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[George]

One of my facebook friends put up a photo of her new pet named Gus.  I actually had to ask what Gus is.

A naked mole rat??

[George]

And now, I'm off.

Until later!

[Jane]

Cute!?! 

I was trying to say something nice.

I really struggled with that on her FB page.  My favorite comment was: "You can invent a new game and put little BB's on his head and see which one get down the grooves first."

[Jane]

Good one DR George.

[Jane]

I feel like I'm coming down with something.  I home a good nights sleep and I'll feel better tomorrow.

[Jennifer]

I don't know how i didn't know this. But Staples/Bureau En Gros (what it is called here) is now able to sell Kindles in their actual store. They are $109.  Need to see this.  I just don't really understand the whole Canada/US thing. I know i would have to order books from .com and not .ca (that is fine cause i have a giftcard on .com). But i'm just not totally clear how many of amazon.com's kindle books can be "shipped" to canada. I know there are some restrictions.

Would there be restrictions on books that are sent on the internet?  How could they do that?

Right now you can only purchase kindle books in canada at amazon.com (not amazon.ca). It says that there can be restrictions because certain ebooks were only made available for US. I'm just trying to figure out how widespread this is. I wish i knew of people in canada who had a kindle. There were some threads about it on amazon.com. But i'd rather know someone personally and see if it would affect the types of books i'd get.

[Jennifer]

I don't know how i didn't know this. But Staples/Bureau En Gros (what it is called here) is now able to sell Kindles in their actual store. They are $109.  Need to see this.  I just don't really understand the whole Canada/US thing. I know i would have to order books from .com and not .ca (that is fine cause i have a giftcard on .com). But i'm just not totally clear how many of amazon.com's kindle books can be "shipped" to canada. I know there are some restrictions.

Would there be restrictions on books that are sent on the internet?  How could they do that?

This surprised me too.  Jennifer what about your selection from your library?

I'm not really interested in getting ebooks from my library. I don't think they have many yet anyways. I"m mostly just interested in books that i can't get otherwise. And one of my favorite authors has a bunch of her books (novellas) in limited release. So you can only read them by ebook. And i really want to read them. I could do kindle for pc. But i hate reading on my computer.

I think i could get most books i want. I'm just not clear.

[Jane]

Now that I'm getting eBooks from my library I'm not going there as often. 
I would not want to sit at my computer and read a book.  I hope Bureau En Gros can answer your questions.

[Sam]

 

[Jennifer]

re: buying books at amazon.com for canada.

This is what it says on amazon.com:

Canada
We are excited to now ship Kindle to Canada. Customers in Canada will enjoy:
Books in Under 60 Seconds: Think of a book and you could be reading it in under a minute

Growing Selection: Over 910,000 English-language books to choose from; plus U.S. and international newspapers and magazines are available for your country. Because publishers give us eBook rights on a country by country basis, available titles for your country will vary from our current U.S selection. We are actively working with publishers to get the rights to all titles for every country and adding this selection every day. Check the Kindle Store to see available titles.

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The part i am unclear on is what it says for each ebook title that will let me know in advance if it is US only.

[Sam]

I'm not sure about Gus.

[Jennifer]

Now that I'm getting eBooks from my library I'm not going there as often. 
I would not want to sit at my computer and read a book.  I hope Bureau En Gros can answer your questions.

I actually don't think they will necessarily be able to answer my questions. They will know how to use the kindle. And they will know you have to buy the books from amazon.com. Unless the salesperson has one i don't think they could answer my other questions. I just need to find an actual person who has one and buys books a lot from amazon.com.

[Jane]

re: buying books at amazon.com for canada.

This is what it says on amazon.com:

Canada
We are excited to now ship Kindle to Canada. Customers in Canada will enjoy:
Books in Under 60 Seconds: Think of a book and you could be reading it in under a minute

Growing Selection: Over 910,000 English-language books to choose from; plus U.S. and international newspapers and magazines are available for your country. Because publishers give us eBook rights on a country by country basis, available titles for your country will vary from our current U.S selection. We are actively working with publishers to get the rights to all titles for every country and adding this selection every day. Check the Kindle Store to see available titles.

