Finding ebooks. Start with the "Search All Books" box in the left sidebar. Use the author's name, title or keyword, just as you would in searching a regular book. Look for the "Google eBooks" tab at the top of the book listing to see what the available electronic formats are for the book of your choice. Or click "Search for Google eBooks" to find just ebooks. Selecting "other formats" under any book detail should pull up a list of all available formats: ebook, paperback, hardcover, large print, etc. Setting your preferences. When you create an account on citylightsnc.com, you'll be given the option to select the electronic device(s) you might use for reading ebooks. Our system will then steer you toward the corresponding file format(s) for ebooks as you shop. Or you can select file format manually for each book. Google ebooks.
When you buy a Google ebook through City Lights Bookstore, you are purchasing a file that is stored "in the cloud" -- just like your Gmail, Google Calendar entries, or other Google products you can access from any computer using your Google login. You can also download Google ebooks to Android phones, iPhone, iPad, and many eReaders, and read them using the free Google Books App. Better yet, for users of Android and iOS devices, we recommend the free IndieBound reader. You can read your purchased Google ebooks several different ways: 1) on your "My ebooks" page when logged into City Lights Bookstore; 2) on the Google Books page when logged into your Google or Gmail account; 3) on your smartphone or ereader. As you read, your page positions are saved across all the devices so you can pick up reading where you last left off. That means you can start reading on your PC, continue on your laptop, and carry on reading on your smartphone. The first time you buy a Google ebook from City Lights, you will be asked to link your City Lights Bookstore account to your Google account, and accept the Google Books Terms of Service. You only have to do this once; checkout proceeds as usual, and you can then access your Google Books. Sorry, we cannot sell ebooks for the Kindle*.
Getting help. Though we hope the experience of buying ebooks from City Lights is relatively straightforward, you may find things confusing at first, or there may be occasional glitches. The City Lights staff have been trained to understand our system and all the formats of books we offer, and we're always happy to help! Please call us at 828-586-9499 during business hours and we'll be happy to walk you through the process. And if the problem is something more complicated, we can pass along questions to our site hosts at the American Booksellers Association or to Google. In the mean time, visit the Google eBook help area to do some initial trouble-shooting.
* * * Not all titles are currently available as ebooks, and the prices on some ebooks (as set by publishers) may sometimes seem strange. The world of ebooks is still in a state of flux right now, which means that these options will probably change in the coming months and years – hopefully for the better. Along with booksellers and readers everywhere, we're excited about the possibilities for books in any and all formats. *A note about the Kindle (because we cannot ignore the 800 pound gorilla in the ebook room) -- all ebooks that we sell have digital rights managment (DRM) encoded within the file. This is what ensures that authors, publishers, and booksellers get paid for providing quality ebooks to readers. Amazon.com has chosen to make their e-reader software handle the DRM in a way that limits their customers to purchasing ebooks only from their site, thus ebooks purchased here are not recommended for this brand. Learn more about this conundrum for indie-loving e-ink Kindle owners at the following site: http://techsupport.foreverwarm.com/how-to-read-epub-books-on-your-kindle And, there's always an exception, right? If you have a Kindle Fire, it is our understanding that you can sideload the IndieBound Reader app, and thus buy ebooks locally! |
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