AA Oklahoma - Media Services Committee
The 4th Edition of the “Big Book” – Alcoholics Anonymous FOR IPHONE ONLY right now, is now available online at the Alcoholics Anonymous GSO website:
https://eps.aaws.org/default.aspx
You have to follow the steps in order – (sounds familiar)
- Create an online AA account with a credit or debit card – you will not be charged at this point.
- Click on EBooks
- Click on the version of the Big Book or 12 and 12 you want ($6.00 ea)
- Click “Add to cart”
- Click “Checkout Now”
- Choose either the card you used to create the account or a new credit or debit card.
- Click “Continue Checkout”
- Accept the agreement and Click “Place Order”
- Open your App store icon on your iPhone look for and install “A.A. eReader”
- Once the A.A. eReader is installed open it and log into your AA account and it will download the E Books(s) you ordered
- If you want to cancel BEFORE you complete the order just click on your “Shopping Cart” at the top and change the quantity to “DELETE” from the list.
If you have any issues, please see your Media Services Chair person or “ask a young new comer for help”
“I just installed the AA E-Book version of the Big Book and the 12 and 12. Its only $12.00 for both on your iPhone. It rocks – you can flip pages, high light stuff and save it, look up words to be found (not defined), go to a page you want – lots of bells and whistles – they did a great job with both of them.”…David C – Media Services Chair
Below is a response to an email I sent to the “A.A.W.S. Online Store Support Team”
Hi David,
Thank you for conveying this to us. I'm happy to respond!
For the most part the main issues we've encountered have to do with members
not realizing that the initial App only supports Apple devices. A number of
members have purchased books hoping to download them to their Kindle, Nook or
laptop computer. Before opening, we thought we had adequately communicated on
all of this but that proved to be inadequate. We have since made significant
changes to the Online Store web site to emphasize this in a way that folks get
a clearer understanding and we think that is working.
The second most prevalent misunderstanding is with iPad owners who are
disappointed when they use the App because they were expecting a true "iPad"
App. Here again this is an issue with communication and we have tried to
clarify better that the App is an iPhone App that can be used on an iPad and
is not a true iPad App.
Your suggestion about allowing the app to work when the device is rotated to"landscape" mode. It is not uncommon for iPhone Apps to only work in"portrait" mode and frankly we never considered that might be good to do so I
will look into it further.
For your information, in early 2012 we plan to release a version of the App
for Android-based smart phones, similar to the iPhone App. We also plan to
release a version of the APP that fully exploits the larger display on the
iPad. We will also be offering additional A.A. literature as eBooks. The
first of those will be the Daily Reflections.
Thank you again for your thoughtful feedback!
Charlie
The A.A.W.S. Online Store Support Team
Business Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00AM to 5:00PM Eastern US time.
Link to the Frequently Asked Questions about the ebook version of Alcoholics Anonymous:
https://eps.aaws.org/t-faq.aspx
Any questions: Contact any of your Media Service Chairs or mediaservices@aaoklahoma.org
In Love and Service,David C
The Media Services Committee assists the districts in their use of the Area 57 website, operates the web site, and reviews all original media insuring that all Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts are followed.
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