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Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:47 am
by Reg
RE: Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:27 am
by morvael
Thanks for the heads up. Downloaded and reading.
RE: Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:11 am
by htuna
ORIGINAL: morvael
Thanks for the heads up. Downloaded and reading.
Thanks! [&o]
RE: Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:27 am
by carlkay58
For those without a kindle you can get the free kindle reader for pc here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc/download
Note that there are other free versions for other platforms too.
RE: Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:54 am
by shunwick
Carlkey58,
Thanks for that link. I did not know that there was such as thing as kindle for pc reader.
Reg,
I followed your link but Amazon says that it is $12.98 in the US or £8.39 in the UK for the kindle edition. Am I doing something wrong?
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:29 am
by morvael
Just as I thought - it was a mistake on Amazon's part and they corrected it. Lucky those who got the book
RE: Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:59 am
by Reg
Looks like they have indeed put the price back up (I see it at $9.99 now).
I don't think it was a mistake as I believe Amazon regularly put ebooks up for free for a limited time (or number of downloads) as a promotion. You just just gotta keep your eyes open and be very quick.
I hope some of you guys got a chance at this one.
RE: Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:06 am
by shunwick
Reg,
Thank you. I shall indeed keep my eyes open.
Strange though, I still see at $12.98.
Best wishes,
Steve
RE: Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:02 pm
by carlkay58
Hey I got it for free! Guess it was my lucky day!
You can get all sorts of e-readers for free for the PC or other platforms. I have over five of them on my pc - just because sometimes you can get it in one format but not any others. My personal e-reader is a Nook - with the WitE rules loaded.
RE: Free ebook on Amazon
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:40 am
by Reg
If you are playing with multiple ebook formats, you might consider having a look at
Calibre
calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:
Library Management
E-book conversion
Syncing to e-book reader devices
Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
Comprehensive e-book viewer
Content server for online access to your book collection
from Calibre FAQ
What formats does calibre support conversion to/from?
calibre supports the conversion of many input formats to many output formats. It can convert every input format in the following list, to every output format.
Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, HTMLZ, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ
Output Formats: AZW3, EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, HTMLZ, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