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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Note that Baen does not do that with all hardcovers, and has done the "bound in only to first printing" hardcover edition.
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That's true. I have noticed I'm more likely to buy the one with a CD in it.
Heck, I'd buy a hardback if the CD contained only an MP3 audio book or something, as audio book prices can be high for some authors (even for downloads).
I once bought a David Weber hardback because I wanted to reward myself with a nice new hardcover and because it had flipart on the pages that showed an exploding spaceship when you flipped through the book. This was before they thought of the CDs, so they had to try something different.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Results are occasionally quirky. For instance, I bought the Baen hardcover of the David Weber/Eric Flint collaboration _Torch of Freedom_. The bound in CD normally includes the ebook version of the hardcover as well. Not this time: apparently, the finalized ebook version was not available when the CD had to go to manufacture. It's the first time I've had that experience, though one of the John Ringo ebooks on another CD was the Advanced Reading Copy version for similar reasons. That was actually fun, as the ARC included things like John's notes to himself and to his editor scattered throughout the manuscript.
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Dennis
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I've noticed that more of the CDs lately don't have the finalized versions of the book for the same reason. (One of the recent 1632/Ring of Fire series books didn't have the current book on it.) Usually it will show up on the next edition. Or it'll show up on a promotional CD that can eventually be accessed through the Fifth Imperium site.
The notes would be fun to read. Sort of like director's commentary on a DVD.