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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Well, someone on the Amazon forums has noted the following:
UPDATE: Number of locations for penny version: 4352, number of locations for a buck: 6868
So it's possible the penny version is missing some text? No clue.
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Yeah, I found that problem when the price was dropped a few days ago (documented on my blog). After emailing with the author, it was determined that it is just a difference in how location numbers were marked between the two versions (the $0.99 one is via Amazon's dtp, the $0.01 is via Mobipocket). Other than that, the two are identical (although one's file size is larger, it is apparently related to all those extra location marks and _maybe_ the size of the graphic for the cover. There is no difference in displayed graphics. There is a SLIGHT difference in formatting (one has left aligned chapter titles, the other right aligned). The author checked every page (he bought the penny version after I found the issue) and verified that there is no difference in the actual text included.
I read the first few pages and it starts out pretty well (interesting, author has a command of the English language, seems to know and follow grammar rules, no obvious words he doesn't understand .. nothing more annoying than an entire book that uses the wrong words: then instead of than, for example, for pages and pages and pages, along with dozens of other wrong words, all used on a consistent basis, showing that the person thinks they are correct; sort of like all those internet posters who keep "loosing" their items and "than" cannot find them). I'll probably read it, but it's not at the very top of my list. After all, I'm into him for an entire dollar now, having bought both versions.
And hey, it's only a penny. if your CC won't allow that - buy a gift card and put it on your account. I've actually bought several penny books (luckily, Amazon's CC doesn't care about dozens of tiny, tiny charges, so long as they are from Amazon, but it does make balancing your statement something of an exercise).
Karen
http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com/