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[HEAreader]

Judging by what I've seen in B&N, WalMart, Target, and other grocery stores, the space allotted for Harlequin's series romances has declined drastically in the last two or three years. Many of the lines, like the Superromances, are not carried at all. As this happened, I began to buy HQ ebooks in ePub form to read on my nook, but I never really liked it. The downloading process was cumbersome, and the books were not integrated into my nook library. The only advantage was that the books were available a month sooner that way.

Now that I have an iPad, it has become my e- reader of choice. Though there is some sort of app for HQ, it has gotten horrible reviews. I'm just surprised that HQ isn't more interested in developing their technology to current trends. I'd buy more books if I could get them into one library.

Anyone know what the story behind this is?

[Mark]

I don't know about the Nook, but I've had no trouble at all with Harlequin ebooks for our Sony Readers (Harlequin switched to only epub a year or two ago).

[willaful]

I don't think Harlequin is any harder to deal with than any etailer who doesn't have a connection to your ereader. I never buy ebooks from B&N anymore -- their customer service is unspeakable -- and I borrow lots of library books, so I have no issues with the process. An app would probably make a lot of sense though, especially since apparently many people prefer tablets to dedicated ereaders
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[Linda in sw va]

The newer nooks integrate sideloaded books in with the rest of your library, I have both a Nook and Kindle and use both. I'm not big on Harlequin though so not much help there other than you can also purchase books from Sony's library and they'll work on the Nook.

Linda
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[HEAreader]

Thanks, everyone. I guess I want it all - the ability to get books early and to read them on my iPad. I have an old nook so it does not integrate the side loaded books, but I'm not going to buy anything else now that I have the iPad. I didn't think I would read on it, but I really love it. (Christmas gift!)

Though I prefer printed books, storage is a big issue. I still think Harlequin has reason to be concerned because stores are carrying only a few titles, if any at all.

[Linda in sw va]

[willaful]

[HEAreader]

I use both the nook and Kindle apps but that still doesn't allow me to order books directly from HQ.

[ChrisReader]

HEAreader said

[ChrisReader]

Yes, I just checked. You can buy and download harlequin books in ePub format, click from your iPad and they open right up in the Overdrive app. As long as you are registered with Adobe Digital editions you should be good to go!

[HEAreader]

[Mark]

Just a note about buying: I almost never buy my Harlequin ebooks from the Harlequin site since I can get better discounts from Kobo (especially when I have a coupon code) or BooksOnBoard.

[ChrisReader]

HEAreader- I'm so happy it worked! Overdrive is also great for borrowing library books as well. Just click and they go right on the ipad!

Mark- I agree that other sites have much better deals on Harlequin books than Harlequin does but Harlequin lures me sometimes by offering some books a good month earlier than they release them to other bookstores. If it's one I can stand to wait for I can get it cheaper but for some Carla Kelly books I wanted ASAP, I paid the extra for immediate gratification.