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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Sir_Theo on 24 March 2020, 02:19:00 PM
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Apologies if this has already been posted, but Osprey are offering free ebooks to people during the COVID 19 lockdowns :
https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_1/
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Thanks for the heads up - I didn't know this one and there are one or two titles that are of interest to me/
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Thanks
I grabbed them all because I will have a lot of time to read ;D
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Thanks to you and to Osprey, made my day so muuch better!
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Problem is, it shows the price as £0 when I entered the code and then wouldn't process the payment because £0 is not a valid amount!
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Problem is, it shows the price as £0 when I entered the code and then wouldn't process the payment because £0 is not a valid amount!
I think this is a freebie for customers, so it might require you to actually pay for something.
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I think this is a freebie for customers, so it might require you to actually pay for something.
Nope. Just enter the code and it credits the entire amount of the ebooks.
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Too bad their site keeps crashing....
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I just picked payment not required from the options...
Mike
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What a nice idea.
Osprey site was never that quick, and this offer seems to have swamped it.
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Okay, I will have another look.
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I downloaded a couple today. I seemed to have to pay 1p via paypal for it to work, but it did work. It is a really nice move, thank you Osprey! Although these are the first ebooks I have ever used, so maybe I will acquire a taste for them and perhaps Osprey might gain some full price sales from me once this is all over!
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I choose the non payment option and was able to download without paying any cost. I was logged to my account if that matters.
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I choose the non payment option and was able to download without paying any cost. I was logged to my account if that matters.
I had the exact same scenario. It sad others are having issues. Hope you can figure it out.
Picked up the Blackbeard and Martini-Henry books. Have no interest in the other 3. I'm looking forward to the next weeks offerings.
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I finally worked it out. I got the Martini-Henry book for 1p then bungled about for ages trying to work out how to get the damn ting onto my Kindle, but I got there in the end!
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Well it is a nice gesture to be sure but their website keeps crashing. I have tried to register an account for a while now and keep getting 'Server Errors'.... :'(
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Got the blackbeard book. Didnt even have to pay 1p. Checked the box that said, payment not required which was underneath the PayPal box
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Well it is a nice gesture to be sure but their website keeps crashing. I have tried to register an account for a while now and keep getting 'Server Errors'.... :'(
Had the same yesterday evening, but it's working this morning, so worth giving it another shot!
Very nice of the Osprey people indeed, my thanks!
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They now also have made Frostgrave and an expansion available
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=123484.msg1553383#msg1553383
I had no trouble to download things - as has been said mark 'no payment necessary' (after applying the coupon code) and you get a mail with download links. They are also available in the Osprey account.
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New week, new books!
https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_2
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I have them all as hard copies- hope they do more as the weeks wear on :)
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There's a problem with their webstore at the moment - I tried to get a few of them yesterday, and every time I tried to process the transaction, it said my address was invalid for my part of the world, which was... odd.
I hope they can fix it before next Monday!
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There's a problem with their webstore at the moment - I tried to get a few of them yesterday, and every time I tried to process the transaction, it said my address was invalid for my part of the world, which was... odd.
I hope they can fix it before next Monday!
I got the same error!
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I got the same error!
It seems to be working properly now - I was able to complete my transaction about an hour and a half ago. Hope it works for everyone else now. :)
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It wouldn't work for me this morning, but was fine around 1 hour ago. Maybe a large demand on the website/server?
Thanks to Osprey for doing it. 8)
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Yes, I had the same problem this morning but I've just downloaded the eBooks now OK. :)
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I got the "my address was invalid for my part of the world" error, too, last Monday. Since then I am unable to log in.
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I got the "my address was invalid for my part of the world" error, too, last Monday. Since then I am unable to log in.
Somehow, I was able to clear that error by returning to the Osprey website through a google search, instead of following a link from a forum. However, I then ran into checkout errors, and my current login process has been stretching over the past few minutes!
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I got the "my address was invalid for my part of the world" error, too, last Monday. Since then I am unable to log in.
The "area of the world" situation seems to be a common one (though not the only one); here's how someone on Dakkadakka solved that particular issue - maybe it will work for others too:
I was still getting the 500 error every time I tried to log in as I had since the day they posted it. I suspected the error in my case was related to having items added with RoW selected in the cart when logging in with the US store selected, so I did the following and it seemed to get me to where I was able to get the books with no problem. I'm posting the steps I took here in case it helps someone else:
1. Open Incogito/Private browser window
2. Go to www.ospreypublishing.com
3. Change store to "Rest of World"
4. Log in with your account
5. Go to the shopping cart and empty it
6. Close Incognito/Private window
7. Go to site in normal browser window.
8. Ensure correct store is selected
9. Try to log in; if it lets you in you will likely be able to add books and complete the checkout (at least I was).
If this does help resolve the issue let folks know; I'm not promising that I wasn't just snapping my fingers to keep away the elephants (i.e. - entirely coincidental), but it does seem to follow the logic of why the server would behave so badly for people who tried earlier but has no issues with new people and folks who are legitimately "Rest of World" customers.
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Is anyone having issues with the code this week? I enter it and it's telling me it's invalid...
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Is anyone having issues with the code this week? I enter it and it's telling me it's invalid...
We are talking about week 2?
It has been 7 days. Try the week 1 code. Does that still work?
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Week 3 code.
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Is anyone having issues with the code this week? I enter it and it's telling me it's invalid...
Have they released the options yet? I checked their website earlier this morning and couldn't see a blog post about it.
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The page exists: https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_3
But there is no link in the Blog section, and the page was posted on the 30 March. I think they created all the pages in advance, but they haven't released the week 3 blogpost or activated the week 3 code yet, probably because of the current crisis.
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That’s too bad; Fallen Timbers and Medieval Poles are both in my lane....
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I'm sure they will post it when they get a chance.
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Thanks for the info and thanks to Osprey.
Terrifically generous offer.
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FREEBOOKS3 is working now for their generous free books offer on week 3.
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[500] "Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@ospreypublishing.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log."
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Week 4 of the free Osprey eBooks is now working.
https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_4/ (https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Free_eBooks_week_4/)
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Thanks for the heads up! Got a few unread Vikingy books already, but might as well add another one to the pile if it's free. :)
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Thanks for the reminder. Have all 20 released titles. Will be passing them over to my dad who'll enjoy some of them more than me. Overall, a really nice gesture. Always been an Osprey fan, but this was icing on the cake.