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Mora Books.... closed? forever?
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Author:  Bilko [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Mora Books.... closed? forever?
I have been by there 3 times now in the last week or so, and the place is shut tight, no notice of being closed temporarily or permanently. As book stores go it's a total mess but it's all we have downtown. Does anybody know if it's closed for good or is it perhaps just temporary? I know the owner to speak to but unless I run into him I can't contact him. Any info on this, anyone?

Also, other than the little room at ARCR, is there another used book store that carries English language books?
Author:  Irish Drifter [ Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:40 pm ]
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Bilko wrote:

Also, other than the little room at ARCR, is there another used book store that carries English language books?


Do yourself a favor and get a Kindle from Amazon. You can download a book in less then a minute and they have tons of good reading for free, .99, 1.99 or 2.99.
Author:  DiegoC [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:31 am ]
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You can also consider the Nook from Barnes and Noble.
Author:  JazzboCR [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:52 am ]
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I found this list of bookstores (of course listing the late Mora's prominently)--hope it helps: http://livinglifeincostarica.blogspot.c ... glish.html
Author:  Irish Drifter [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:54 am ]
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DiegoC wrote:
You can also consider the Nook from Barnes and Noble.


I have been told that is not a good choice for those who live in CR. You can not download to a CR IP address on a Nook. You have to use a proxy IP.

The newer Kindle basic model has wi-fi capability and the older one allows you to download to your computer and transfer to the Kindle if you have a CR IP.
Author:  Irish Drifter [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:17 am ]
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On the subject of downloading to a Nook in Costa Rica. I was just reading the latest Costa Rica Living digest and there was this post:

Quote:
I just got off the phone with B&N support. There is an issue of foreign rights and payments to the authors. B&N only pays royalties on books for US rights which do extend to US military bases but only US IP addresses. Anybody using a US IP address in CR? If you do, please share the method and we can make the Nook functional again. BTW-B&N has no plans to broaden the Nook for int'l use any time in the future. :-(


There were a couple of other posts on the subject and they pointed out that you had to use a VPN service to download books in Costa Rica. To me it seems like a big PIA when you can get a Kindle and download with no problem.
Author:  DiegoC [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:04 pm ]
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Well, that is a definite awe sh*t – I just purchased a NOOK. In about two weeks I’ll let you know if it works.
Author:  K-Paxian [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:24 pm ]
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I have a Kindle but I've yet to download any books after I moved here, I have too many already on it for now. I guess I'll have to figure out how to DL to my computer since in the past I used wifi to DL them directly to my Kindle. Or I think I may try to use it at the Sportsmans since they have wifi there.
Author:  TimBones [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:45 pm ]
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Irish Drifter wrote:
Bilko wrote:

Also, other than the little room at ARCR, is there another used book store that carries English language books?


Do yourself a favor and get a Kindle from Amazon. You can download a book in less then a minute and they have tons of good reading for free, .99, 1.99 or 2.99.


Yup, it is indeed one of the best birthday gift I ever got, don't leave home w/o it, but keep it on a leach as they will walk on you. :D
Author:  JazzboCR [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:16 pm ]
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Here's a recent Thread on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Brother Miamiheller's post has particular resonance as to the "why's": viewtopic.php?f=20&t=38078&p=430242&hilit=vpn#p430242
Author:  K-Paxian [ Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:29 pm ]
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Yep, StrongVPN is working gangbusters for me, but I notice when go through their servers, my speed is significantly slower than when I'm not on their servers.
Author:  Livincr [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:42 am ]
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Bilko wrote:
I have been by there 3 times now in the last week or so, and the place is shut tight, no notice of being closed temporarily or permanently. As book stores go it's a total mess but it's all we have downtown. Does anybody know if it's closed for good or is it perhaps just temporary? I know the owner to speak to but unless I run into him I can't contact him. Any info on this, anyone?

Also, other than the little room at ARCR, is there another used book store that carries English language books?



it's open...
Author:  Bilko [ Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:29 pm ]
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Livincr wrote:
Bilko wrote:
I have been by there 3 times now in the last week or so, and the place is shut tight, no notice of being closed temporarily or permanently. As book stores go it's a total mess but it's all we have downtown. Does anybody know if it's closed for good or is it perhaps just temporary? I know the owner to speak to but unless I run into him I can't contact him. Any info on this, anyone?

Also, other than the little room at ARCR, is there another used book store that carries English language books?



it's open...


Any idea of the hours? Perhaps my mistake is going before noon? I don't see why the owner and employees would need to sleep so late since they sleep while on the job. Thanks for the info. Also thanks to all for the e-book reader ideas. I think that may be the way to go. I'm still doing research. Some e-book readers seem to handle a lot more formats than Kindle. Kindle has lots of features I would never use and at the moment I'm inclined not to select it. I am not interested in new best-sellers, and the amount of e books I have found elsewhere for nothing is enough to keep me reading the rest of my life. But I am still doing research and thanks for the idea, ID.
Author:  Willyg [ Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:26 pm ]
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[quote="JazzboCR"]I found this list of bookstores (of course listing the late Mora's prominently)--hope it helps: http://livinglifeincostarica.blogspot.c ... glish.html[/quote]

KIndle works in Costa Rica on wi-fi only but it works well. Nook ereaders do not because you cannot buy from Barnes and Nobel bookstores. B&L cannot surmount tax issues with Costa Rica.
Author:  Irish Drifter [ Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:40 am ]
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Willyg wrote:

KIndle works in Costa Rica on wi-fi only but it works well. Nook ereaders do not because you cannot buy from Barnes and Nobel bookstores. B&L cannot surmount tax issues with Costa Rica.


You can download Kindle books to your computer and then transfer them to the Kindle with a USB cord. In fact older model Kindles can only download books this way in Costa Rica.
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