09-21-2008, 05:15 PM | #166 |
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Can tou find out if the entire series is going to be published in eBook form?A lot of people are tired of book series only being partially released in ebook form (myself included). There are some that will not purchase any if the series is not going to be completed. This is important to find out.
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09-21-2008, 05:24 PM | #167 |
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I would also become very happy to get the all the ebooks in another format. I will certainly purchase the serie then.
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09-21-2008, 07:08 PM | #168 |
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I'm certainly looking forwards to WFR in multiple formats (hopefully reasonably priced since I've already got it in PB) - but less enamoured of the sequels, which seem to lack something of the first novel's originality (and in the case of some of the later ones, can't remember which, they felt overly derivative of some of Jordan's novels).
That said, I'd be the first to applaud any author who's willing to support (with whatever degree of scepticism) the release of their books in e-book format... While I can understand some of the nervousness, my experience is that good quality, reasonably priced work doesn't need to worry about electronic media, DRM or otherwise - though I can see that the Publishers may need to consider streamlining operations in future... p.s. Looking forward to the series, whenever it finally makes its way onto UK Terrestrial TV p.p.s. Actress for Kahlan looks plenty attractive to me |
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AS I said, I can not speak for the rest of the series.
When publishers start offering authors more then a small pittance for e-books you might see more. |
09-22-2008, 12:19 PM | #170 |
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09-22-2008, 03:59 PM | #171 |
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Well, all the more reason for the author to make sure they retain the rights for electronic publishing - I suspect that they might have a better time self-promoting the e-books, and selling direct to the end customer... The publishers need to be aware of not pushing the authors away in the same way they need to keep the connection with their customers... (i.e. by not over-charging, or over-DRMing)
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Probably why you would see more newer books in e-book form then older ones that the authors may still own the rights too. |
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09-22-2008, 09:05 PM | #174 |
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Honestly, this series was one of the main reasons I considered an eReader. I'd love to have it in digital format. Hopefully they'll come around. It's probably one of the most-requested eBook series ever....
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09-23-2008, 12:34 PM | #175 |
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That's pretty rare since Amazon entered the market and started charging $9.99 for most of their new releases. Prices have dropped everywhere. Before that, ebooks were commonly at hard cover costs or just a few bucks less.
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