The book won't be in Belgium for at least a couple of months - does anyone knows if the book can be purchased online, preferably an ebook version?

It sucks that I can't read it yet

 

Amazon will start selling the Kindle version in a few days.

 

Actually, if you have the 'correct' local address linked to your Amazon account (When I tried with a US address, I couldn't get Changes until April 6, but with a French address I was able to buy it) you can get it right now!

 

Huh... That actually worked. Thanks, man!

 

Got it.

filler.

 

Weird. Amazon just suddenly decided a couple days ago not to sell the Kindle version. My money was refunded and the hardback was discounted to 9.99. Anyone know the reasoning for that?

 

i don't know, but i just a $3 refund for my book, as i preordered it for $13.. i guess they were not selling as many as expected?

 

http://www.jim-butcher.com/news/000362.php

Apparently Amazon and the publisher are bickering over something or other and Changes got caught in the crossfire.

 

Side note I normally don't like Amazon, but they got me the damned book for like 13 bucks shipped, new, shipped on the 4th, got it on the 5th.

 

Amazon is not the only ebook seller in town. You can find "Changes" at Kobo and Sony, among other places; Amazon is missing a lot of titles right now, because of their ongoing pissing match with publishers.

 

Before someone screams "NECROPOST! Kill it with Fire!!", Imma let me finish, 'cause ebooks are some of the best inventions ever. Evar!

Anyway, I just finished Summer Knight, Book 4 of the Dresden Files, and clicked my happy ass over to Amazon to download the Kindle version of Book 5, the title of which I learned is Death Masks. Well, the weirdest thing happened, in that on the page for that particular book, where the price is normally listed, I found the following statement:

Now, I was bummed of course, thinking that now all the Dresden Files will be unavailable in Kindle version, but no, every other Dresden title through Changes is available for the Kindle; it's just Death Masks that's unavailable, and it's apparently only unavailable in the U.S.

Any ideas about what the hell is going on? And of course, anyone with a Kindle version of Death Masks they'd care to share would be exceptionally appreciated...

 

I'm pretty sure warez talk is forbidden by rules

Can you read .pdf files on Kindle?

 

I wasn't aware that's what warez is/was, so my apologies; I thought it was just an ebook file. And no, I'm not being a smart-ass or sarcastic.

EDIT: And no, PDF files won't open, apparently, at least on the PC version. I don't have my actual Kindle with me at the moment.

 

Get yourself on IRC and a certain loli-loving admin of this site may be able to fix your little problem.

 

Kindle reads Amazon's proprietary ebook format. Most other ereaders read epub (which everyone but Amazon uses).

Kindle and other readers can read PDFs, but PDFs usually suck on small screens because the format specifies its own layout (rather than letting the device choose the layout), which means you get all kinds of random line breaks and blank pages and other crap when you try to view a PDF designed for a full screen monitor on an ereader. (Even worse if it contains tables, pictures, and the like.)

 

You can load HTML files onto an SD card and view them on a Kindle, and Word docs as well, if I remember correctly. Also, Mobipocket ebooks will view, so I used to download fanfics in that format for that purpose.

When you buy the Kindle, you get an Amazon-related email account to send things to if you want them converted to .AZW format (Kindle format), and they'll do that and email it back to you for $0.10 per file. Seems like I remember being able to either view PDFs on the Kindle itself or that they'd convert them for you, but again, the locked/printed format of PDFs doesn't work very well with the Kindle, at the least the first-gen one I have.

Personally, I prefer reading Kindle books on my PC or laptop, using the Kindle for PC program. It's free, and the best thing is that the cover art or whatever will be in color, as I found out looking at the Summer Knight cover.

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On a related note, I tried for the first time to get on IRC, and I got the error message:

Startup error : java.lang.Error: Unable to load interface pixx : java.lang.SecurityException: trusted loader attempted to load sandbo

and that's all I can see. Perhaps the imaginary friend in the sky is trying to tell me that fresh noobs like me should stay the fuck off IRC? '\o/' *shrugs*