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ebook sites
(updated April 4, 04)
1. FictionWise,
multi formats one stop
shopping site, include non fiction and exclusive short fictions.
2. BlackMask,
the best free ebook site in several
formats.
3. PeanutPress, award winning ebook store
for PDA, friendly DRM solutions.
4. Execubook,
eSummaries that deliver wisdom. Perfect for PDA users.
5. eBookAd, many indies label are here
6.
Univ. of Virginia
Library, Free ebooks
7. FreeeLiterature dot com,
classics for free
8. Memoware, free documents from
volunteers.
9.
ESSPC, great place to
start your collection (Free)
10.The Online Book Page,
from U.Penn. new
5
Recommended eBooks from my ebook shelf
(April 04)
(email me for 10%
off coupon)
1.
Don't Know Much About History
2.
Dirty Little Secrets
3.
Killing The Buddha
4.
The Get With the Program! Guide to Fast Food and Family Restaurants
5.
Flirt Coach
Pocket
PC eBooks
Bestseller List
(Jan-Mar 04)
1.
Star Trek Series
2.
Angels and Demons
3.
Holly Bible NIV ed.
4.
The
Da Vinci Code
5.
Deception Points
6.
Letters to Penthouse XIX
7.
Letters to Penthouse XVIII
8.
Resolutions
9.
7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom
10.
Against All Enemies
Pocket PC eBooks Watch - eBook and beyond
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Jeff "Bozos" Blackburn's Double Standard:
These are two emails from Amazon explaining eBook DRM level 5 refund policy to their Pocket PC customers:
email 1: rejecting refund
Dear Jeroen,
Thank you for writing to us at Amazon.com.
Microsoft Reader on the Pocket PC (version 1.0) is designed to work with free e-books and with e-book files you create with the "Read in Microsoft Reader" add-in for Microsoft Word (http://www.microsoft.com/reader/download/default.htm).
However, version 1.0 does currently support those ebooks that are specified on our website at the URL
http://www.amazon.com/ebooks/pocketpc
*Please note, to read the ebooks for the Pocket PC, you must have Microsoft Reader 1.5 installed on your desktop or laptop and Microsoft Reader 1.0 installed on your Pocket PC.*
I'm sorry, but e-books cannot be returned. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
Please let us know if we can be of additional assistance, and thank you for writing to Amazon.com
Best regards,
J. B."
email 2: accepting refund
Dear John,
Thank you for contacting us at Amazon.com.
I'm sorry to hear that you experienced trouble with your e-book Our technical staff is aware of this situation and is investigating further.
I have passed your information along to them to better help them as they work toward the swiftest possible resolution.
I've requested a refund of $5.84 to your credit card. This refund should go through within the next few days and will appear as a credit on your next credit card billing statement. We always value customer feedback like yours as it helps us continue to improve the services we provide.
I hope this is a satisfactory solution. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance. We value your business and look forward to serving you again in the near future.
Best regards,
L.J"
(I put only initials here cause I don't want to compromise people's privacy on a ng)
Thanks to Jeroen Verhoeven for sharing this with us.
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