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  • #32
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Yes, I'm getting the same message.


  • #33
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    nesf wrote: »
    Yes, I'm getting the same message.
    Well that's very ****** annoying. I've got gift certificates for the .co.uk site and they've a better selection. Pretty poor of them to let us switch over and then suddenly remove access without warning.


  • #34
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    ixoy wrote: »
    Well that's very ****** annoying. I've got gift certificates for the .co.uk site and they've a better selection. Pretty poor of them to let us switch over and then suddenly remove access without warning.

    Ditto on the gift certificates. Here's hoping it's a server glitch.


  • #35
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Right I sent them an email enquiring as to the change.


  • #36
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    nesf wrote: »
    Right I sent them an email enquiring as to the change.
    Appreciate it if you post back with the response! If I'd known in advance I'd have bought up a reading pile to last me for the next couple of years.
    Plus what happens to my pre-order for "Republic of Thieves"...


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  • #37
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    ixoy wrote: »
    Appreciate it if you post back with the response! If I'd known in advance I'd have bought up a reading pile to last me for the next couple of years.
    Plus what happens to my pre-order for "Republic of Thieves"...

    Yeah, no bother, they're usually pretty quick getting back to me. Though sometimes by phone which is a tad annoying.


  • #38
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    And we're back with the UK offerings. Hopefully was just a server glitch!


  • #39
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Yeah it seems I had been redirected to Amazon.com without realising it by that "Contact Us" link. They've passed on my query to the .co.uk team for them to look into. I should hear something back tomorrow apparently.


  • #40
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    nesf wrote: »
    Yeah it seems I had been redirected to Amazon.com without realising it by that "Contact Us" link. They've passed on my query to the .co.uk team for them to look into. I should hear something back tomorrow apparently.
    Ah but I don't want them to investigate anymore as it's working again and we don't want that changed :-P


  • #41
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users Posts: 10,533 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Heck of a lot of free stuff on tor.com there now. Over 100mb file for kindle!


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  • #42
    wyrn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,977 ✭✭✭wyrn


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Heck of a lot of free stuff on tor.com there now. Over 100mb file for kindle!

    Where? I can't see anything.


  • #43
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users Posts: 10,533 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    wyrn wrote: »
    Where? I can't see anything.

    http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/download-five-years-of-tordotcom-stories-reg

    Have to sign up to their site but its no biggy.


  • #44
    wyrn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,977 ✭✭✭wyrn


    Cheers, I'm as blind as a bat sometimes


  • #45
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/download-five-years-of-tordotcom-stories-reg

    Have to sign up to their site but its no biggy.

    I'm extremely unimpressed, it only allows alphanumeric characters for passwords. What kind of bat**** insane webadmin do they have?


  • #46
    HivemindXX
    Registered Users Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭HivemindXX


    TOR is giving away a book containing 151 stories. This was released a while ago and should only be available for another week.

    http://io9.com/download-151-science-fiction-and-fantasy-stories-from-t-1011712804


  • #47
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users Posts: 10,533 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Think I seen that somewhere else ;)


  • #48
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Heck of a lot of free stuff on tor.com there now. Over 100mb file for kindle!
    At a rough estimate, based on the Kindle Locations of 53000, I reckon that's it equivalent to a 2800 page book ('Dance of Dragons' was about 19000 and 1000 pages in print) :eek:


  • #49
    HivemindXX
    Registered Users Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭HivemindXX


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Think I seen that somewhere else ;)

    Oops. I never managed to click through on the link when you posted it so I didn't realise it was the same thing.


  • #50
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users Posts: 10,533 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    The Black Guard by A.J. Smith is only 99p on Amazon at the moment. Haven't read it yet but it's getting decent reviews.


  • #51
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" is only £2.50 on amazon.co.uk - a bargain. Haven't finished reading it so far (350 pages in) but it'll definitely be worth the price.


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  • #52
    Mark Tapley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭Mark Tapley


    This book bundle was linked on the storybundle twitter feed http://www.bookbale.com/ includes Joe Haldeman and Heinlein.


  • #53
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    For today (23rd) only, a number of Neil Gaiman's books are just £1.49:

    Anansi Boys
    Neverwhere
    Smoke & Mirrors
    Stardust
    American Gods

    I'm probably going to buy them all as I've only 72 books on my "To read" pile :D


  • #54
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" is just £1.99 on Amazon. A great buy, especially as book two is out very shortly.


  • #55
    mcgovern
    Registered Users Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    ixoy wrote: »
    Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings" is just £1.99 on Amazon. A great buy, especially as book two is out very shortly.

    $3.27 (same price basically) on amazon.com for anyone who is registered there rather than .co.uk


  • #56
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users Posts: 10,533 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Raising Steam only €3 in tesco. I know it's not an ebook but that's a great price for a hardback.


  • #57
    Thoie
    Registered Users Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    And speaking of $3.27, Kate Atkinson's book "Life after Life" is currently $3.27 on .com. Apparently reduced from $27+ (which I don't believe). I've read a few Kate Atkinson's, and have enjoyed them all. This one is £1.99 on .co.uk, and has also won the Whitbread (which is now called Costa - never knew that).

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AQIFNGM/ref=oh_d__o00_details_o00__i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


  • #58
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    A free anthology of short stories by authors eligible for the John W. Campell award for Best New Author. It's free for a limited time only and clocks in at over 2000 pages.


  • #59
    5live
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,438 ✭✭✭5live


    'A quest for Heros' by Morgan Rice is currently free on Google play for android users.

    Saying that i dont know if it is any good but it will pass a few hours if its any way decent.


  • #60
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    All of Bradley P. Beaulieu's output are currently just £0.77 a piece on Amazon.co.uk ($1 on the US).
    His series is "The Lays of Anuskaya" and I've read the first two of the trilogy. I was very close to reading the third so it's great timing. It's a refreshing fantasy fusing Russian culture with elements of Arabian elementals and is quite unique. Absolute bargain at this price - at the very least people owe themselves a look at the first book.


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  • #61
    wyrn
    Registered Users Posts: 6,977 ✭✭✭wyrn


    ixoy wrote: »
    All of Bradley P. Beaulieu's output are currently just £0.77 a piece on Amazon.co.uk ($1 on the US).
    His series is "The Lays of Anuskaya" and I've read the first two of the trilogy. I was very close to reading the third so it's great timing. It's a refreshing fantasy fusing Russian culture with elements of Arabian elementals and is quite unique. Absolute bargain at this price - at the very least people owe themselves a look at the first book.
    Or $1.28 if you have a US account. Any book/series of his that you'd recommend? I haven't heard of them before.


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