The site may be totally reputable, but I will never enter my credit card number to get something for free. It's shady. Come on guys, design your database so that you can work without it.
I was going to give this a look but now.... :evil:
I may be in the minority, but there is no way I'm going to enter a credit card number for a free book either. Nor would I do it for a drm scheme.
Just curious. How would you propose they deliver this to you with assurances that you won't share it? They can either lock it to the device with complex software and make it a pain for you to transfer to a newer Pocket PC later, or you can open an account with them and they can encrypt it using a one way hash derived from your credit card number. The only way you'd share it is if you also shared your credit card - something you aren't likely to do.
The site may be totally reputable, but I will never enter my credit card number to get something for free. It's shady. Come on guys, design your database so that you can work without it.
I was going to give this a look but now.... :evil:
I may be in the minority, but there is no way I'm going to enter a credit card number for a free book either. Nor would I do it for a drm scheme.
Just curious. How would you propose they deliver this to you with assurances that you won't share it? ...
How does Handango do it? They are giving away free app's every week through the end of the year and don't need a credit card number... I'm sorry that I'll miss out on the freebie, but I'm not typing in a credit card number... Full name or address wouldn't be a problem, but a credit card is asking too much for this IMHO...
... and what happened when you change credit card number ?
You can transfer your ebooks to a new credit card number. So yes, you could have a "sharing" backdoor by changing your credit card frequently, but I think if you try to transfer too frequently they'll notice.
How does Handango do it? They are giving away free app's every week through the end of the year and don't need a credit card number... I'm sorry that I'll miss out on the freebie, but I'm not typing in a credit card number... Full name or address wouldn't be a problem, but a credit card is asking too much for this IMHO...
Handango managed to negotiate freebies with small software publishers, which is an entirely different thing than large book publishers. The latter often won't release ebooks without some DRM.
Of all companies to trust your credit card with, I think I put eReader high up on the list. They've been around forever (previously known as Peanut Press and Palm Digital Media), and have had a very good reputation for those years. Now if only they released a fully VGA-aware version of their reader so it doesn't need any third-party hack...
...Of all companies to trust your credit card with, I think I put eReader high up on the list. They've been around forever (previously known as Peanut Press and Palm Digital Media), and have had a very good reputation for those years. ...
--janak
Good to know -- Honestly, I had forgotten (can I blame "old age"?) that eReader was formerly Peanut Press... That does make a difference.
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#$)*@#. So when is the freaking expiration time each day?! It’s obviously not 11:59AM CST because the blasted book is back up to $5 at 11:22PM. Wanted to see if Star Trek books had made their way out of the gutter. Guess I won't find out now. :? Yes its $5. But after about 2 dozen ST books I realised that hey. This stuff is really crap and haven't looked at them since.
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