Loose Id to close in May 2018

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Just heard that another ebook publisher, Loose Id will be closing their virtual doors in May 2018. I've been buying from them for 7 or 8 yrs, so they've been around for quite a while.

So if you have any books there make sure you've downloaded them before then. Plus they have reward points, so use those if you have them as well.

Looks like it is really hard out in Publisher land and we'll be left with only the biggies before too long :(

[Darcy]

I saw that too. While I haven't bought a lot from them it's nice to have the choice out there. Soon all that will be left will be Amazon.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Yes, and if there is no competition, the prices will go up. :(

[Darcy]

I already don't like how the whisper sync books have jumped greatly in price. It used to be affordable to grab the audio if you already had the e-book, now not so much.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

I don't like how a lot of my fav authors' prices are getting closer to the $15 - $20 price bracket. They claim it is a price imposed by the publisher and pricier than the paperback editions.

Also prices at Book Dep have skyrocketed since Amazon bought them, cause there is very little competition left.

[Darcy]

I find I'm using my library more and more.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

I try but my library doesn't carry very many of my favs. Its a struggle even to get J.D.Robb sometimes let alone pnr/uf stuff.

[Darcy]

My library has put up a suggest a title section on line. You can request up to 15 titles a month. I have 3 different cards, so am usually maxing out my requests in all of them. I look at the books I want to read that are coming out in the next month and start to request them. They are pretty good about getting them if they can.

What foils me is that often times it's a no due to authors not letting libraries being allowed to purchase them. Sure the authors only get paid once, but their books are out there. Sometimes I can luck out if they put out the books in paperback too, they will buy that one, but it takes longer to get than e-books.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Sounds like you're pretty lucky then. Wish mine would be more open about things like suggestions, even costs money to get a book from one of the other branches, and they never have every book of a series at one branch.

[Darcy]

Sandra wrote: "Sounds like you're pretty lucky then. Wish mine would be more open about things like suggestions, even costs money to get a book from one of the other branches, and they never have every book of a ..."

That really sucks!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Pretty much!

[EchoBaz(Unofficial World's Fastest Reader)]

Wow, this sucks. Any fantasy, sci-fi, or horror series you recommend checking out before it closes for good?

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Well, Gail Koger's Coletti Warlords (1st 2 unavailable for sale due to legal reasons, but she regularly gives them away on her website) Book #5 actually gives a fair summary of them incorporating the best bits.

#3 & which comes out 12/26/17.

She also has a couple of other books on there as well.

I'll have a think about it MorteTorment :)

[EchoBaz(Unofficial World's Fastest Reader)]

What's the legal reason?

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Thanks Sandra! I had no idea and I have a few books with them

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Sandra wrote: "...Also prices at Book Dep have skyrocketed since Amazon bought them, cause there is very little competition left. ."

You are so right!!
It is a little scary because big publishers seem to enjoy publishing the same crap over and over.

[Mary X]

Some libraries sell out of state library cards. Brooklyn and the Free Library of Philadelphia both sell out of state cards for $50 each. Before I bought one, I looked up books I wanted until I found enough to make it worth paying the price. It didn't take long. If you find just a 4 or 5, you've likely covered the price and you can also get digital audio books. Both of them seem to have quite a stash of erotic romances, m/m and smaller publishing houses as well.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Good to know because I know the one in NY City library used to allow it then they cut it out.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Judith, my fellow Mod over at the over group, lives in Japan, and has a Philadelphia card. She loves it cause as you can imagine she is surrounded by Japanese books but likes reading in English when she can.