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Crowl · 09-19-2009, 08:15 AM

I have found another way that the lack of an ebook could result in less profits for the publisher, waterstones are doing a special edition of the new terry pratchett book and I might have bought that if the ebook version was also going to be available in the uk and as a result I will end up buying the standard hardback version instead.

Now I could buy the ebook version from an american shop, but I refuse to encourage his american publishers because the covers on those versions are shockingly terrible compared with the excellence of the uk versions.

Proper version:http://www.paulkidby.net/UnseenAcademicalsFinal.jpg

American: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...HL._SS500_.jpg

09-19-2009, 08:15 AM	#65
Crowl Wizard Posts: 1,340 Karma: 1160346 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Southport, GB Device: Kindle Voyage, PW Signature edition	I have found another way that the lack of an ebook could result in less profits for the publisher, waterstones are doing a special edition of the new terry pratchett book and I might have bought that if the ebook version was also going to be available in the uk and as a result I will end up buying the standard hardback version instead. Now I could buy the ebook version from an american shop, but I refuse to encourage his american publishers because the covers on those versions are shockingly terrible compared with the excellence of the uk versions. Proper version:http://www.paulkidby.net/UnseenAcademicalsFinal.jpg American: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...HL._SS500_.jpg