Quote:
Originally Posted by plantedbypiggies
I don't think this argument holds much weight. I just did a series of quick searches on amazon.co.uk. Every single one of the books that Tor has released as free downloads are available for sale in the UK from Tor. I read alot of speculative fiction, and I read a lot of reviews about books -- many from international websites like sfcrowsnest.com. They do book reviews for American books, such as Old Man's War.
And I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hijack this thread or anything. |
Personally, I'd rather buy a book in a bookshop, especially if its by an author I don't know, because I can browse and see whether it looks like the sort of thing I'd like to read. (Admittedly, you can now see samples of some books on Amazon, but not all, by any means). Most of the books Tor has released are not available in bookshops in the UK, unless you happen to live near a specialist bookshop that does US imports.
Anyway, their marketing policy works for me. I'll definitely be buying the sequel to Spin, and I've been pleasantly surprised by Lord of the Isles so far, because David Drake's an author I'd always associated with military SF.
Mind you, I really do hope they get their ebook publishing together, since I'm rather reluctant to buy novels on paper since I got my iLiad.