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What to replace Amazon.com with?...?...
8/1/12 | me

Posted on 08/01/2012 12:45:19 PM PDT by dps.inspect

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To: dps.inspect

do you like science fiction?

http://www.baen.com/library/books.asp

Free books, from the publisher, in several different file formats


21 posted on 08/01/2012 1:10:39 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: dps.inspect

Amazon was my favorite etailer, to the tune of over $10K per year for the past 7-8 years.

NO MORE!!!!

My account is closed; they will never see another penny from me or my family.


22 posted on 08/01/2012 1:11:44 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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PDF, for one. There’s also the OpenInkPot, which is a personal favorite being a Linux user.


23 posted on 08/01/2012 1:14:02 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Like Sci-fi/fantasy?

http://www.baen.com/library/books.asp


24 posted on 08/01/2012 1:14:11 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: dps.inspect

You can find most books with a browser search nowadays, just search the title.mobi , title.epub, or title.pdf. May need to wade through some questionable sites at times but if your firewall is robust and you know how to download torrents you’ll find that pretty much every book is out there free for the taking. Heck I’ve seen some massive libraries of 10’s of thousands of novels all wrapped up into one big (20gb?) torrent.


25 posted on 08/01/2012 1:15:59 PM PDT by Teflonic
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To: Hardraade

FYI, abebooks is owned by Amazon.


26 posted on 08/01/2012 1:16:40 PM PDT by Ironfocus (O Must Go)
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To: rarestia
I read a LOT of PDFs (technical documents) on my Kindle Gen2. Never tried to convert anything.

Some proprietary formats have to be converted, others read as they are. My wife has a Nook(EPUB), I have a Kindle(MOBI). Neither reader can read the format of the other. Since we both read a lot of books, I just convert them either way, no fuss, no muss.

You can read PDFs natively on the Kindle, conversion can make them more friendly to the Kindle.

27 posted on 08/01/2012 1:17:31 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: dps.inspect

I bought The Bride a Nook. She’s tickled with it.

I used to order Amazon; not after learning this.


28 posted on 08/01/2012 1:18:41 PM PDT by Old Sarge (We are now officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet)
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To: Houghton M.

info@amazon.com


29 posted on 08/01/2012 1:19:19 PM PDT by USAF80
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To: kabumpo

Thriftbooks and Valore are good too, for used books.


30 posted on 08/01/2012 1:20:14 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: dps.inspect

Return the Kindle and ask for a refund.

They will take it back


31 posted on 08/01/2012 1:22:25 PM PDT by PGR88
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Return the Kindle and ask for a refund.

They will take it back

Be sure to tell them why you're returning it. Companies need to learn that unpopular political stances have a cost associated with them.

32 posted on 08/01/2012 1:24:38 PM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot
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To: dps.inspect

Used book stores. I found a great one here.


33 posted on 08/01/2012 1:24:57 PM PDT by bkepley
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My wife has a Kindle.....she hasn’t paid for any books up til now she just downloads the free one’s.


34 posted on 08/01/2012 1:25:38 PM PDT by ontap
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To: dps.inspect

You’ll have to stop using computers too.

Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates contributed $100 grand each to the same cause as Bezos and Apple is run by a gay guy.


35 posted on 08/01/2012 1:27:42 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: dps.inspect

I have a Nook Color and a Kindle Fire. I’m not bothered by Jeff’s politics at all. But if you are, get a Nook or a Kobo Touch both read epub. Download a freeware program called Calibre which is pretty good at converting almost everything. Get a tablet and with apps you can read everything. Moonreader is good, some people like Aldiko. It’s just not that big of a deal AFAIC.


36 posted on 08/01/2012 1:28:27 PM PDT by Rytas
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To: USAF80

I wanted to email in order to state why I will be boycotting. Otherwise my ceasing to do business with them will go unnoticed.


37 posted on 08/01/2012 1:32:43 PM PDT by Houghton M.
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To: Houghton M.

jeff@amazon.com


38 posted on 08/01/2012 1:38:14 PM PDT by IbJensen (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: rarestia

You can buy ebooks from books a million in kindle (mobi) format I’m fairly certain.


39 posted on 08/01/2012 1:55:45 PM PDT by waiyu (Common sense isn't common to everyone.)
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To: Malsua

I was looking at buying a Kindle . Can you highlight and save mutiple pages on it for later reference ? can you cut and paste things into a pdf or word doc when writing book reports and such?


40 posted on 08/01/2012 1:56:14 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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