TED Books brings popular lectures to iOS

#1 Macworld

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 08:20 AM

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#2 kingsmuse

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 11:15 AM

I love TED and don`t mind paying for these books but I just downloaded this app and am being charged for the books I download.

They don`t appear to be free as the promo says.

Just FYI

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 12:11 PM

@Kingsmuse...

It says that "founding subscribers" (those that pay the 14.00 for a 3month subscription at least for the first three month period) then can download the backcatalog for free. I agree that the story does not make this clear.

#4 mackerr

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 04:48 PM

I have downloaded it twice, and have yet to get a copy that works. It won't recognize that I have an Internet connection. I hope I can get a working copy before the subscription deal runs out.

We'll see...

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 05:44 PM

DonEaton, on 09 July 2012 - 12:11 PM, said:

Thank you very much, I should have read more carefully.

I`ll go get my subscription and be set.

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 05:48 PM

mackerr, on 09 July 2012 - 04:48 PM, said:

I had some problems downloading a couple of books as well but I`m away from home on a sketchy hotel WiFi and thought that might be the problem.

It`s a bit buggy with the downloads (if it`s not my wifi connection) and there are a couple of UI properties that could be improved but the content of the essays is well worth it in this format.

I`m sure they`ll fix the bugs in future updates after some user input.