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Post by MegaDude on Nov 6, 2010 2:22:34 GMT -5
Might as well mention that I'm selling my other ebook reader on Ebay. cgi.ebay.com/Onyx-Boox-60-BeBook-Neo-Touch-WiFi-Ebook-E-book-Reader-/270658433781It's an Onyx Boox 60, and it will read just about anything. If you're thinking of getting into ebooks and don't want to be tied to a particular store like with the Nook or Kindle then an independent ebook reader like this is the way to go. The auction ends on Tuesday.
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Post by King of the Wastes on Nov 6, 2010 18:51:54 GMT -5
The Kindle doesnt work with anything that isnt Amazon? I was gonna get the Kindle.
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Post by Cillian on Nov 6, 2010 20:00:29 GMT -5
Hey I'm impressed with your rating of 395 on ebay! I was wondering about the kindle too, was thinking of just saving up for an ipod touch so I can read when I'm out n about. I've published on amazon and I'm still confused about all the formats for ebooks.
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Post by MegaDude on Nov 6, 2010 22:39:06 GMT -5
The Kindle works best when you buy the book from Amazon. It will read other formats, but you need to convert them. The easiest way to convert is to just email it to your Kindle, though they'll charge you 10 cents.
The cool thing about the ebook reader I'm selling is that it will read tons of formats (txt, doc, epub, pdf, html, rtf, etc) with no conversion at all. Just load the books on the SD card and you're ready to go.
But the Kindle's not bad. That's actually what I'm using now. I just wish it wasn't so easy to spend $10 on a book. I've bought a bunch that I haven't had the time to read yet.
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Post by King of the Wastes on Nov 7, 2010 0:18:56 GMT -5
Thats how much books cost? That kinda sucks. That means I'll only have a few books on it ever...
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Post by MegaDude on Nov 7, 2010 0:44:27 GMT -5
First run novels are $10 usually, but there are a bunch, especially independent stuff like Cillian's novel, for a lot less.
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Post by Cillian on Nov 7, 2010 5:58:44 GMT -5
Yeah I've banned myself from reading zombie/pa books until I do the second part of my book, but just looking on amazon there are so many books under 3 dollars that I'm gonna read.
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Post by King of the Wastes on Nov 8, 2010 17:09:30 GMT -5
I need to get back around to writing my book, is there a place you can put up poems and make some cash? I have quite a dew poems so thats why I am asking.
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Post by MegaDude on Nov 8, 2010 22:28:01 GMT -5
Maybe check out Smashwords. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess you could put up a collection of poems. They'd be about short story size I'd think.
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Post by King of the Wastes on Nov 10, 2010 17:29:14 GMT -5
If I could make a little money from my poems that would be great. Though if I really tried I might be able to get my uncle to get it published, though I dont like asking family for favors this big.
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Post by MegaDude on Nov 10, 2010 18:10:22 GMT -5
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Post by Cillian on Nov 11, 2010 17:41:38 GMT -5
You can publish on Smashwords and Amazon for free. Smashwords is okay but I found Amazon is better for word of mouth.
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Post by halforc on Nov 12, 2010 21:10:34 GMT -5
Kindle can also read pdf files, although it is hit and miss with character size plus some of my pdfs when viewed on mine seem to miss the last couple of lines as well, not good. I suppose I could send them to my kindle account for conversion but would really like a converter on my PC so that I can avoid the costs of conversion as I have alot of documents to convert
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Post by MegaDude on Nov 13, 2010 0:39:57 GMT -5
Hey Halforc, you can convert pretty much any ebook format to any other ebook format, including to Kindle, with Calibre. And it will do batch conversions, so you can just point it at an entire directory of pdfs. calibre-ebook.com
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Post by King of the Wastes on Nov 26, 2010 15:33:36 GMT -5
Thanks Megaton will look into that stuff.
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