Sci-Fi Romance discussion

I'm not too familiar with ereaders/ ebook formats other than the nook and the kindle. But this is the thread where we can post all of our other ebook formats for loaning/ borrowing. Thanks!

If anyone can tell me how,I'd be happy lend my copy of . I have it on my nook, but I didn't get it from the B&N website, so its a different of file.

Pia wrote: "I loved that book! I have a paperback copy. I think Baen has at least one of her novels for free--at least last time I looked Baen did. Is Primary Inversion the one there?"

Yes. That's where I got this one from. I'm glad to hear you loved it. I've been putting off reading it for a while now because some of the reviews I've read said it was "too technical", but I'll move it up in my tbr.

As far as I know I can't loan books from or to my Sony. I loved Primary Inversion too, btw. Have a print copy.

Pia wrote: "I've got to read the 2nd book in the series already--I've been sidetracked by so much else, including other books! I need more lifetimes to do everything I want to do and read everything I want to ..."

I wish! I keep trying to think of a way that I can get paid for reading what I want, when I want, LOL!

LOL! I need another one, too.

Is that legal, though?

I know I can email most any ebooks I bought but unless the company has an established loan policy it's illegal.

I'm willing to "permanently lend" my SF Romance AMBASADORA. (If I'm allowed to do that here? Jan? Michele?) If not, I'll still be happy to lend my Kindle version of it to anyone who's interested.

Here's the free code from Smashwords for any format: MT42N

And here's the link:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

Best,
Heidi

I'm not sure of the legalities of sending over files via email. If Sony doesn't have it's own lending system yet, I guess we'll have to wait.

Heidi, I think your offer fits more under the promotions folder, but since you're also lending the Kindle version, it's allright.

It's very sweet of you to offer btw!

Thanks for the response, Jan. I'll put it to the promotions file.

And, I'll post the Kindle lend under the Kindle thread.

Cheers,
Heidi

I just did some research and the most I could find on the Sony site was that they allow borrowing only from libraries. The only info I saw about individuals loaning books from their Sony is that it's not allowed yet.

( http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/d... )

Kindle is the only one I know to have this feature and they track the number of loans, but I don't know anything about Nooks or Kobos, etc.

So, it sounds like you can only legally borrow a public domain ebook, library book, or share via Kindle's tracking program to totally avoid prosecution.

But entering contests is a fun way to get free books. I've won three this month. One from Goodreads and two from author contests.

Thanks for the info AnnaM. Congrats on winning 3 books this month!

Nook will let you borrow too. I do have a couple of books on my "nook" shelf for anyone to borrow.

Michelle, you're welcome and thanks! I'm always surprised if I win something even though I enter a lot of contests. (The books I won aren't all SFR.)

For anyone that reads on an iPad: Which is your favorite ebook app for your iPad? Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

I prefer the Kindle app because most of my purchases are from Amazon. But I also read a lot in iBooks, because its easy to get books into that app.

I also like Bluefire Reader. It is, I believe, the only app that will read Adobe Digital Editions. I understand it has some limitations, though. You can actually get too many books in this app, though I haven't done it myself.

But I have most of the reading apps, because sometimes I can find freebies that are only available in one place. None of them are what I'd call perfect. Perfect for me would be the ability to sort the books into collections by subject, not just by title or author.

Pauline wrote: "I prefer the Kindle app because most of my purchases are from Amazon. But I also read a lot in iBooks, because its easy to get books into that app.

I also like Bluefire Reader. It is, I believe, ..."

Thanks Pauline:)

Most welcome! Not hard to have them all, though it can be hard to keep track of books across so many apps. LOL!