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Old 08-01-2008, 11:42 AM   #46
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But a great gesture from Books On Board to now offer the e-book practically for free.
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Old 08-01-2008, 08:21 PM   #47
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IT's a non-issue. If I've been waiting for a book, odds are I've been waiting months. Even on the rare occasions I have bothered to pre-order a book, I didn't go to get it on release day, but actually (it turns out) a couple of days later. I have no problems with digital downloads, of any flavor, being made available after the physical media.
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Old 08-01-2008, 09:36 PM   #48
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Yes, it is great, but I wish there were other formats. I use a Sony and can't read DRM-ed mobipocket files.

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Old 08-02-2008, 01:57 AM   #49
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Yes, it is great, but I wish there were other formats. I use a Sony and can't read DRM-ed mobipocket files.
We have received Breaking Dawn in ePub for the Sony PRS-505 (link to ePub Breaking Dawn eBook). Hope that helps!
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Old 08-02-2008, 04:38 AM   #50
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Thank you -- that does help!! I'm going to pre-order it right now.

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Old 08-02-2008, 04:49 AM   #51
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i don't read pirated books, but since i first started buying and downloading ebooks 7 or 8 weeks ago, the only pirated ones i ran across on google are scanned from paper books. and it's easy to know that because none of them have ever been offered in any ebook format.

maybe publishers should stop listening to their fears and start looking at the facts. they'd make more money and we'd all be happier.

and btw, i agree that Elsi:
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So, for eBooks, I want the publishers to fill in the earlier volumes in a series, letting me then read from beginning to end. And, I want to know when to expect the next book in the series to be available.
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Old 08-02-2008, 12:07 PM   #52
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Scanned images joined into a PDF totally miss the benefit (in my mid) of ebooks, that is its stretchability. This may not be such a big issue with fiction, but I read a lot of non-fiction as well.
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Yes, it is great, but I wish there were other formats. I use a Sony and can't read DRM-ed mobipocket files.
Technically, you can.

Legally, depends where you live.

Morally, only you can decide.
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Old 08-02-2008, 05:11 PM   #54
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So far the Amazon reviews are more negative than positive. I've downloaded the first 3 books and will get the 4th in the morning. I haven't read any of them yet but hope to start in a couple of days.
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Old 08-02-2008, 05:27 PM   #55
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What did you expect from Anita Blake aimed at 13 year olds?
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Old 08-02-2008, 05:31 PM   #56
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What did you expect from Anita Blake aimed at 13 year olds?
I'm hoping it's more Buffy than (ardeur) Anita.
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Old 08-02-2008, 05:37 PM   #57
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I'm hoping it's more Buffy than (ardeur) Anita.
It pretty much has to be, given the intended market.

I attended a talk a while back given by literary agent Donald Maass. Don has done a number of things, including write YA romance under a pseudonym. He described one YA romance title he worked on where there was a firm specification that not only could the characters not have sex -- there could be no opportunity for them to have sex. This complicated the book he was writing, because the teenage male lead was a TV star with his own loft...
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It pretty much has to be, given the intended market.
That is sort of my point. Given the puritanical mores of this rather large market, what do you get when you take vampires/werewolves and rip out the eroticism & violence (arguably the same thing)?
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It pretty much has to be, given the intended market.

I attended a talk a while back given by literary agent Donald Maass. Don has done a number of things, including write YA romance under a pseudonym. He described one YA romance title he worked on where there was a firm specification that not only could the characters not have sex -- there could be no opportunity for them to have sex. This complicated the book he was writing, because the teenage male lead was a TV star with his own loft...
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Good point! But even Buffy "got busy" eventually.

If the TV star had his own loft, was the character dating an under 18 year old girl in the book?
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That is sort of my point. Given the puritanical mores of this rather large market, what do you get when you take vampires/werewolves and rip out the eroticism & violence (arguably the same thing)?
I think they largely are the same thing, so I agree.

But I suspect the intended reader isn't puritanical: it's the reader's parents who will have hissy fits.

I would love to know what, exactly, they are afraid will happen if their innocent darling does read a sex scene in a book. (My guess is "ask questions Mom and Dad aren't comfortable answering.")
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