35 Ed McBain novels on sale for 99 cents [SALE ENDED] - Page 5

ozron · 01-13-2012, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

One thing folks could do is buy a gift card and apply it to their account to avoid CC problems.

That's how I pay for purchases on my US account. Picked up all 35 within 1/2 hour of receiving the email from Amazon.

Read quite a few back in the 70's in PB and they are all excellent. Highly recommended. I look forward to rereading them again, and might have to hunt down the one's not included on eBay...

aagstn · 01-13-2012, 09:56 PM

I own Sadie When She Died and really enjoyed it. Think it was available as an ebook through Rosetta. Sounds like a good series to grab while they are a buck.

Blue Tyson · 01-13-2012, 10:08 PM

I've had the 'transaction failed' thing happen if I have bought 3 low priced things in a row - either Amazon or Comixology - but the latter has a 'cart' function.

So if Amazon had on the website 'add to cart' for digital items that would fix that problem most likely. Not for buying from an actual kindle - but buying 35 from that would really suck anyway.

NightBird · 01-13-2012, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Go here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...MEH1P51YJCP3TS

It's lists 5 books to a row, on two pages.

Don

What a fantastic deal! I got all of them. Thanks so much for posting!

Blue Tyson · 01-13-2012, 11:38 PM

Checked a few - all of them not available. The Empty Hours is a novella collection, I would have got that one. Not interested enough in taking a trip to my US address to do it for a police procedural though.

aagstn · 01-13-2012, 11:47 PM

Didn't buy all 35, but did grab 10 of them to enjoy. Had no idea that King's Ransom was the inspiration for the amazing Kurasawa film High and Low.

Kumabjorn · 01-14-2012, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Synamon

They sold enough so far for the books to make it up to #4 on the Kindle bestsellers list.

Six of the top ten are Ed McBain 87th Precinct novels. All in just one day. Well, if publishers ever wanted proof that lower prices sell more books, I guess they have it. Also, interesting that book buyers are so price flexible. Wonder if they are different from regular consumers?

SensualPoet · 01-14-2012, 09:37 AM

A great deal ... but 35 books is far too much for me. I read about 50-60 books a year. I picked up three as teasers. If I really enjoy them (when I get to them), it'll be worth adding them selectively over the years at regular prices.

Synamon · 01-14-2012, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Six of the top ten are Ed McBain 87th Precinct novels. All in just one day. Well, if publishers ever wanted proof that lower prices sell more books, I guess they have it. Also, interesting that book buyers are so price flexible. Wonder if they are different from regular consumers?

People who purchased all 35 books are different from average book buyers to start with, as demonstrated by the post above, it would take average readers years to get through that many books. So the really price sensitive book buyer is the one who reads 10+ books a month, not 10 books a year.

At $5 a book I wasn't going to purchase any of the newly released Ed McBain ebooks this year and the daily deal got me to spend $30. This sort of volume-sales-at-reduced-price effort only works for known authors who have a large backlist of books, but I'd say it's effective on the segment of buyers who are heavy readers.

If there continue to be regular sales like this by the ebook sellers, then the biggest impact might be on piracy. It's not worth bothering with casual piracy when you will have opportunities all year to buy good books for a buck.

Joykins · 01-14-2012, 01:12 PM

Thanks for this info. I don't read them but my husband got 12 when the sale was still on!

djulian · 01-15-2012, 01:11 AM

AAAAAAHHHH!!!!!

I love Ed McBain; I have been waiting for this type of sale on his Kindle books, and wouldn't you know that it happened on the day that I was on a 14 hour road trip w/out internet access...

Oh, well. All I can do is echo HarryT's sentiments--Ed McBain is the king. You don't have to read these in order. I picked one up as a gag in a Goodwill because I thought the cover art was hilarious. It ended up being a wonderful read, and I grabbed any I could whenever I could. These are great!

pagansoul · 01-17-2012, 12:56 PM

Several of his books were made into TV movies, which is where I first heard about him. I purchased all the $1 books. Below is my list of his books with notes of the books that were over the dollar price and the books that did not come in ebook format.
Listing in alpha order and date of publication:

80 Million Eyes (1966)
Ax (1964)
Blood Relatives (1975)
Bread (1974)
Calypso (1979)
Cop Hater (1956) no kindle
Doll (1965) no kindle
Eight Black Horses (1985) no kindle
Fat Ollie's Book (2002) $8
Fiddlers (2005) $9
Fuzz (1968) $6
Ghosts (1980)
Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (1960)
Hail to the Chief (1973)
Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here (1971)
Hark! (2004) $8
He Who Hesitates (1964)
Heat (1981)
Ice (1983)
Jigsaw (1970)
Killer's Choice (1957)
Killer's Payoff (1958) no kindle
Killer's Wedge (1959)
King's Ransom (1959)
Kiss (1992)
Lady Killer (1958)
Lady, Lady I Did It (1961)
Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (1972) no kindle
Lightning (1984)
Like Love (1962)
Long Time No See (1977)
Lullaby (1989)
Mischief (1993) no kindle
Money, Money, Money (2001) $17
Nocturne (1997) $13
Poison (1987)
Romance (1995) $13
Sadie When She Died (1972) no kindle
See Them Die (1960)
Shotgun (1969)
So Long as You Both Shall Live (1976)
Ten Plus One (1963)
The Big Bad City (1999) $6
The Con Man (1957)
The Empty Hours (1962) - collection of three short novellas
The Frumious Bandersnatch (2003) $8
The Heckler (1960) no kindle
The Last Dance (2000) $8
The Mugger (1956)
The Pusher (1956) no kindle
'til Death (1959)
Tricks (1987)
Vespers (1990)
Widows (1991)

mitford13 · 04-24-2012, 04:05 PM

Not sure if this is worthy of a separate thread, but first in the 87th precinct series, Cop Hater, is now available for pre-order for Kindle on Amazon US. Showing reduced price of $4.99 instead of $9.99 list.

