Mango Tango's November challenge

[Steven]

Hahaha! Glad you're loving Kate! They're good!

I am picking up Magic Slays as soon as I finish Hounded by Kevin Hearne! :)

Jane, are you reading the in between novellas and short stories? Also, after book 5, Magic Slays, there is a book 5.5 called Gunmetal Magic that is from Andrea's perspective.

[Jane]

yes, they are really good.
No I haven't been reading the in between but I have just checked in the library ( this is the library that covers all of Denmark) and I have ordered Gunmetal Magic, must love hellhounds and an apple forthe creature.
The rest is not available and I am sorry but I think $4,99 is too much for a 77 page book so I will just have to wait and see with the rest.
I might look at Hexed and Dark and Stormy Knights.

[Barb]

What is it with these half-step books being so expensive?? I saw one recently from one of my series that was $3.99 for a 50-something page story -- I refuse to call that a book! -- and I thought *that was bad! I was pleasantly surprised to see that some of these stories are available through my library system's ebook collection, so maybe I will read those after all.

Then again, I'm one of those readers who refuses to pay more than $2.99 for ANY ebook, even if it's by a favorite author. It really ticks me off that I don't *own ebooks, even though I've paid for them, so I will not spend much money on them, period.

[Steven]

Wait, why don't you own them?

[Barb]

In my mind, you're basically 'renting' e-books. Amazon has the right to remove any book from any device at any time. If I buy a print book, nobody can take it from me without my permission unless they come into my home and steal it.

When I finish reading a print book, I can pass it on to ANY other reader, I can leave it in our staff room at work for someone else to pick up and read, I can donate it to our library, our Friends group, a local shelter or anyone else I want to donate it to ... I can't do ANY of that with an e-book.

Yes, if another reader has a Kindle, I can loan the book to them, but that's the only option available, and very few of my reading friends have Kindles. And yes, I can reread the book as many times as I'd like, but I can do that with a print book too, if I want to -- and you know that, as a rule, I don't re-read :)

[Lisa Kay]

Barb wrote: "Amazon has the right to remove any book from any device at any time."

This is true and has happened. Or a variation thereof. Specifically, when a book gains popularity and/or changes publishers. People purchased a book and those individuals who have NOT downloaded it yet can no longer do so. Of course, Amazon isn't the only one to do this.

[Barb]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Of course, Amazon isn't the only one to do this."

That's true, LK. But Amazon is the company I deal with most of the time when it comes to e-books, so that's the policy I'm most familiar with :)

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[Diane L]

Barb forgot to mention that an ebook can only be lent out once. This is a major flaw. I want to lend it to my mother, to my daughter-in-law, to my cousin and then maybe donate it to the local senior center where many more people can enjoy it.

Buying the right to read a book on a device is not the same as buying the book. There are even limitations on this. One of my daughter-in-laws has a Kindle on my Amazon account so we share books. She bought Insurgent, downloaded and read it. I downloaded it to my Kindle. Then her husband got an iPad so she downloaded it to his Kindle app. I got an iPad and did the same. When she got an iPad she could not download it to her Kindle app because the number of permitted downloads had been reached. Since Amazon allows up to 6 Kindles on an account, each book should be allowed 6 downloads at minimum. I rarely buy an ebook for more than $1.99 because of these (lack of) digital rights issues.

[Barb]

Evana wrote: "Barb forgot to mention that an ebook can only be lent out once. This is a major flaw. I want to lend it to my mother, to my daughter-in-law, to my cousin and then maybe donate it to the local senior center"

I know that was the policy awhile ago, but someone (Steven?) told me that had been changed. I haven't tried to lend a book to anyone, nor have I borrowed a book from anyone, so I don't know where that issue stands right now.

[Barb]

OK, I just went to Amazon's Kindle help page and you're right, Evana. It's right at the top of the page!

Note: A book can only be loaned one time.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Great and very valid points everyone. That's why, if I really love and want to keep a book I will buy it in paper.

[Jane]

Time for another update as I am able to cover author X.

1/6: Brazen by Kelley Armstrong
fits series #13,1 - B title, K/A author

1/8: Deep Blue Secret by Christie Anderson
fits series #1 - D title, C/A author

1/11: Himmelbegravelsen - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
fits H(or S if it is the English title) title, X author

And I have also read Whitstable by Stephen Volk but it is only 140 pages so it doesn't count.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Good one Jane. The dreaded X ... done.

[Barb]

I read the same book, I just haven't updated here in forever!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

By the chart on the first pages, that just leaves:

Titles - J, O and X

Authors - U

[Diane L]

I'm almost finished with One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury. This would cover our O title.

[Barb]

Go team! I don't have any of those letters on my plan for January, but my plan often changes, so who knows? LOL

[Diane L]

Finished One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury this morning for our O title.

[Jane]

I think Karla has read the J title which leaves title X and author U

[Diane L]

I have a U author on my TBR and the library has the book. Tomorrow is library day so I'll see if I can grab it.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Wow, good work Team. I think that just leaves title X, which I think Barb may have...

[Karla]

Jane wrote: "I think Karla has read the J title which leaves title X and author U"

Yep, I've read the J title, just forgot to post it.

1/4 Just One Day by Gayle Forman
1/12 Just One Year by Gayle Forman

[Jane]

I have just finished Heartbroken by Lisa Unger which covers our U author.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Great Jane. And I think Barb may have an X title sometime.

No doubt about us Mangoites, we are tenacious when it comes to a challenge.