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The part i am unclear on is what it says for each ebook title that will let me know in advance if it is US only.

I have a feeling the Staples people won't be able to answer this, or won't want to.  Good luck! 

[Jane]

Now that I'm getting eBooks from my library I'm not going there as often. 
I would not want to sit at my computer and read a book.  I hope Bureau En Gros can answer your questions.

I actually don't think they will necessarily be able to answer my questions. They will know how to use the kindle. And they will know you have to buy the books from amazon.com. Unless the salesperson has one i don't think they could answer my other questions. I just need to find an actual person who has one and buys books a lot from amazon.com.

I typed before reading.

[Jane]

I'm not sure about Gus.

Chuckling away here.

[Sam]

Just got home a few minutes ago, have to get ready for work tomorrow, shower, and leave again before 8pm.   This is all the time I have for my life.  

All for a guy who has no intention of getting married again, really nasty divorce and custody battle still going on for son.   I try to understand, but sometimes I wonder what the heck I'm doing.

Might have more time after this weekend if my being at his house is going to interfere with his relationship with his 14 year old son.  I just don't want to be in the middle of something and then get blamed later for words or actions I did.   I am clueless about teenage boys, only know about girls and that was difficult enough for any parent.

 

 

[Sam]

Gotta go.

Mega vibes.

Trying to post every day, and find time to read and catch up.

Love you.

Miss you.

[Sam]

Really want to make it to one of the LACC shows.

 

[Sam]

Night everyone.

Sleep well, good dreams.

 

[Jane]

re: buying books at amazon.com for canada.

This is what it says on amazon.com:

Canada
We are excited to now ship Kindle to Canada. Customers in Canada will enjoy:
Books in Under 60 Seconds: Think of a book and you could be reading it in under a minute

Growing Selection: Over 910,000 English-language books to choose from; plus U.S. and international newspapers and magazines are available for your country. Because publishers give us eBook rights on a country by country basis, available titles for your country will vary from our current U.S selection. We are actively working with publishers to get the rights to all titles for every country and adding this selection every day. Check the Kindle Store to see available titles.

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The part i am unclear on is what it says for each ebook title that will let me know in advance if it is US only.

Is there a way for you to know this now if you go to Amazon to order?

[Jane]

Sleep well DR Sam.  It was nice to see you today.

[Jennifer]

re: buying books at amazon.com for canada.

This is what it says on amazon.com:

Canada
We are excited to now ship Kindle to Canada. Customers in Canada will enjoy:
Books in Under 60 Seconds: Think of a book and you could be reading it in under a minute

Growing Selection: Over 910,000 English-language books to choose from; plus U.S. and international newspapers and magazines are available for your country. Because publishers give us eBook rights on a country by country basis, available titles for your country will vary from our current U.S selection. We are actively working with publishers to get the rights to all titles for every country and adding this selection every day. Check the Kindle Store to see available titles.

******

The part i am unclear on is what it says for each ebook title that will let me know in advance if it is US only.

Is there a way for you to know this now if you go to Amazon to order?

This is the part i don't know. Or understand.

Right now since i don't have a kindle registered to my amazon account i can't almost buy an ebook and check if they are letting me buy it. It says i need to have a registered kindle to my account before i can do this. I thought there might be some notation on each ebook.

[JMK]

One of my facebook friends put up a photo of her new pet named Gus.  I actually had to ask what Gus is.

A Chia Pet?

[Jennifer]

DR Jane, i just sent a detailed email to amazon kindle support. Not sure what to expect because when i used to email amazon i would always get form responses that never even addressed my issues. Not sure if there will be improved email assistance for kindle users.

[Jennifer]

One example of a funny amazon exchange.

There were some thin books i wanted to buy for my niece. These are kids books very thin. Maybe 30 pages.

Well amazon has books listed by weight and by number of books you buy. You'd think that it wouldn't cost the same thing to ship a 20 page kids book vs a 500 page adults book. Even though they say they ship certain things by weight. They wanted to charge $3 for the kids book. Plus $5 for shipping. Plus an extra $4 per book. Does it make sense to charge $9 to ship a book that costs $2 to ship.