http://www.amazon.com/Cop-Hater-87th.../dp/B007MDDD52

ozron · 04-25-2012, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by mitford13

Not sure if this is worthy of a separate thread, but first in the 87th precinct series, Cop Hater, is now available for pre-order for Kindle on Amazon US. Showing reduced price of $4.99 instead of $9.99 list.

http://www.amazon.com/Cop-Hater-87th.../dp/B007MDDD52

Thanks for the tip and pre-ordered. Happy to pay that price for the 1st in the series considering I bought all 35 for $0.99 during the sale.

wyndslash · 04-25-2012, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ozron

Thanks for the tip and pre-ordered. Happy to pay that price for the 1st in the series considering I bought all 35 for $0.99 during the sale.

the book wasn't part of the 0.99 sale? i missed it myself...oh well, will wait if some of the novels get reduced again in the future

04-24-2012, 04:05 PM	#73
mitford13 Guru Posts: 685 Karma: 6495650 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Device: iPad Air2, Fire HD10, Paperwhite, Kobo App	Not sure if this is worthy of a separate thread, but first in the 87th precinct series, Cop Hater, is now available for pre-order for Kindle on Amazon US. Showing reduced price of $4.99 instead of $9.99 list. http://www.amazon.com/Cop-Hater-87th.../dp/B007MDDD52 Last edited by mitford13; 04-24-2012 at 04:42 PM.

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Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Checked a few - all of them not available. The Empty Hours is a novella collection, I would have got that one. Not interested enough in taking a trip to my US address to do it for a police procedural though.

01-13-2012, 11:47 PM	#66
aagstn Evangelist Posts: 422 Karma: 1004351 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3, iPad mini 2	Didn't buy all 35, but did grab 10 of them to enjoy. Had no idea that King's Ransom was the inspiration for the amazing Kurasawa film High and Low.

01-14-2012, 09:37 AM	#68
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	A great deal ... but 35 books is far too much for me. I read about 50-60 books a year. I picked up three as teasers. If I really enjoy them (when I get to them), it'll be worth adding them selectively over the years at regular prices.

01-14-2012, 01:12 PM	#70
Joykins Wizard Posts: 1,610 Karma: 9211856 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini	Thanks for this info. I don't read them but my husband got 12 when the sale was still on!

01-15-2012, 01:11 AM	#71
djulian Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 1786912 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage	AAAAAAHHHH!!!!! I love Ed McBain; I have been waiting for this type of sale on his Kindle books, and wouldn't you know that it happened on the day that I was on a 14 hour road trip w/out internet access... Oh, well. All I can do is echo HarryT's sentiments--Ed McBain is the king. You don't have to read these in order. I picked one up as a gag in a Goodwill because I thought the cover art was hilarious. It ended up being a wonderful read, and I grabbed any I could whenever I could. These are great!

01-17-2012, 12:56 PM	#72
pagansoul Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 1098204 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Device: iPhone5, iPad Gen3, Kobo, Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	Several of his books were made into TV movies, which is where I first heard about him. I purchased all the $1 books. Below is my list of his books with notes of the books that were over the dollar price and the books that did not come in ebook format. Listing in alpha order and date of publication: 80 Million Eyes (1966) Ax (1964) Blood Relatives (1975) Bread (1974) Calypso (1979) Cop Hater (1956) no kindle Doll (1965) no kindle Eight Black Horses (1985) no kindle Fat Ollie's Book (2002) $8 Fiddlers (2005) $9 Fuzz (1968) $6 Ghosts (1980) Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (1960) Hail to the Chief (1973) Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here (1971) Hark! (2004) $8 He Who Hesitates (1964) Heat (1981) Ice (1983) Jigsaw (1970) Killer's Choice (1957) Killer's Payoff (1958) no kindle Killer's Wedge (1959) King's Ransom (1959) Kiss (1992) Lady Killer (1958) Lady, Lady I Did It (1961) Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (1972) no kindle Lightning (1984) Like Love (1962) Long Time No See (1977) Lullaby (1989) Mischief (1993) no kindle Money, Money, Money (2001) $17 Nocturne (1997) $13 Poison (1987) Romance (1995) $13 Sadie When She Died (1972) no kindle See Them Die (1960) Shotgun (1969) So Long as You Both Shall Live (1976) Ten Plus One (1963) The Big Bad City (1999) $6 The Con Man (1957) The Empty Hours (1962) - collection of three short novellas The Frumious Bandersnatch (2003) $8 The Heckler (1960) no kindle The Last Dance (2000) $8 The Mugger (1956) The Pusher (1956) no kindle 'til Death (1959) Tricks (1987) Vespers (1990) Widows (1991)