Reilly site.
Hypothetically.



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On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:13 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> The Other Mike wrote:
>> On 21 Nov 2011 23:32:07 GMT, Bob Eager <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:09:45 +0000, The Other Mike wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 16 Nov 2011 13:08:59 GMT, Bob Eager <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If anyone is into O'Reilly books, you can download the e-book of any
>>>>> book you own for about 3 quid.
>>>> How do they know you own the book?
>>> You type the ISBN into your account.
>>>
>>> .-)
>>
>> So hypothetically, you could wander into a bookshop, maybe even wander
>> into an online bookshop like Amazon. Look at the cover of a book
>> costing 40 quid, take a note of the ISBN number and then go to the
>> publishers website which lets you download a copy for about three quid?
>>
> Yup

But needlessly complicated.

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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Bob Eager wrote:
> >> So hypothetically, you could wander into a bookshop, maybe even wander
> >> into an online bookshop like Amazon. Look at the cover of a book
> >> costing 40 quid, take a note of the ISBN number and then go to the
> >> publishers website which lets you download a copy for about three quid?
> >>
> > Yup
>
> But needlessly complicated.

What's "needless" about saving 37 quid?

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"Roderick Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Bob Eager wrote:
>> >> So hypothetically, you could wander into a bookshop, maybe even wander
>> >> into an online bookshop like Amazon. Look at the cover of a book
>> >> costing 40 quid, take a note of the ISBN number and then go to the
>> >> publishers website which lets you download a copy for about three
>> >> quid?
>> >>
>> > Yup
>>
>> But needlessly complicated.
>
> What's "needless" about saving 37 quid?
>

Why go away from your PC

http://isbndb.com/

Regards
David

On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:34:59 +0000, Roderick Stewart wrote:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Bob Eager wrote:
>> >> So hypothetically, you could wander into a bookshop, maybe even
>> >> wander into an online bookshop like Amazon. Look at the cover of a
>> >> book costing 40 quid, take a note of the ISBN number and then go to
>> >> the publishers website which lets you download a copy for about
>> >> three quid?
>> >>
>> > Yup
>>
>> But needlessly complicated.
>
> What's "needless" about saving 37 quid?
>
> Rod.

It's needlessly complicated if all you want is the ISBN. Look it up on
the O'Reilly website...see my other post....since you'll be on it anyway.



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On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:33:42 +0000, David wrote:

> "Roderick Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Bob Eager wrote:
>>> >> So hypothetically, you could wander into a bookshop, maybe even
>>> >> wander into an online bookshop like Amazon. Look at the cover of a
>>> >> book costing 40 quid, take a note of the ISBN number and then go to
>>> >> the publishers website which lets you download a copy for about
>>> >> three quid?
>>> >>
>>> > Yup
>>>
>>> But needlessly complicated.
>>
>> What's "needless" about saving 37 quid?
>>
>>
> Why go away from your PC
>
> http://isbndb.com/
>
> Regards
> David

Why go away from the O'Reilly website?

(but ISBNDB is quite useful; I wrote some software, driven by a bar code
reader, that uses ISBNDB to build a book catalogue at home)



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On 16 Nov 2011 13:08:59 GMT, Bob Eager <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:49:55 +0000, David wrote:
>
>> "The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> Adrian C wrote:
>>>> On 16/11/2011 11:15, David wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Now NIV is the most used version now possibly and is the version of
>>>>> choice but you will notice it says one can't download it in the UK,
>>>>> going to UK site one gets offered the King James version that is 400
>>>>> years old, good but not modern English. Can I over ride Amazon.com
>>>>> reluctance to "sell" to the UK and get it from them?
>>>>
>>>> Here you go, The International "International" kindle version.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/NIV-Bible-In...sion-ebook/dp/
>B005IYICEO
>>>>
>>>>
>> Thanks for the Link, will go for that if the Free one fails to be got.
>> I had used the word Free in Searching.
>> Yes you confirm my first impression that the downloads not seeming a lot
>> of money, but of course several £5 do add up if full use made of the
>> Kindle. Not like PC Printers though it seems they make the money from
>> Ink refills. It is strange free in US and £5 here in UK. Regards
>
>That's usually a publisher restriction.
>
>I personally think the Kindle is wonderful. It's blinkered to think that
>only Amazon books work on it; there's lots of free stuff elsewhere, and
>the common .mobi format is completely compatible.

the old mobi prc files which date back to Palm pilot mobipocket reader
also work - as long as they dont have the mobi DRM stuff.

If you like sci-fi there are a lot of free books in mobi format at the
Baen free library.
http://www.baen.com/library/

Amazon provide a free,
>fast (5 mins) PDF conversion service too. And there is software around to
>convert all the other formats too.

the kindle can read unencrypted PDF files directly - although it
doesnt know how to reflow the text on a page, so you may end up with
small letters, or using rotate to get a sensible text size.

It seems to handle others such as TXT but seems to choke on some HTML.
Amazon have added a few flavours recently, and format conversion via
an email system.
- plenty of info in their kindle help pages if you need it.
>
>If anyone is into O'Reilly books, you can download the e-book of any book
>you own for about 3 quid. Being able to carry all my ORA books (over 50)
>in my pocket is really useful. And meeting minutes, etc. and any big
>document.
>
>And yes, I buy books from Amazon too.
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