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DixieGal · 07-01-2008, 04:09 PM

I finished Spin last weekend, and it was great. Also, it can stand alone and has a satisfying ending.

astra · 07-01-2008, 04:14 PM

Look at this price. Do they think I am going to pay it?
Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey
Kindle edition costs only $8

VillageReader · 07-01-2008, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xenophon

There's no more room on the shelves (or the floor, or the walls, or in the basement and attic, or...).

I look at the photo to the left, think of the closet, attic, and assume Xenophon and I have at least one similar habit. And not enough closet space

VillageReader · 07-01-2008, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

I don't know what Fictionwise pays St. Martins, but I suspect their price is determined in part by what St. Martin's charges them.

And that sort of issue is a quandary even in pure paper editions. Tor learned the hard way to be careful about timing when remaindering a hardcover edition

I almost always go for remainders over paperbacks because they are cheaper. Hence the space problem...

DMcCunney · 07-01-2008, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VillageReader

I look at the photo to the left, think of the closet, attic, and assume Xenophon and I have at least one similar habit. And not enough closet space

Me, too. Books multi-rowed on shelves, books in closets, books in boxes in an off-site storage facility...
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Dennis

DMcCunney · 07-01-2008, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VillageReader

I almost always go for remainders over paperbacks because they are cheaper. Hence the space problem...

I go for remainders because I want durable reading copies, and I've been gradually replacing some older PBs with HC editions. the fact that remainders are cheaper helps, but isn't the main motivation.
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Dennis

DMcCunney · 07-01-2008, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

Look at this price. Do they think I am going to pay it?
Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey

Well, they hope you'll pay it.

Quote:

Kindle edition costs only $8

But first, you have to have a Kindle...

I see Amazon using its market position to leverage things. You get better pricing on ebooks from them than anywhere else, but only if you buy a Kindle to read them with.

It will certainly sell Kindles, but that sort of vendor lock in is one of the reasons most of us want ebook standards, so we can buy an ebook and read it on whatever we happen to have.

How many books must you buy at Amazon's discounted price to amortize the cost of the reader to read them? Don't know off hand, but until you've bought that number, your total costs don't really start to drop.
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Dennis

nekokami · 07-01-2008, 08:44 PM

There are very few books I'm willing to buy in paper now. In a few cases, where there are no ebook versions available, I'll buy or plan to buy a used edition as the price drops, to cover an electronic copy obtained "elsewhere." But I have extremely limited shelf space, so only my very favorites go on the shelves. (They go on the iLiad, as well.) Everything else is ebooks only, often with the paper originals in boxes in the basement. This summer I hope to finish inventorying the basement boxes so I can verify my ebook replacement project status.

tINmOUSE · 07-07-2008, 09:04 AM

The TOR website signup whats-it actually ends on the 20/7/2008.

only 14 days from this post.

HaggisMacJedi · 07-07-2008, 09:09 AM

I didn't see any free books in this last newsletter...what gives?

Lemurion · 07-07-2008, 09:15 AM

The free books are separate from the newsletter. I got my free book on Friday and the newsletter on the weekend.

HaggisMacJedi · 07-07-2008, 10:35 AM

So they come in seperate emails?

rixte · 07-07-2008, 10:42 AM

I'm eagerly collecting all of the Tor ebook signups - but I'm finding myself not eagerly reading them. So many of them are part of a series and I have no desire to buy them in hardcopy - first because I hate mixing formats in a series and second that I just find myself not wanting to deal with physical books usually.

So I really hope that part of the new launch will be the availablity of much of their catalogue for purchase. Otherwise, no matter how shiny the new site is, I'll consider the whole thing a bit of a failure

astra · 07-07-2008, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rixte

I'm eagerly collecting all of the Tor ebook signups - but I'm finding myself not eagerly reading them. So many of them are part of a series and I have no desire to buy them in hardcopy - first because I hate mixing formats in a series and second that I just find myself not wanting to deal with physical books usually.

So I really hope that part of the new launch will be the availablity of much of their catalogue for purchase. Otherwise, no matter how shiny the new site is, I'll consider the whole thing a bit of a failure

Ditto.

Ervserver · 07-07-2008, 10:55 AM

Only a couple of the Tor free offerings have interested me, I can't complain about the price however.

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07-01-2008, 04:09 PM	#361
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I finished *Spin* last weekend, and it was great. Also, it can stand alone and has a satisfying ending.

07-01-2008, 04:14 PM	#362
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Look at this price. Do they think I am going to pay it? Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey Kindle edition costs only $8

07-01-2008, 08:44 PM	#368
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	There are very few books I'm willing to buy in paper now. In a few cases, where there are no ebook versions available, I'll buy or plan to buy a used edition as the price drops, to cover an electronic copy obtained "elsewhere." But I have extremely limited shelf space, so only my very favorites go on the shelves. (They go on the iLiad, as well.) Everything else is ebooks only, often with the paper originals in boxes in the basement. This summer I hope to finish inventorying the basement boxes so I can verify my ebook replacement project status.

07-07-2008, 09:04 AM	#369
tINmOUSE (stand in: rOBOTmINION) Posts: 78 Karma: 10981 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: none yet. Waiting for Mentor.	The TOR website signup whats-it actually ends on the 20/7/2008. only 14 days from this post.

07-07-2008, 09:09 AM	#370
HaggisMacJedi Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 1145527 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 4, iPhone 4	I didn't see any free books in this last newsletter...what gives?

07-07-2008, 09:15 AM	#371
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	The free books are separate from the newsletter. I got my free book on Friday and the newsletter on the weekend.

07-07-2008, 10:35 AM	#372
HaggisMacJedi Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 1145527 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 4, iPhone 4	So they come in seperate emails?

07-07-2008, 10:42 AM	#373
rixte Addict Posts: 300 Karma: 396757 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: new oasis, paperwhite, ipad, kobo	I'm eagerly collecting all of the Tor ebook signups - but I'm finding myself not eagerly reading them. So many of them are part of a series and I have no desire to buy them in hardcopy - first because I hate mixing formats in a series and second that I just find myself not wanting to deal with physical books usually. So I really hope that part of the new launch will be the availablity of much of their catalogue for purchase. Otherwise, no matter how shiny the new site is, I'll consider the whole thing a bit of a failure

07-07-2008, 10:55 AM	#375
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	Only a couple of the Tor free offerings have interested me, I can't complain about the price however.