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greencat

05-31-2011 02:58 PM

Free book (Kindle/B&N/Sony/iTunes/Kobo) The Time Machine

A new trend? The classic book bundled with an excerpt from a new one.

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Quote:

The Time Traveller, a dreamer obsessed with traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, travels over 800,000 years into the future. He lands in the year 802701: the world has been transformed by a society living in apparent harmony and bliss, but as the Traveler stays in the future he discovers a hidden barbaric and depraved subterranean class. Wells's transparent commentary on the capitalist society was an instant bestseller and launched the time-travel genre.

The Time Machine inspired the international bestseller The Map of Time byFélix J. Palma. As a gift to our readers, we are including the first three chapters of The Map of Time in this ebook edition.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XVQ73G?tag=discounter-20

anamardoll

05-31-2011 05:20 PM

Interesting. Sounds like a good trend, actually. Thanks!

crich70

05-31-2011 10:57 PM

The Time Machine is a classic tale.

koland

06-12-2012 02:46 PM

and, from your other msg:

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Originally Posted by ATDrake (Post 2111811)

.... B&N, Sony & iTunes (both available to Canadians)

KentE

06-12-2012 04:32 PM

Thanks Greencat! And thank you, Koland, for providing the alternate supplier links.
This allowed me to pick up the ebook easily, without adding to what I feel are probably skewed percentages of ebooks sold by different vendors, since I'm comfortable using Calibre. (I've "purchased" 100's of books from Amazon, and only a big handful from B&N, Kobo, etc. But, it's interesting to note that if I look at the non-free "purchases", the results change dramatically-- I probably buy, with real money, more books from Kobo than any other source. I'm trying to make a concerted effort to pick up more of my free offers from non-Amazon sources when available.)
KentE

carpetmojo

06-12-2012 06:58 PM

I don't mind a blurb about the next/another book tacked onto a book, but hate the "sample" trend.
It really takes the edge off startinf a new story, I find....

pietvo

06-13-2012 08:13 AM

Also free at Kobo (the same version with The Map of Time excerpt).

carpetmojo

06-13-2012 09:25 AM

Not available in UK.....

Julia_

06-13-2012 09:36 AM

Thanks for the Kobo link. So it`s available at DE.

ApK	06-13-2012 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carpetmojo (Post 2112708)

I don't mind a blurb about the next/another book tacked onto a book, but hate the "sample" trend.
It really takes the edge off startinf a new story, I find....

I don't mind samples, but I dislike it being presented as special gift to me.

That's plaid-clad-used-car-salesman smarmy.

It should be presented as "If you enjoyed this book, please consider taking at look at this sample of a new book inspired by it, thank you so much...."

Time Machine is a great book, I agree. One of the few "olden-times" SF classics I actually enjoyed reading when I was younger.

ApK

carpetmojo

06-13-2012 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK (Post 2113589)

I don't mind samples, but I dislike it being presented as special gift to me.
That's plaid-clad-used-car-salesman smarmy.
It should be presented as "If you enjoyed this book, please consider taking at look at this sample of a new book inspired by it, thank you so much...."
...........................ApK

I really loath this approach - in fact on a par with idiots cold-calling for glazing/persona accident claims/surveys, etc....
As I've said before, I don't mind the usual "inside cover "trailer" but a sample is as I said above, plus it ruins the start of a story I might want to read.

A brief description is all I want.

ApK	06-13-2012 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by carpetmojo (Post 2114065)

??? Why would reading the beginning ruin it? Isn't that where you would start in any case?

And if you don't want to read the sample...don't.

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