Re: purchased book from itunes
Hi Yuma, OK, correction, that coupon code for discount was STANZACAT (not LIB at the end). Here's a web page that describes the process of buying O'Reilly's ebooks. The comments give information on how to purchase and where to download the books from your individual mobile library with O'Reilly -- they also mentioned the coupon code.: http://toc.oreilly.com/2009/03/oreilly-ebooks-now-in-stanza.html (O'Reilly Ebooks now in Stanza Catalog) I bought one of their ebook bundles with the 40 per cent discount coupon code (STANZACAT). Apparently, that's the same discount you would get if you managed to purchase through the Stanza application, which may not be totally accessible. The bundle includes pdf, epub, and something else for the ebook formats. I was curious, because I wanted to know whether Stanza was accessible, but I didn't want to get stuck with just one format that I couldn't read. Also, I wanted to compare the experience of reading the PDF and the ePub. (PDF is still easier.) I could use Stanza Desktop (a separate app that you can use to convert formats), but it wasn't really great to use for long books -- I couldn't pause in the middle and resume. Also, I was trying to read a few free PDF ebooks distributed from Publisher's sites like: http://www.suvudu.com/freelibrary/ and I found the experience somewhat variable. (Some books include some encoding string about the source that gets read out at the end of every page). O'Reilly also has this online ebook reader site called Bookworm: http://bookworm.oreilly.com/ Someone reviewed it in Blind Cool Tech on the Windows side. It's usable, and not a bad way to get public domain ebooks through the web interface, but in VoiceOver I kept hearing the header informations for the web page each page I read, which was kind of irritating. This is probably more than you wanted to know! Try reading the O'Reilly page I linked for an overview. You can browse and purchase one of the bundles. Cheers, Esther Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi ester, > > Thanks so much for taking your time to explain how things work, all > devices included. Yes, i do have an iphone. I have checked in my > applications list and i found it though i don't know how it works yet. > > I did think that e-books were going to be standard pdfs to be read by > any package but it seems this one is an application which, as you > suggested, should be read by a third party app such as stanza. I'll > check all that out i guess. One thing, i don't think its really a > joyride to read stuff on the iphone. I'd much prefer using the > controls of a desktp for browsing through important chapters and such. > I will check your method and report back. > > Again, thanks for your time. > > best > > Yuma > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: purchased book from itunes
Hi ester, Thanks so much for taking your time to explain how things work, all devices included. Yes, i do have an iphone. I have checked in my applications list and i found it though i don't know how it works yet. I did think that e-books were going to be standard pdfs to be read by any package but it seems this one is an application which, as you suggested, should be read by a third party app such as stanza. I'll check all that out i guess. One thing, i don't think its really a joyride to read stuff on the iphone. I'd much prefer using the controls of a desktp for browsing through important chapters and such. I will check your method and report back. Again, thanks for your time. best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: purchased book from itunes
Hi Yuma, Well the folder for iTunes downloads is in your account under: ~/Music/iTunes I'm still confused, because it sounds as though you either purchased this through the iTunes app store, in which case it would download as an application into the Mobile Applications folder under the ~/Music/ iTunes account, or else you managed to purchase this through Stanza, which is an iPhone or iPod Touch app. Do you have an iPhone? You can purchase O'Reilly store ebooks that can be read outside of iTunes, but it sounds as though you purchased one of the ebooks as an application. If so, I don't think that you can read it without an iPhone or the new iPod Touch, and it will show up under your Mobile Applications folder with a name like iManual 1.5,ipa. And Greg and Josh said that the Stanza app (on the iPhone) wasn't accessible, or was "almost accessible" (in Josh's words). However, I have purchased the O'Reilly ebooks that are released for use with Stanza. Stanza is supposed to be able to use standard ePub formats, and the downloaded Stanza Desktop application works -- it's a bit like a cross between Preview and reading HTML content. But in order to get the ebooks, I created an O'Reilly login account at their site, and then I purchased a book through their web site (putting in a STANZALIB coupon code for a 40 per cent discount). Those ebooks you can download through the account you create on the O'Reilly site. If you have an iPhone, there's supposed to be a way to upload them to read on your iPhone through the Stanza app. I think that may be different from what you did, though? My guess is that your purchase went into the Mobile Applications folder, but I don't know how you would read that without an iPhone or iPod Touch. Cheers, Esther Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi ester, > > Well it's a normal e-book which cost me around 4 euros. It's an > o'reilly media book. It doesn't come with audio or anything else, and > i heard the downloaded chime but can't find it anywhere. > > Can you tell me where the folder for all itunes downloads is located > on the startup disk? This might resolve the issue. > > Thanks, and best > > Yuma > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: purchased book from itunes
Dear Yuma, Have you checked your downloads folder? That's where downloads usuallly go unless they are from Audible or audiobooks from ITunes store in which case they go directly into the Audiobooks folder in your Source table. Since it is an e-book, it might have conceivably gone into your downloads folder. Best wishes, SImon On 10 Sep 2009, at 12:05, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi ester, > > Well it's a normal e-book which cost me around 4 euros. It's an > o'reilly media book. It doesn't come with audio or anything else, and > i heard the downloaded chime but can't find it anywhere. > > Can you tell me where the folder for all itunes downloads is located > on the startup disk? This might resolve the issue. > > Thanks, and best > > Yuma > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: purchased book from itunes
Hi ester, Well it's a normal e-book which cost me around 4 euros. It's an o'reilly media book. It doesn't come with audio or anything else, and i heard the downloaded chime but can't find it anywhere. Can you tell me where the folder for all itunes downloads is located on the startup disk? This might resolve the issue. Thanks, and best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: purchased book from itunes
Hi Yuma, Is this a regular e-book purchase through the iTunes app store? Or is it a PDF booklet that accompanies an album purchase? If it is a PDF booklet it should download automatically with your tracks into your iTunes Library and be tagged the same way. You could try looking at the "Recently Added" playlist in your sources table. I find this a bit puzzling, because I don't recall e-books with most audiobooks. There are sometimes PDF guides that accompany language audiobooks. And there are the digital booklets (PDFs) that accompany special album sets. Some audiobook vendors, like Naxos Audiobooks, sell their audiobooks with PDFs of the inserts. But I've never known iTunes to do that (even for the Naxos audiobooks they sell). What kind of format are we looking for here? Cheers, Esther Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi Anna, > > I meant that i purchased an e-book from itunes. I do have the audio > book list in the source table, but not the book or e-book list. > > Is there a path that i have to go to in my harddisk to retrieve that > file? > > Thanks, and best > > Yuma > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: purchased book from itunes
Hi Anna, I meant that i purchased an e-book from itunes. I do have the audio book list in the source table, but not the book or e-book list. Is there a path that i have to go to in my harddisk to retrieve that file? Thanks, and best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: purchased book from itunes
Yi Yuma, Check the Audiobooks section in the Source list. If that section isn't displayed, go to Preferences, and on the General tab, check Audiobooks. HTH, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
purchased book from itunes
Hi everyone, I can't find the book i purchasedfrom itunes in the sources table. And there is no checkbox in the prefs. Even on the new itunes i can't find it. I really like the new menu on the itunes store though :) Oh, before i digressed: does anyone know where i can find book files? Thanks, and best Yuma --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
