Re: The Old Favorite

On 8/2/2014 4:39 PM, Sibyl Smirl wrote:
> On 8/2/14 3:17 PM, 'Ellen Rawson' via Tamson House wrote:
>> I understand the money issue. (We only bought the iPad because of the
>> work deal.) I use the library a lot. The books I buy for the Kindle
>> tend to be ones marked down temporarily or ones not published in the
>> UK that are a lot cheaper that way than in imported paper form; I've
>> bought a few at 99p each. Thanks to Katrina, I also do some on-line
>> surveys that pay in Amazon gift vouchers.
>
> Also on Kindle, you can adjust the font size. Often I get books for
> zero on it. I've had FaceBook writer friends give away their books
> through Kindle, in celebration of one thing or another, for just one
> day. Then there's a daily (supposed to be: usually more like once every
> two or three days) "posting" called "Free Books on Kindle" which aren't
> actually free, usually 99¢, for the day, and usually books that I don't
> even want, (that feature is big on Romances and Erotica (aka Porn), but
> sometimes it has something). Then there's the "Kindle Daily Deal" that
> shows up every day in the Kindle Store, usually better books, sometimes
> great books, that are usually 99ç or slightly more for the one day. That
> one comes by e-mail. I've also found books that I was actually
> searching the store for for zero -- generally those that are out of
> copyright and already available on the web. But _all_ of them are
> lower-priced than brand-new on paper. I do believe that I've saved more
> than enough in the last year to pay for the Kindle itself, and I most
> surely wouldn't have had enough room in the house for the paper copies:
> I don't even have enough room in the house for the books that I refuse
> to part with now! And I live eight miles from the nearest public
> library, which probably wouldn't have the one that I want, once I got
> there (it's a small-town library, with not that much volume inside).
>
>

You can adjust the font size on any e-reader and there are many books
that are free though sites like Project Gutenberg that you can legally
download to any e-reader. A lot of the Kindle only free books are books
that are self-published through Amazon publishing and according to my
mom, there are reasons many of them are free. (And she's nowhere near as
picky as I am.)

Just pointing out that it doesn't HAVE to be Kindle to have what people
think of Kindle's great features. Barnes & Noble also has cheap books
for the Nook.

I will always avoid Amazon whenever possible. As previously noted. I'm
not picking on you here Sibyl, this is simply because I dislike Amazon
and try to get the word out on alternatives whenever possible.

--
Jen
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"You cheated."
"Pirate."

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