Hi ronnie And thanks very much for bringing this to my attention. I had no idea & will be asking for my $ back! No wonder the ebooks are so cheap @ fishpond. Best regards Chris
Sent from my iPhone On 04/05/2012, at 1:46 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > >>> >>> On 04/05/2012, at 10:48 AM, Chris Burton wrote: >>> >>>> Morning muggers >>>> >>>> I watched the Steve Jobs story with great interest last night and >>>> marvelled at his life and achievements with Apple. It feels really good to >>>> have been a part of it by using macs all these years and certainly bought >>>> up some memories!! For example I had forgotten that Apple had licenced >>>> other companies to make similar machines and I didnt realise that Apple >>>> had gone so very close to going under!! >>>> >>>> I have been offshore for the last 6 weeks and while away ordered an ebook >>>> from Fishpond to use on my ipad (v1). However I just wanted to ask what is >>>> the best way to transfer this epub book to my ipad: via itunes after >>>> download to my MBPro; by direct download from Fishpond to the ipad, or >>>> some other way, as it is the first of such books I would like to buy and >>>> use on my ipad? > > Hi Chris, > > I just noticed no-one has answered your question. :( > > Unless Fishpond have changed; Fishpond eBooks cannot be downloaded, they have > to be read online. > > There is nothing obvious to indicate that the purchase of the ebook won't > allow download and you can read it offline on your iPad. > > But I just tried with a free eBook just to see if Fishpond had changed, but > no... It can only be read in Fishpond online. > > I did a quick google search and found that one person emailed Fishpond and > received a Refund for the eBook he purchased as he thought he would be able > to download the eBook to read on his eBook Reader. > > Hopefully they will adjust their website to make it more clear what the ebook > you are buying actually is. > > Normally with other sellers of ePub eBooks you can download directly to your > iPad into iBooks, or to your Mac so you can then Add to iTunes Library and > the ePub appears under Library in Books. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > >>>> >>>> Best regards to all and thanks for any advice. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> Christopher L.K. Burton >>>> Director >>>> Western Whale Research >>>> PO Box 1076 >>>> Dunsborough WA 6281 >>>> Mobile: 0419 199 120 >>>> Email: c...@it.net.au > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
