John Ashmead on 22 May 2010 11:24:56 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] [marsee@oreilly.com: UG News: *Free to Choose* Ebook Deal of the Day. Any O'Reilly ebook. Only $9.99.]


Just received from O'Reilly:

> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Thank you for contacting O'Reilly Media Customer Service. We are experiencing a very heavy volume of orders due to our recent promotion. This is affecting the delivery and access of your electronic media. Please be patient and keep checking your account. We apologize for the inconvenience.  
> We appreciate your patience as we are doing our best to respond to all inquiries.
> 
> Best Regards,
> O'Reilly Media Customer Service 


On May 22, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Walt Mankowski wrote:

> I signed out and signed back in, and then I was finally able to
> complete my order and download the ebooks.
> 
> Which brings up another question -- can anyone recommend an epub
> reader for Linux?
> 
> Walt
> 
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 09:24:12AM -0700, Edmond Rodriguez wrote:
>> I am still waiting to see my book come up on the download section.  Given that I purchased it with confirmation just seconds before midnight, I guess this makes sense.  I will be the last one in the queue?    The website told me I might have to wait. 
>> 
>> Thanks for the earlier regular expression suggestion.  Nice book to have for reference.  I was once asked to help someone with some regular expression, and it was quite fun to do. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com>
>>> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
>>> Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 11:37:03 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] [marsee@oreilly.com: UG News: *Free to Choose* Ebook Deal of the Day. Any O'Reillyebook. Only $9.99.]
>>> 
>>> I downloaded my O'reilly book just fine at 8am this morning.  Had no luck yesterday though
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Ashmead<john.ashmead@ashmeadsoftware.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I had a similar experience:  I did manage to order a book, get charged for it, and get a confirmatory email -- but when I went to the "electronic media" page to download it I got an interminable "loading" message and then "Data error".
>>>> 
>>>> I think their website has been terminally stressed.
>>>> 
>>> 
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