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Old 04-05-2011, 03:53 PM   #1
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William Faulkner titles released on August 17th

The Wild Palms - $11.99
The Unvanquished - $11.99
Uncollected Stories - $12.99
The Town - $8.99
Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses, Old Man, The Bear - $9.99
The Sound and the Fury - $9.99
Snopes: The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion - $14.99
Requiem for a Nun - $9.99
The Reivers - $9.99
Pylon - $9.99
The Mansion - $11.99
Light in August - $9.99
Knight's Gambit - $11.99
Intruder in the Dust - $9.99
The Hamlet - $11.99
Go Down, Moses - $9.99
Flags in the Dust - $8.99
A Fable - $11.99
Essays, Speeches & Public Letters - $8.99
Big Woods - $11.99
As I Lay Dying - $9.99
Absalom, Absalom! - $9.99

All are up for pre-order on Amazon. It seems like Random House prefer to release an author's entire bibliography at once. This will be them trying to get some sales before January 2013 (when Faulkner's works will appear on the internet for free)
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Old 04-05-2011, 04:57 PM   #2
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Obscene prices for catalog titles.
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Old 04-05-2011, 06:26 PM   #3
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I think I'll stick with the public library for my Faulkner needs at those prices.
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Old 04-05-2011, 06:28 PM   #4
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Tell us again about how the prices will go down when the paperbacks come out!
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Old 04-05-2011, 06:35 PM   #5
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my library has those, thankfully
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Old 04-05-2011, 06:35 PM   #6
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The Wild Palms - $11.99
The Unvanquished - $11.99
Uncollected Stories - $12.99
The Town - $8.99
Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses, Old Man, The Bear - $9.99
The Sound and the Fury - $9.99
Snopes: The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion - $14.99
Requiem for a Nun - $9.99
The Reivers - $9.99
Pylon - $9.99
The Mansion - $11.99
Light in August - $9.99
Knight's Gambit - $11.99
Intruder in the Dust - $9.99
The Hamlet - $11.99
Go Down, Moses - $9.99
Flags in the Dust - $8.99
A Fable - $11.99
Essays, Speeches & Public Letters - $8.99
Big Woods - $11.99
As I Lay Dying - $9.99
Absalom, Absalom! - $9.99

All are up for pre-order on Amazon. It seems like Random House prefer to release an author's entire bibliography at once. This will be them trying to get some sales before January 2013 (when Faulkner's works will appear on the internet for free)
In Life + 50 Countries...

Hemmingway - next January, also in Life + 50 Countries.
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Old 04-05-2011, 07:43 PM   #7
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Hemmingway - next January, also in Life + 50 Countries.
Another reason to move to Canada ...
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Old 04-05-2011, 09:26 PM   #8
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The Wild Palms - $11.99
The Unvanquished - $11.99
Uncollected Stories - $12.99
The Town - $8.99
Three Famous Short Novels: Spotted Horses, Old Man, The Bear - $9.99
The Sound and the Fury - $9.99
Snopes: The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion - $14.99
Requiem for a Nun - $9.99
The Reivers - $9.99
Pylon - $9.99
The Mansion - $11.99
Light in August - $9.99
Knight's Gambit - $11.99
Intruder in the Dust - $9.99
The Hamlet - $11.99
Go Down, Moses - $9.99
Flags in the Dust - $8.99
A Fable - $11.99
Essays, Speeches & Public Letters - $8.99
Big Woods - $11.99
As I Lay Dying - $9.99
Absalom, Absalom! - $9.99

All are up for pre-order on Amazon. It seems like Random House prefer to release an author's entire bibliography at once. This will be them trying to get some sales before January 2013 (when Faulkner's works will appear on the internet for free)
They should offer the entire catalog for a special price.

I agree with Ardeegee the prices seem high. Shouldn't these be public domain by now?
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Old 04-05-2011, 11:18 PM   #9
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Random House has done the same with Nevil Shute. I think it's their Vintage line, and they are pricing these ebooks to correspond with the trade paperbacks.
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They should offer the entire catalog for a special price.
And that price should be free of course, I suppose if they must they can place an ad in the front for other books.

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Old 04-06-2011, 01:56 AM   #11
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And that price should be free of course, I suppose if they must they can place an ad in the front for other books.
Advertising makes you the product. I would rather pay. His books aren't public domain, but those prices seem a little high.
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Yet... Soon they will be; but not in the country of his birth.
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Old 04-06-2011, 03:55 AM   #13
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And these are not even critical editions, are they? I see no indication of that. Wow, these prices really suck.

At least they are offering the Snopes trilogy (one of his best works) for an almost decent price. $15 bucks for three great novels makes sense. But $10 for novels like Pylon...

For anyone who is interested in Faulkner but find him too intimidating, I would suggest starting with Light in August. It's a wonderful book, one of his very best, and is more accessible that other novels of his. Actually, I would avoid his most famous title, The Sound and the Fury, at first. Its first chapter can be as frustrating as a puzzle with missing pieces, so it's not a great invitation to read his other books. At least that was my case: I read it when I was a teenager and didn't give Faulkner a second chance until more than 10 years later.
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Of course but I'd like to see the figures about how many people (in 2013) pass on a free copy that's high in the google search results and buy The Sound and the Fury for $9.99. When you search 'Animal Farm ebook' on Google you have to scroll down to the 10th result before you find one that you pay for.
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...I would suggest starting with Light in August. It's a wonderful book, one of his very best, and is more accessible that other novels of his.
Following your recommendation, I just preordered Light in August .

My first eBook (some 4 years ago) was a freebie from WOWIO, William Faulkner and Southern History by Joel Williamson, which I liked a lot.

If I like his writing as much, I don't mind paying 10 bucks for a book.

Thanks for the heads up.
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