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Can you gift Kindle books across regions? I really want to read City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer, but its not available in Canada on the Kindle. I can, however, find it on Amazon.com which indicates that it is available in some regions. The weird thing is Amazon.com won't even acknowledge the kindle edition exists until I log in, and even then its just to deny me the purchase. Thanks amazon. 
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Strangelet Wave posted:Glad you liked them! Has anyone put them on something older than a Kindle 3? I'm afraid they'd look super murky on a screen with less contrast or fewer shades of grey. Looks good on the NC, man. Thanks for making them!
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Jan 8, 2011 05:36
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Thinking about moving from my Kindle 3G to a Nook Color. How is the screen for watching movies on the Nook? Is there any chance that Amazon is going to release a color Kindle in the next few months?
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Snuffman posted:Can you gift Kindle books across regions? I really want to read City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer, but its not available in Canada on the Kindle. You could get an American to allow you to temporarily register your Kindle on their account to get the books. Iron Squid posted:Is there any chance that Amazon is going to release a color Kindle in the next few months? If you want a "color Kindle" you have a bunch of Android tablets to choose from.
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Jan 8, 2011 05:40
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fishmech posted:If you want a "color Kindle" you have a bunch of Android tablets to choose from. This is a good point. Maybe an Android tablet is more what I need than a Nook.
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Jan 8, 2011 06:17
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Iron Squid posted:Thinking about moving from my Kindle 3G to a Nook Color. How is the screen for watching movies on the Nook? Is there any chance that Amazon is going to release a color Kindle in the next few months? The screen does pretty well, and youtube performs well for movies. When I'm near my PC, I'll see if I can get the movies app to work on it.
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Jan 8, 2011 06:27
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Astoundingly awful ereader on sellout.woot.com today. Yea, it's color, and yea, it's cheap, and yea, it's pretty bad. Just a friendly warning.
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Jan 8, 2011 07:35
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How necessary is a case for the newest kindle? Friend of mine has one and while the small size is a plus, it also makes it look a bit flimsy.
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Jan 8, 2011 07:43
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boo_radley posted:The screen does pretty well, and youtube performs well for movies. When I'm near my PC, I'll see if I can get the movies app to work on it. It seems like all of the Youtube videos I go to on my NC are displayed with ultra-lovely resolution, even those that have decent resolution when viewed on a PC. I think that Youtube thinks my NC is a cell phone. Do you know of a way to fix it by any chance?
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Jan 8, 2011 07:56
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:How necessary is a case for the newest kindle? Friend of mine has one and while the small size is a plus, it also makes it look a bit flimsy. The lighted leather case kicks rear end even if it isn't strictly neccesary. Trig Discipline posted:I think that Youtube thinks my NC is a cell phone. Well you're running a cell phone OS...
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Jan 8, 2011 08:06
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I know I sound like a huge baby but I really wish Calibre would figure out an auto-update system if they're going to update their stupid loving program every week
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Jan 8, 2011 12:47
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How do I know which version of the Kindle Screensaver hack I should apply? The wiki link in the OP says that I should check the serial number, but my kindle has no serial number in the place indicated in the photos. I bought the international 3G version for Korea, if that's any help. I spent the afternoon modifying pics into kindle wallpapers btw, so I'll upload a huge bunch of them for you guys later.
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Jan 8, 2011 12:47
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frozenpeas posted:How do I know which version of the Kindle Screensaver hack I should apply? The Kindle 3's serial is in the settings menu somewhere. You might have to go to settings and then go to the menu again from there. Guilty posted:I know I sound like a huge baby but I really wish Calibre would figure out an auto-update system if they're going to update their stupid loving program every week
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Jan 8, 2011 13:09
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Thanks, just letting anyone who's not done it yet that jailbreaking the Kindle is totally idiotproof and easy. Well worth doing it, just to get rid of those awful default images. Now my dog sometimes greets me when I turn it off! 
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Jan 8, 2011 14:41
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I love my kindle. Just letting you guys know that the I believe the B&N ebook store is a cluttered, bloated mess. I could not navigate it whatsoever, Amazon is a lot more intuitive for all your online ebook stuff 
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Jan 8, 2011 16:36
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t_bright posted:I love my kindle. Just letting you guys know that the I believe the B&N ebook store is a cluttered, bloated mess. I could not navigate it whatsoever, Amazon is a lot more intuitive for all your online ebook stuff Totally. Like on Amazon you enter the name of a book you're interested in, hit search, and then it comes right up. Whereas with B&N you enter the name of a book you're interested in, hit search, and then it comes right up. What were they thinking?
