Comments on: Has an eBook drawn blood against paper books?

By: How We Read | AttentionMax

How We Read | AttentionMax — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:08:47 +0000

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By: Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:00:42 +0000

… left out part …

The reason for what I said is that apparently more folks are buying it for non-Kindle use.

By: Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:59:31 +0000

Larry – while it is Kindle in terms of format, from what I’ve read they might as well call this the ‘iPhone / iPod Touch version for use with the Kindle Reader … also usable on the Kindle’.

By: Larry Greenberg

Larry Greenberg — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:04:58 +0000

I’m reading the hard cover version. It’s not as though I have a choice though since I sold my Kindle 2 to Clinton. But I like going “old school”. Maybe I’ll read by candlelight tonight.

By: alese

alese — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:03:24 +0000

Thanks for the tip. But I kinda doubt that Sony store would be much different than Fictionwise as far as selling the book to certain regions/countries goes. And I really don’t want to register to another online shop just to get one book.
I guess I’ll just have to wait for the book to be available.

Oh, and Calibre is a nice program, that can do all sort of conversions, it works fine and I use it to build my E-book library – something like an iTunes for books, with all the information in one place. I haven’t got far yet – too many other, more important things.

By: Carly Z

Carly Z — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:53:28 +0000

Sorry to hear that, Alese…

What about the Sony eBook store, and something like Calibre: http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/

I’ve never used Calibre, but my understanding is that it can convert an ebook to another format, so if you don’t have a Sony Reader you could try converting it to a fictionwise format and read it on your device of choice.

By: alese

alese — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:39:56 +0000

Well you guys are lucky.
I also wanted to pre-order the book a month ago from Fictionwise (no Kindle and Amazon E-books in Europe…) but when I was trying to pay, it gave me geographical restriction error, it seems that at least for my country (Slovenia) this book is off limits. I guess common EU market, globalization and free trade are just buzzwords.

I was stubborn, after the release I tried to buy the book again – with the same result – these publishing rights/deals are really annoying…

By: MickyFin

MickyFin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:59:11 +0000

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By: Dan Cohen

Dan Cohen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:20:47 +0000

Me too! Reading it now on my new Kindle DX!

By: Judie Lipsett

Judie Lipsett — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:16:50 +0000

I bought “The Lost Symbol” via pre-order on Amazon for my Kindle. I am not surprised that it is outselling the hardback at all.