So i asked why they would charge shipments this way and they wrote back a form letter not even addressing my complaint!  It was sort of funny but not really as i really wanted to know the answer since i had a giftcard for amazon.com that could not be transferred to .ca.

[elmore3003]

I had a good Thai dinner with my friend Joseph Rubin and then he listened to the second CD of EILEEN. I think he really liked it. After that he showed me the NYPL website for photos from DEAREST ENEMY, which he is working on with me.

I've sent Kim Criswell an email about playing Mrs Robert Murray of Murray Hill, who on Sept 15, 1776, detained the newly landed British generals at her farm while General Washington and his army escaped from Manhattan to the Bronx and avoided capture by the British.

[bk]

Back from our opening night - a terrific show, sold out house, great reaction.  There were a few unfortunate lighting issues, which I completely do not understand since they were correct at the dress/tech.  One poor singer sang the entire first verse of his song in the dark.  The lighting guy has to come in tomorrow and fix those cues and I will not let him leave until I've seen three cues before and after the fixed cues so that I know they're correct.  But I got a good laugh because of it - when it came back to me after the song, I said "If you want to see the first verse in light, you'll have to come back."

[George]

Back from our opening night - a terrific show, sold out house, great reaction.  There were a few unfortunate lighting issues, which I completely do not understand since they were correct at the dress/tech.  One poor singer sang the entire first verse of his song in the dark.  The lighting guy has to come in tomorrow and fix those cues and I will not let him leave until I've seen three cues before and after the fixed cues so that I know they're correct.  But I got a good laugh because of it - when it came back to me after the song, I said "If you want to see the first verse in light, you'll have to come back."

BK, other than the lighting issue, congrats on the terrific show, sold out house and great reaction!!

[George]

re: buying books at amazon.com for canada.

This is what it says on amazon.com:

Canada
We are excited to now ship Kindle to Canada. Customers in Canada will enjoy:
Books in Under 60 Seconds: Think of a book and you could be reading it in under a minute

Growing Selection: Over 910,000 English-language books to choose from; plus U.S. and international newspapers and magazines are available for your country. Because publishers give us eBook rights on a country by country basis, available titles for your country will vary from our current U.S selection. We are actively working with publishers to get the rights to all titles for every country and adding this selection every day. Check the Kindle Store to see available titles.

******

The part i am unclear on is what it says for each ebook title that will let me know in advance if it is US only.

Is there a way for you to know this now if you go to Amazon to order?

This is the part i don't know. Or understand.

Right now since i don't have a kindle registered to my amazon account i can't almost buy an ebook and check if they are letting me buy it. It says i need to have a registered kindle to my account before i can do this. I thought there might be some notation on each ebook.

Jennifer, just use the Kindle PC app (which is free) to buy e-books in Canada from Amazon.com for use on your computer.  Then you can find out which books you are able to buy.  You can transfer them to a Kindle later, whenever you are able to get one.  Your Amazon account is based in Canada and that's how they determine where the book can be sold.  Whether it's on a computer or an actual Kindle device is irrelevant.  It'll either work or it won't.

[George]

One example of a funny amazon exchange.

There were some thin books i wanted to buy for my niece. These are kids books very thin. Maybe 30 pages.

Well amazon has books listed by weight and by number of books you buy. You'd think that it wouldn't cost the same thing to ship a 20 page kids book vs a 500 page adults book. Even though they say they ship certain things by weight. They wanted to charge $3 for the kids book. Plus $5 for shipping. Plus an extra $4 per book. Does it make sense to charge $9 to ship a book that costs $2 to ship.

So i asked why they would charge shipments this way and they wrote back a form letter not even addressing my complaint!  It was sort of funny but not really as i really wanted to know the answer since i had a giftcard for amazon.com that could not be transferred to .ca.

Maybe you know someone in the US who would use the gift card to buy your books and get the free shipping (if the order is over $25) and then send it to you for the ACTUAL cost of shipping...which would probably be a lot less than what Amazon.com charges.