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Jan 8, 2011 16:43
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Pfpt, who has time to hit search and type in something
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Jan 8, 2011 19:02
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:How necessary is a case for the newest kindle? Friend of mine has one and while the small size is a plus, it also makes it look a bit flimsy.
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Jan 8, 2011 19:10
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Trig Discipline posted:Totally. Like on Amazon you enter the name of a book you're interested in, hit search, and then it comes right up. Whereas with B&N you enter the name of a book you're interested in, hit search, and then it comes right up. What were they thinking?
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Jan 8, 2011 19:14
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SLOSifl posted:I almost never search for a book. Most of the time, I look through certain categories and read the reviews. Maybe that's why I don't care about the interface much - I pretty much always read reviews elsewhere and go to the BN store when I know exactly what I'm buying.
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Jan 8, 2011 19:25
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Trig Discipline posted:Totally. Like on Amazon you enter the name of a book you're interested in, hit search, and then it comes right up. Whereas with B&N you enter the name of a book you're interested in, hit search, and then it comes right up. What were they thinking? Meanwhile, go browse for something in each program and get back to everyone when you try to find the same quality of discovery in each program. Amazon does it fairly well, B&N, not so much. Since both apps run on the NC just fine I'm gonna (unfortunately for B&N) probably opt to buy all my books on the Kindle store since hey, I trust Amazon to be around in 10 years and B&N not so much.
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Jan 8, 2011 19:30
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Fair enough, like I say I don't really ever shop that way so maybe I just haven't had a chance to notice the things about the interface that are bugging everyone else.
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Jan 8, 2011 19:47
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Telex posted:I trust Amazon to be around in 10 years and B&N not so much. I don't think B&N is going out of business any time soon, nook is doing really well. Company wide there was a 9.7% comp over last holiday season and the 23rd was the biggest sales day ever in the history of the company. Revenue for the company is on track to be the highest since 2006. Some of that is because the price point is higher however customer count is up as well. B&N is doing a really good job changing with the times and recognizes that paper-books and music sales are only going to go down in the future. The company will post a loss for this fiscal year but they are saying it's less than initially expected and it's pretty much all a result of the massive restructuring of their stores which has been completed, so next year it's wide open.
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Jan 8, 2011 19:51
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Trig Discipline posted:I actually got the idea from googling waterproof Kindle cases a while back. It seems like a fairly common thing to do for an eReader, I'm just a little surprised at how well it works with the touch screen. I got this one for my nook color: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Y3CJ2C/ Works great! 
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Jan 8, 2011 20:09
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I still don't understand why that fat bitch is a spokesperson for anything. Bleh. I want her off my store pages.
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BetaTested posted:I still don't understand why that fat bitch is a spokesperson for anything. Bleh. I want her off my store pages. I know...on top of that, it's been there forever. Very stale, B&N. We went fresh content.
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Jan 9, 2011 02:30
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Very seriously considering getting a kindle, although I read mostly history books (would like to start reading more fiction) and the price point/availability doesn't seem to be as good as it is for fiction. Still mulling over the 40 dollar extended warrenty amazon offers-is it worth it? keep in mind that I am pretty clumsy, but I don't know how duable the device is either.
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Jan 9, 2011 05:22
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Trig Discipline posted:It seems like all of the Youtube videos I go to on my NC are displayed with ultra-lovely resolution, even those that have decent resolution when viewed on a PC. I think that Youtube thinks my NC is a cell phone. Do you know of a way to fix it by any chance? You want a tablet instead of just an e-reader? Come visit one of the tablet threads. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3281154 http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3379915
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FidgetyRat posted:3) That color LCD touch thing at the bottom is annoying as hell. Much prefer the kindle's dpad and keyboard. It's not that bad really. I liked the dpad+keyboard better too but decided to ask for a Nook for Christmas anyway for various reasons. Now that I've been using it for a couple weeks I've realized that the only part of the navigation that really matters is the paging buttons. When I'm reading something that's all I care about. Maybe it'd be annoying if I were looking for books on there, but I'd rather do that on a computer anyway. FidgetyRat posted:Just out of curiosity, what do other people think about a *fair* price for eBooks. And some Nook questions! 1) Does anyone have any tips for getting the back cover off? I watched a video on youtube because I absolutely could not figure out where I was supposed to put a micro sd card, and I'm still failing at the cover. 2) I borrowed an ebook from the library, with overdrive, but I can't seem to get it to work on my Nook. It tells me to use Adobe Digital Editions, and I've supposedly authorized it and such. The book shows up in ADE, I can read it there, and when my Nook's connected the book shows up there too. It shows up on the device too, but when I try to get to it the screen says loading for a bit and then just sends me back to the list of books. What did I do wrong? I've been using Calibre a lot too, could it be messing with the file somehow? So far I'm not a fan of ADE since it seems to have no settings anywhere... options just has something to make a new bookshelf?
