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01/25/2013 at 12:25 am #1733869
This looks interesting. A mystery novel about a geocacher. The book is called Cached Out. It looks like it’s only available electronicly, so you’ll need a Kindle or a Kindle reader.
I haven’t read the book yet (just downloaded the reader), but it is written by an active geocacher (and former FBI special agent, lawyer and cryptographer).
01/25/2013 at 7:08 am #1967742Thanks for the post! I have a long plane ride this summer and this could kill some time…..if the wife lets me borrow the Kindle she bought for ME! 😯 👿 😡 🙄
01/25/2013 at 1:58 pm #1967743Link has a 14.95 paperback edition, says in stock, marathon county library does not have it for check out.
01/25/2013 at 2:17 pm #1967744Ah. Thanks Splash. I missed that.
01/25/2013 at 2:21 pm #1967745Looks well written…
01/25/2013 at 9:07 pm #1967746Downloaded the Kindle sample. Just read the first of six chapters. Not too bad and I’m not a book reader.
Sure would like to know the GC for that cache. 😆
01/29/2013 at 1:26 am #1967747Hi, I’m the author. I just heard that the book got mentioned here. Thanks for the free publicity. I thought I’d log in here in case anyone has any questions for me. It is available by paperback, not just Kindle, but it is only available through Amazon or the paperback publisher, CreateSpace. Amazon has Kindle and paperback but CreateSpace has only the paperback. It a 6″x9″ paperback – full-sized, not the small pocket type. It is not available in other ebook formats and not available from Barnes & Noble, at the library, etc. I had to restrict it in order to keep the price down for everybody. I do have a way to give a 10% discount for the paperback if you buy through CreateSpace, not Amazon. Contact me by email if you want the discount code. I only offer this to geocachers. You can reach me through my geocaching account (The Rat), or this forum may allow you to do it by pm, but the book has gotten mentioned in quite a few local forums now and I don’t have the time to log into all of them regularly, so contact me by email. I probably won’t see replies on this thread regularly.
01/29/2013 at 2:31 am #1967748Got the kindle format without discount, but at full price it is still cheap. Now I just need to hack my nook touch so I can read kindle books on it.
01/29/2013 at 3:05 pm #1967749This might help
01/29/2013 at 3:47 pm #1967750If anyone is interested, The Rat is real. 67
caches. That should keep CJ busy…01/29/2013 at 5:08 pm #1967751I think there’s some kind of app that lets a person dowload kindle books on iPad. Isn’t there a time limit once downloaded, though? Like, ” this book will self destruct in 30 days” or something like that?
01/29/2013 at 5:13 pm #1967752Check the Apple Store or wherever you get your Ipad apps from, T & B, and look for the Kindle app. I have the Kindle app for my Android phone as well as my lap top.
While it is not the same as reading from an actual kindle, it is still a good option if you don’t have a kindle.
01/29/2013 at 11:55 pm #1967753Hacked my Nook after work today. (It’s pretty much a matter of following the directions these days.)
Now it can run as an android tablet but still as a plain nook. I installed the Kindle app and have confirmed I can read the book. A bit of effort to be able to read a Kindle book on it, but not bad to have a cheap low power consumption android tablet.
(And yes, cgeo works on it. Not ideal since it is in greyscale, and has no GPS… but it works.)
01/30/2013 at 6:41 pm #1967754Just bought the book, looking forward to reading it! Thanks for the recomendation.
01/30/2013 at 7:25 pm #1967755I found a book on geocaching in a library once…it was hollow with a cache inside…whose was that anyway???
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