Kindling

PinkieLee · 09-14-2011, 07:52 AM

Amazon's customer service is the BEST! Honestly, I talked to the nicest representative ever! He said it sounded like I was just have some screen issues (no questions) and that they would send me out a new one in a couple of days. I just had to ship the old one back within 30 days! AWESOME!

dark_crystal · 09-28-2011, 09:53 AM

Overdrive (service providing library books to e-readers) for Kindle is working! And it is awesome! Waaaay easier than Overdrive for Nook.

ruffryder · 09-28-2011, 09:56 AM

Anyone know how the ebooks at the library work for Kindles.. ?

*me* who is still clueless about setting the damn thing up. haha. . Today is the day to get some books on it! My daughter comes to visit in about 2 weeks and i want to be able to give it to her so she can use it!

Thinkin' I'm gonna love it and will have to get one for myself too!

SecretAgentMa'am · 09-28-2011, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ruffryder

Anyone know how the ebooks at the library work for Kindles.. ?

*me* who is still clueless about setting the damn thing up. haha. . Today is the day to get some books on it! My daughter comes to visit in about 2 weeks and i want to be able to give it to her so she can use it!

Thinkin' I'm gonna love it and will have to get one for myself too!

I just checked out some Kindle library books last night. It's awesome! Assuming your library works the same way mine does, you go to the library website and login. Then you find the books you want (apparently it's a really popular program because most of the ones I wanted were already out. In that case, you place a hold and they'll notify you when it's your turn to check out the book). After you check out the books you want on your library website you'll be automatically redirected to Amazon, where there's a button you click to send the books to your Kindle. I'm making it sound a lot more complicated than it actually is.

MsTinkerbelly · 09-28-2011, 10:07 AM

Announced just today is the new Kindle Fire...looks like a small ipad. I have an ipad, and I MUCH prefer the regular Kindle for reading. The quality is so similar to the way a real book looks...the kindle on my ipad makes me tired, and I can't read it in the sunlight.

My point is...I'm not sure this new Kindle will be such a great improvement on an already wonderful product.

Tawse · 09-28-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by SecretAgentMa'am

I just checked out some Kindle library books last night. It's awesome! Assuming your library works the same way mine does, you go to the library website and login. Then you find the books you want (apparently it's a really popular program because most of the ones I wanted were already out. In that case, you place a hold and they'll notify you when it's your turn to check out the book). After you check out the books you want on your library website you'll be automatically redirected to Amazon, where there's a button you click to send the books to your Kindle. I'm making it sound a lot more complicated than it actually is.

very interesting. I have no clue as to the technology behind it.. but it seems weird that they could run "out" of an electronic book... must learn more...

SecretAgentMa'am · 09-28-2011, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Tawse

very interesting. I have no clue as to the technology behind it.. but it seems weird that they could run "out" of an electronic book... must learn more...

It's part of the license agreement. Libraries have to treat ebooks just like paper books. So if they have 3 licenses for a particular title, then 3 people can have the ebook checked out at one time. If someone else wants the same title, they have to wait until the previous person's time with the book has run out.

Tawse · 09-28-2011, 11:07 AM

Sooooo apparently they're rolling out 12 million different types of kindles... lol

Arwen · 09-28-2011, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Tawse

very interesting. I have no clue as to the technology behind it.. but it seems weird that they could run "out" of an electronic book... must learn more...

Concept is that a library can only afford so many copies of a title right? Each copy they get is bought (which means the publisher gets paid so the editor/copy editor/author etc get paid.)

Each copy then gets loaned out X number of times before it has to be replaced.

The same ideology has been applied to e-books on loan. And apparently the number of times it can be loaned out varies by publisher. I was told by a librarian that Harper-Collins cuts it off at 26 loans.

That's low even for a hardback.

But, the bottom line is just that. It's a money issue. Library books are great and I have the latest George R. R. Martin on my Kindle from my library. But I also hope folks have books (mine, lolol!) that they bought and paid for.

It's one of the reasons I am so adamantly against piracy. It's not sharing. It's theft.

Copying books for others? Theft.
Downloading from "free" sites? Theft.

If a book is free, the author will have it on their site. If it's not and you find it somewhere for "free", it is taking money out of more than one person's pocket.

And, for the record? I make anywhere between .18 and 2.30 for a book that is sold in the right way. So it's not a lot.

Yeah, I'll jump off my soapbox now. Can someone please give me hand down? It's kinda high up!

Tawse · 09-28-2011, 03:29 PM

For the record.. I'm so anti piracy I drive my family nuts! lol

At this point in time nothing in my library (music, movie, book, etc) is pirated.

Nu uh.

09-28-2011, 09:53 AM	#2
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09-28-2011, 09:56 AM	#3
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MsTinkerbelly Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: ... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 6,573 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,737 Thanked 22,907 Times in 5,017 Posts Rep Power: 0	Announced just today is the new Kindle Fire...looks like a small ipad. I have an ipad, and I MUCH prefer the regular Kindle for reading. The quality is so similar to the way a real book looks...the kindle on my ipad makes me tired, and I can't read it in the sunlight. My point is...I'm not sure this new Kindle will be such a great improvement on an already wonderful product.

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09-28-2011, 03:29 PM	#10
Tawse Member How Do You Identify?: TG Gender Queer Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 730 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,973 Thanked 2,733 Times in 642 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	For the record.. I'm so anti piracy I drive my family nuts! lol At this point in time nothing in my library (music, movie, book, etc) is pirated. Nu uh.