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Old 20-02-2020, 19:59   #1
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Reading; Books, Kindle and Audio books.

I discovered the website called 'Fantastic Fiction' a few years back.

I love it and have been using it ever since. It was first created by a Lancashire family and, over the years, has gone from strength to strength.

Then Amazon discovered it, and, seeing the potential, adopted it for their own purpose, instead of compiling their own catalogue of all-time fiction books, and have now linked it to Amazon's own website; linking each written work to Hardback, Paperback, Kindle and Audio formats.

A new innovation gives the reader the opportunity of making their own private list of all the fiction stories they've ever read.

I've rattled my brain to come up with my list, and it currently stands at 341.

Who else has discovered this website gem?
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Old 20-02-2020, 20:04   #2
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Re: Reading; Books, Kindle and Audio books.

can you only get stuff for kindle from amazon? my wife uses it and i wondered can she get anywhere else?
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Old 20-02-2020, 20:21   #3
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No Cashman. Kindle was created by Amazon but there are other companies that make ebooks that you can download electronically, too.
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Old 20-02-2020, 21:52   #4
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I ordered 4 Kindles off Amazon. They sent me four candles.
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Old 20-02-2020, 21:58   #5
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Ah! But were they electronic candles? If not, send 'em back, Bob!
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Old 21-02-2020, 10:01   #6
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I ordered 4 Kindles off Amazon. They sent me four candles.
Ha Ha, Hello, Mister Ronnie Barker.
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Old 21-02-2020, 13:11   #7
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Be VARY wary of Audible.com. We had absolutely no contact with them and they started taking money from us. Only about £8 a month but it's still a fraud and they have been doing this to thousands of people

https://www.complaintsboard.com/audi...-fraud-c186327

Luckily our bank reimbursed us as the account they stole from us had not been used prior to this theft but some people who actually signed up for them were over charged and not reimbursed. They've been scamming people for nearly a decade and are supposedly linked to if not owned by Amazon so just not sure how they have been getting away with it. Must be costing the banks a fortune.
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Old 22-02-2020, 11:12   #8
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MY wife has use ebook readers (kindles) for years and while I initially found her thousands of books she has since gone on to find loads herself and kind of become the Kindle Guru where she works.

One thing that helps if you have your own collection of books on your PC is Calibre which can organise and convert all book types to your chosen format.

You can even load these books onto your Kindle, they on't all have to be the ones obtained from Amazon.
See this page for info.

DRM security can even be removed with a plugin for Calibre so dodgy book (how can a book be dodgy? lol) can be read on it.

I have my wifes old KIndle1 right next to me waiting for me to put a load of Terry Pratchett books on it for reading at lunchtimes..
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Old 22-02-2020, 11:38   #9
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In fact, this thread has prompted me to get on with sorting the Kindle out, Using Calibre Im deleting the hundreds of books on it and when finished will be copying my TP collection to it.
As I can make the books use large print, this is gonna be really useful for me as I cannot read the paper versions I have without a pair of jamjars.
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Old 22-02-2020, 12:30   #10
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I have had Calibre on my computers for about 6 years....though I have to admit I use my kindle Less these days.
I do like the kindle for weighty volumes, but I really like the feel of a real book.
I buy my guilty pleasure from Charity shops and donate them back once they are read.
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Old 23-02-2020, 20:36   #11
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I have had Calibre on my computers for about 6 years....though I have to admit I use my kindle Less these days.
I do like the kindle for weighty volumes, but I really like the feel of a real book.
I buy my guilty pleasure from Charity shops and donate them back once they are read.
Pop in the Welfare for the blind book shop this Saturday (29 feb) Margaret and have a browse through our selection of books, I'll be running it with Marlene from 10am to 2pm.. We have reading for every taste.
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Old 24-02-2020, 07:52   #12
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Thanks Russell.
I have very wide tastes so I can usually find something to suit.
My problems arise when publishers change the book jackets....I think it is something I haven't read, buy it and half way through(or sooner) realise that I know the ending!
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Old 17-03-2020, 09:19   #13
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I ordered 4 Kindles off Amazon. They sent me four candles.
Maybe it really is kindle in another language. Did you return it?
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Old 17-03-2020, 17:12   #14
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A few years, I needed to greatly reduce my stock of secondhand books ( I deal in them). I did so, and told my pal that the day before I had given a carload to the Accrington Blind Shop. He said "Were they all in Braille"
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Old 12-07-2020, 18:54   #15
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I've been laughing my way through 'The Flat Share' by Beth O'Leary, a funny, quirky, read throughout.

My Total in FF is now up to 355. Voracious reading or what!

Just got my hands on two books called 'The Key' and 'Changes' by Linda Sawley. They're both about Burnley and Clitheroe, very Josephine Cox - like.

Both books are about the same family and set in the 1880's.
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