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denizen posted:I don't think B&N is going out of business any time soon, nook is doing really well. Company wide there was a 9.7% comp over last holiday season and the 23rd was the biggest sales day ever in the history of the company. Biggest Sales Day doesn't mean Most Profit Day. I have to imagine B&N is taking a loss on NookColor's there's almost no way they're making a profit on them if a similar thing is being sold by Samsung for double the price.
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quote:1) Does anyone have any tips for getting the back cover off? I watched a video on youtube because I absolutely could not figure out where I was supposed to put a micro sd card, and I'm still failing at the cover. Yeah the micro sd card thing is under the back cover. On the bottom edge of the nook there is a little tab sticking out. Hold the nook flat in front of you so the screen is facing down and the tab is on the end that is away from you. Put a finger around the tab from the top and pull up and back (towards you). I think thats the best i can do to describe it. Interestingly the margin on the 3g nook is worse than the nook color, but none of it is very good so thats a fair point.
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This makes me pretty sad : Click here for the full 940x501 image. I mean, it's right there. How were there no results for it? And why are you listing me stuff that isn't an eBook? As for fair pricing of eBooks, I think under  is reasonable. $5 being super ideal, but anything below $8 being pretty awesome. Then again I grew up buying paperbacks at $8 a pop, so paying that or less I think is totally fair for the convenience that an eBook offers.
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BetaTested posted:This makes me pretty sad : What's a streat?
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Jan 9, 2011 15:32
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Your spelling was wrong, they still found what you're looking for, and you're upset about this?
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Cardboard Box A posted:The official Youtube app maxes out at 480p. I'm not even getting 480p as an option, that's why I was asking. Is there actually an official Youtube app for the NC yet? e: Actually they either fixed the video problem in the last update or there was something wrong with the videos I was looking at before, it's fine now. Trig Discipline fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Jan 9, 2011 |
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BetaTested posted:This makes me pretty sad : That's total bullshit, I just looked up a couple books and they don't have War and Piece or The Holy Bibble either
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Don't I feel like a moron. That's what I get then. Carry on good folk.
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FidgetyRat posted:Just out of curiosity, what do other people think about a *fair* price for eBooks. I have a hard time buying them when over $5. In my opinion, as long as the e-book is less than or equal to the paperback version, that's fine. Actual ink and paper is a lot cheaper than you'd expect. Most of the price of a book is other stuff, so knocking everything down to $5-10 really puts the squeeze on publishers, especially small publishers. I know there's some talk about the end of publishers, but we aren't ready for that yet. On the other hand, when you see poo poo like this: http://www.amazon.com/We-New-Edition-ebook/dp/B002CIY8QA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1294611397&sr=1-3 It makes no loving sense.
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BrainParasite posted:In my opinion, as long as the e-book is less than or equal to the paperback version, that's fine. Actual ink and paper is a lot cheaper than you'd expect. Most of the price of a book is other stuff, so knocking everything down to $5-10 really puts the squeeze on publishers, especially small publishers. I know there's some talk about the end of publishers, but we aren't ready for that yet. Ink and paper is cheap, having to shell out for an initial print run of at least a few thousand books that may or may not get sold is not.
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fishmech posted:Ink and paper is cheap, having to shell out for an initial print run of at least a few thousand books that may or may not get sold is not. That's true, but I think that we can call that initial run part of the cost of making the book for now. Nobody's seriously going 100% digital, so I think the people who read e-books, in the short run and especially with small publishers, need to get used to paying a part of the ink and paper runs. The cost of a book already includes trying to pay for the losses on all the other books the company has published. I don't think the idea is that far out there. But, to clarify, I'm ok with the cost of e-book being the same or slightly less than the cheapest equivalent edition in print. When the paperback comes out, the e-book prices should fall (I'm looking at you HarperCollins.)
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