For UK: ebooks by the pound
H. Doug Matsuoka
store on Oct 4 to coincide with the release of Microsoft Reader 2. I tried
out their etailing/download mechanism and it works without a hitch. If you
don't have an activated version of Reader on the machine you are using, it
will direct you to the download/activation site before taking any of your
money.
Warning: most of the books are marked "available for desktop, laptop, and
Pocket PC 2002" which translates to the dreaded DRM5 level. All offerings by
Scorpius Digital Publishing carry no legend at all, but take it from me
(they're my publishers) every Scorpius offering is no higher than DRM3 or
"inscribed." Everything published by Scorpius Digital will read on your
previous generation Pocket PC quite well (I have a Casio EM-500).
Of course, I don't know why anyone would want to pay Ł4.80, which translates
to $7.05 for something you could get for $5.95 at eBookMall -- it's not like
there's any shipping charge. But I guess if you're a patriotic Brit and want
to keep your hard earned ŁŁŁ in the UK (with just a bit leaking out to the
former colonies), well, that might make sense.
God save the Queen, and all that. Ta ta.
WH Smith ebook section:
http://ebooks.whsmith.co.uk/
Scorpius Digital Publishing:
http://scorpiusdigital.com/
Immortal Khan at WH Smith:
http://ebooks.whsmith.co.uk/eBookCover.asp?eBookID=2038
Doug
Dave Brown
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> Just letting everyone know that UK etailing giant WH Smith opened an ebook
> store on Oct 4 to coincide with the release of Microsoft Reader 2. I
tried
> out their etailing/download mechanism and it works without a hitch. If
you
> don't have an activated version of Reader on the machine you are using, it
> will direct you to the download/activation site before taking any of your
> money.
>
> Warning: most of the books are marked "available for desktop, laptop, and
> Pocket PC 2002" which translates to the dreaded DRM5 level. All offerings
by
> Scorpius Digital Publishing carry no legend at all, but take it from me
> (they're my publishers) every Scorpius offering is no higher than DRM3 or
> "inscribed." Everything published by Scorpius Digital will read on your
> previous generation Pocket PC quite well (I have a Casio EM-500).
>
> Of course, I don't know why anyone would want to pay Ł4.80, which
translates
> to $7.05 for something you could get for $5.95 at eBookMall -- it's not
like
> there's any shipping charge. But I guess if you're a patriotic Brit and
want
> to keep your hard earned ŁŁŁ in the UK (with just a bit leaking out to the
> former colonies), well, that might make sense.
>
> God save the Queen, and all that. Ta ta.
>
Makes a change for us brits to be ripped off in this country. Bugger the
Queen she can afford it :-)
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Regards
Dave Brown
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