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Originally Posted by HarryT
One thing I really, really hate is when authors or publishers call something a "box set" when there is in fact no box. If I buy a box set I expect a physical box and it's outright deception not to supply one  .
So please, all you nice authors out there, don't call something a "box set" if you don't actually give your customers a box, or I'll get all cross and upset, and you wouldn't want that on your conscience, would you? |
I can do you one better. Bonus Material! Now that's an even better hate. Bonus Material that's nothing more than a preview for another book by the author. That's not a bonus. That's an advertisement. Don't make my eBooks larger just because the next book in a series has been released. Don't go back and add in the bonus material because it's not a bonus and it's not useful. If I've read the book, by the time I get to the bonus material, I'll already know if I want to read the next book in the series or another book by this author. The bonus material won't help if I didn't like the book I just read. And if I didn't like it enough to give up before finishing, this bonus material won't matter at all.
But as to your box set, when they call a set of eBooks a box set, they do it wrong (besides not giving you the box) as a box set is not an omnibus. It's a set of each book on its own. That's another peeve/hate. I want these eBooks to be seperate like they were originally released. If you want to bundle them fine. Just don't combine them. Call them a bundled set and forget the box and forget the omnibus.