Given my penchant for used books and hole-and-corner odd books, I would not consider an ebook reader at all, if it weren't for free book sources like Project Gutenberg and the growing number of ebooks at the public library.
― Aimless, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
Though I've seen some books on Amazon where the Kindle and physical prices were the same, I don't think I've run across any where the Kindle version was more than the physical book. Being able to rent a textbook on the Kindle for a class I was taking (~$24 for 6 months) vs. buying the physical book (for ~$180) was interesting.
― jaq, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
Holy crap, that's a game changer. I am going to be back in school pretty soon and I hope like hell I can rent my textbooks!
― Sandbox Jesse, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
"often" was probably untrue because it's not like i've done a survey but it's happened to me more than once! most recently here vs here and here vs here.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
textbook rental is a beautiful thing yeah.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
I had no idea that was possible. And I've only been out of the textbook market for less than a year.
― Sandbox Jesse, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
i have two copies of 'postwar' if you want one
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
i ended up making it part of my annual book-raid on my parents' house (along with two volumes of robert a. caro's a song of ice and johnson; the plane home was the first time in my life i've struggled w/ the overhead bins). much thx tho!
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
(did you like postwar?)
yes v much so
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
me too.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
wait there's textbook rental??? swoon
― river wolf, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
Amazon UK is doing a '12 days of kindle' with lots of good, cheap (99p) titles: http://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=1503253031 I looked to see if Amazon.com is doing the same but it seems not - I could only find a list of '$3.99 or below' titles that all looked shit.
― kinder, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
You can rent physical text books, too - http://www.bookrenter.com/
― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
I've rented text books. I've also sold text books I've found in dumpsters. Protip for all the hobos out there, untapped market.
― Jeff, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
I just want a cheap source of 60's scifi stuff. Tho, this format seems to work with all the classic short-story collections put out back then.
― kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Friday, 30 December 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
i picked up the entire wheel of time series for free, that was pretty economical imo
jibe i had to convert those, fwiw- i used an online converter but can't remember what it was called so i'm not actually any use to you but there you go
― twice banned gabbage is death (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 30 December 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
have you read 'ill fares the land'? i cant recommend it highly enough tbh
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Friday, 30 December 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
ha thanks darragh. i'll see how those books come out without any settings modified.
― jibé, Friday, 30 December 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
thanks to the democratization of publishing my friend who is way better at writing lots and lots of words than he is at writing good ones now has a bunch of ebooks in the kindle store. I don't recommend spending yr money.
― silby, Friday, 30 December 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
unless you want to read his self-insert fantasies about managing a rock band or being a computer hacker and dating large-breasted women
― silby, Friday, 30 December 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
have you read 'ill fares the land'? i cant recommend it highly enough tbh― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, December 29, 2011 6:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, December 29, 2011 6:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Permalink
yeah i read this in like two hours and immediately donated my copy to the occupy portland library; as a (very personal and rightly so) manifesto against The Problem it's sterling.
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 30 December 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link