I guess they don't want you to reread

BeccaPrice · 06-27-2012, 06:11 PM

An Argentine publisher has discovered that, if you don't read a book when you first get it, you don't tend to buy the author's next book. So he's printing a book in disappearing ink.

DiapDealer · 06-27-2012, 06:14 PM

I'm not much of a re-reader myself, but I do occasionally flip back to verify some things. Surely there's a bit of grace period before it disappears?

BWinmill · 06-27-2012, 06:34 PM

If the book is that bad, at least you have a useful notebook after the ink has faded.

fjtorres · 06-27-2012, 06:42 PM

I thought pbooks already had enough planned obsolescence built in.
Apparently not.

A good way to make sure nobody *rents* that book.

Catlady · 06-27-2012, 07:34 PM

How does this benefit the publisher and/or author? It would keep me from buying ANY of the author's books!

RainingLemur · 06-27-2012, 08:13 PM

Oh, yeah. This will go over well.

khalleron · 06-27-2012, 08:36 PM

So if I buy it used or remaindered, all I get is a blank book?

Well, that's one way to kill the resale market, I guess.

laughingdragons · 06-27-2012, 08:41 PM

The book better not have a retail price if it is going to disappear. I'd pay maybe a buck or so.

I do reread some of my books especially a series. I usually rearead the last book before going onto the new one to refresh my memory of what is going on.

teh603 · 06-27-2012, 09:03 PM

Don't tell the textbook companies. They're already trying to sell self-destructing ebooks. This will only encourage them.

Xanthe · 06-28-2012, 12:23 AM

I wouldn't buy that book on principle, so those authors would remain unknown to me - which seems to defeat the whole purpose of the anthology. I feel sorry for the new authors, who seem to be the ones who will lose the most.

SeaKing · 06-28-2012, 12:30 AM

Just when you think the idiots have reached their limit, they prove you wrong.

QuantumIguana · 06-28-2012, 01:13 AM

I think it's a clever gimmick - it has us talking about it, doesn't it?

bgalbrecht · 06-28-2012, 03:39 AM

In the DVD world, there was a lot of talk, nearly all negative when Circuit City and one of the DVD publishers came out with DVDs that only lasted for a few days after opening, and I think Disney might have dabbled with the concept also. It always flopped, big time. If anything, that publisher will get a negative rap, and people will stop buying any of their books for fear that they will be buying one with disappearing ink.

Lynx-lynx · 06-28-2012, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuantumIguana

I think it's a clever gimmick - it has us talking about it, doesn't it?

But no one's saying they'd rush out and buy it ..... mmmm .....

Connallmac · 06-28-2012, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

In the DVD world, there was a lot of talk, nearly all negative when Circuit City and one of the DVD publishers came out with DVDs that only lasted for a few days after opening, and I think Disney might have dabbled with the concept also. It always flopped, big time. If anything, that publisher will get a negative rap, and people will stop buying any of their books for fear that they will be buying one with disappearing ink.

As I recall those DVDs were marketed as a rental that you didn't have to return because they pulled a Mission Impossible. It really wouldn't have been a bad idea if it didn't leave your home looking like AOL carpet bombed it. That, plus the inherent, egregious wastefullness of it.

06-27-2012, 06:11 PM	#1
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	I guess they don't want you to reread An Argentine publisher has discovered that, if you don't read a book when you first get it, you don't tend to buy the author's next book. So he's printing a book in disappearing ink.

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laughingdragons Groupie Posts: 189 Karma: 1125536 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: CA Device: Sony PRS-350 1 Pink 1 Silver Paperwhite Kindle	The book better not have a retail price if it is going to disappear. I'd pay maybe a buck or so. I do reread some of my books especially a series. I usually rearead the last book before going onto the new one to refresh my memory of what is going on.

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teh603 Autism Spectrum Disorder Posts: 1,212 Karma: 6244877 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Coastal Texas Device: Android Phone	Don't tell the textbook companies. They're already trying to sell self-destructing ebooks. This will only encourage them.

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