Free Hachette Pre-order: The 500

mitford13 · 02-21-2012, 11:38 AM

Courtesy of the amazon kindle forum discount price thread:

"The 500: A Novel", by Matthew Quirk is available for free pre-order,
delivery June 5, 2012.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...cm_cd_asin_lnk

"Mike Ford is a former con artist who's been plucked from his Harvard Law School classroom to be an associate at The Davies Group, Washington's most high-powered and well-respected strategic consulting firm. Their specialty: pulling strings and peddling influence for the five hundred most powerful people inside the Beltway, the men and women who really run Washington -- and by extension the country, and the world."

The author is a reporter for 'Atlantic Monthly' in Washington, DC.
Apparently a movie is in the works....

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Update:
Guess my naivete is showing - the book link on amazon has been changed to
"The 500 - Free Preview". Still shows it has 336 pages; looks like we'll have to wait til June to find out what we're getting...

apesmom · 02-21-2012, 11:50 AM

Looks good, grabbed it! $12.99 at B&N. Probably a pricing mistake.

TallMomof2 · 02-21-2012, 12:01 PM

Thanks! It was still good at 12 noon EST.

phloxy · 02-21-2012, 01:35 PM

This is the second of these possible pricing error pre-orders I've picked up. Very cool. Thanks for the heads-up mitford13!

mitford13 · 02-21-2012, 02:10 PM

I actually dont think these pre-orders are mistakes. I've only had the Kindle a couple of months, but I've seen a couple of these as free, or like the recent George Pelecanos release, for .99. Several of the free pre-releases have been with bonus material for next in a series. Don't know for sure what the marketing strategy is, but in this case for a major release for a first-time author, maybe they want the numbers high out of the gate and it's a cheap add-on to sending out lots of reviews copies?

Anyway, it's fun to find one of the "Big 6" books for free...

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UPDATE: See my comment in original post - Hachette has changed this to a "free preview."

koland · 02-21-2012, 09:16 PM

Hatchette has bait and switched us - it now says "free preview" and they'll probably add a linked full edition later, using the free downloads to boost ratings without giving us anything (didn't expect it with anyone but James Patterson, these days).

mitford13 · 02-21-2012, 09:33 PM

Sounds like folks on the amazon forums are burning up the wires to cancel their orders, so they won't boost the ratings. I'm going to hold off for a bit to see if any of the complaints bring a change.

OTOH, I did get my free HC pre-order for "Evernight with bonus material" today...

koland · 02-21-2012, 10:38 PM

As did I (get Evernight). on the other hand, that one always claimed it was the full novel plus bonus (a common giveaway, really). This one did a title switch (with the wrong synopsis intentionally loaded), which is common for James Patterson titles. Over on Sony, they never add the "preview" info and you have no way other than the price to tell that's all you'll get.

02-21-2012, 11:38 AM	#1
mitford13 Guru Posts: 682 Karma: 6449368 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Device: iPad Air2, Fire HD10, Paperwhite, Kobo App	Updated: Hachette (Kindle) Pre-order/Preview: The 500 Courtesy of the amazon kindle forum discount price thread: "The 500: A Novel", by Matthew Quirk is available for free pre-order, delivery June 5, 2012. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...cm_cd_asin_lnk "Mike Ford is a former con artist who's been plucked from his Harvard Law School classroom to be an associate at The Davies Group, Washington's most high-powered and well-respected strategic consulting firm. Their specialty: pulling strings and peddling influence for the five hundred most powerful people inside the Beltway, the men and women who really run Washington -- and by extension the country, and the world." The author is a reporter for 'Atlantic Monthly' in Washington, DC. Apparently a movie is in the works.... ************************************* Update: Guess my naivete is showing - the book link on amazon has been changed to "The 500 - Free Preview*". Still shows it has 336 pages; looks like we'll have to wait til June to find out what we're getting... Last edited by mitford13; 02-21-2012 at 07:44 PM. Reason: additional information*

02-21-2012, 02:10 PM	#5
mitford13 Guru Posts: 682 Karma: 6449368 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Device: iPad Air2, Fire HD10, Paperwhite, Kobo App	I actually dont think these pre-orders are mistakes. I've only had the Kindle a couple of months, but I've seen a couple of these as free, or like the recent George Pelecanos release, for .99. Several of the free pre-releases have been with bonus material for next in a series. Don't know for sure what the marketing strategy is, but in this case for a major release for a first-time author, maybe they want the numbers high out of the gate and it's a cheap add-on to sending out lots of reviews copies? Anyway, it's fun to find one of the "Big 6" books for free... *********************** UPDATE:** See my comment in original post - Hachette has changed this to a "free preview." Last edited by mitford13; 02-21-2012 at 07:43 PM.

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02-21-2012, 11:50 AM	#2
apesmom Wizard Posts: 2,535 Karma: 24702524 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Boox Nova Air, Galaxy Note 10	Looks good, grabbed it! $12.99 at B&N. Probably a pricing mistake.

02-21-2012, 12:01 PM	#3
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	Thanks! It was still good at 12 noon EST.

02-21-2012, 01:35 PM	#4
phloxy Always reading Posts: 95 Karma: 726400 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Joaquin Valley, CA, USA Device: Sony PRS-T1, Kindle 7	This is the second of these possible pricing error pre-orders I've picked up. Very cool. Thanks for the heads-up mitford13!

02-21-2012, 09:16 PM	#6
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	Hatchette has bait and switched us - it now says "free preview" and they'll probably add a linked full edition later, using the free downloads to boost ratings without giving us anything (didn't expect it with anyone but James Patterson, these days).

02-21-2012, 09:33 PM	#7
mitford13 Guru Posts: 682 Karma: 6449368 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Device: iPad Air2, Fire HD10, Paperwhite, Kobo App	Sounds like folks on the amazon forums are burning up the wires to cancel their orders, so they won't boost the ratings. I'm going to hold off for a bit to see if any of the complaints bring a change. OTOH, I did get my free HC pre-order for "Evernight with bonus material" today...

02-21-2012, 10:38 PM	#8
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	As did I (get Evernight). on the other hand, that one always claimed it was the full novel plus bonus (a common giveaway, really). This one did a title switch (with the wrong synopsis intentionally loaded), which is common for James Patterson titles. Over on Sony, they never add the "preview" info and you have no way other than the price to tell that's all you'll get.

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