The Way of Shadows for $1.00 - Page 2

lilac_jive · 01-06-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by shighfield

Yes I understand I was trying to be funny. These types of sales get me all the time, I'm in marketing but they still get me. <G>

Can you tell me about the book? Trying to decide whether to buy it.

pilotbob · 01-06-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Can you tell me about the book? Trying to decide whether to buy it.

It's a buck! And it is sci-fi. If you like sci-fi I would buy it. (Well, I will actually.)

BOb

lilac_jive · 01-06-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

It's a buck! And it is sci-fi. If you like sci-fi I would buy it. (Well, I will actually.)

BOb

I don't really read scifi, hence my wavering.

pilotbob · 01-06-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I don't really read scifi, hence my wavering.

Then don't buy it.

It's a BUCK!!!!!

You probably have more than that in the bottom of your purse. Most people spend 5x that much for a cup of coffee. (EVERY DAY, AT LEAST ONCE)

BOb

lilac_jive · 01-06-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Then don't buy it.

It's a BUCK!!!!!

You probably have more than that in the bottom of your purse. Most people spend 5x that much for a cup of coffee. (EVERY DAY, AT LEAST ONCE)

BOb

I spent $1.75 on coffee today (normally I don't buy it), and I only had a few sips when I dropped it getting out of my car. I almost cried

Anyway, its not really the price, it is adding more books onto my backlog. So just wanted to know what you guys thought

pilotbob · 01-06-2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Anyway, its not really the price, it is adding more books onto my backlog. So just wanted to know what you guys thought

Heh heh... just teasing you. Why not go read the review at Amazon. But, I think if you don't read sci-fi and you are wavering... then you should NOT buy it.

Then again, it is only a B U C K... you can read the first chapter and if you don't like it, delete it... I give up.

You probably could have bought it, downloaded it, read the first chapter and decided in less time than we have spent on this thread. (As fun as this thread is.)

BOb

pilotbob · 01-06-2009, 08:31 PM

BTW: I just bought it for my Kindle. Because it was $1.

BOb

EDIT: Just downloaded, deDRMed and put into my calibre library.

lilac_jive · 01-06-2009, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Heh heh... just teasing you. Why not go read the review at Amazon. But, I think if you don't read sci-fi and you are wavering... then you should NOT buy it.

Then again, it is only a B U C K... you can read the first chapter and if you don't like it, delete it... I give up.

You probably could have bought it, downloaded it, read the first chapter and decided in less time than we have spent on this thread. (As fun as this thread is.)

BOb

LOL, you're killing me. Now I just have to buy it as a matter of principle.

bookratt · 01-06-2009, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

FYI this book is also available for $1 at Sony's ebookstore.

Just downloaded it from Sony. Thanks!

Liviu_5 · 01-07-2009, 12:22 AM

The Way of Shadows is epic fantasy and I enjoyed the whole trilogy a lot, buying each book on publication - all as e - and staying way too late to finish them.

Prophecies, twists and turns, assassins, magic, miraculous swords, sorcerers male and female, bad and good and in-between, large scale intrigue and action and what not, all the props of epic.

It's a page turner especially after the first 200 pages which cover our protagonist from age 10 to 20, but then the rest 1800+ pages of the trilogy are a non-stop action romp...

jchestnutt · 01-07-2009, 12:34 AM

It's now on Fictionwise for free. I don't know how long that will last.
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook72337.htm

tech_au · 01-07-2009, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Over

This is ridiculous. BoB doesn't sell the book to my country. Diesel had no such problem, so I bought it over there.

The other books don't have this promotion, so if I like this book, I might try to buy the others in BoB, changing the country of residence. If not possible, Diesel will have a new regular client.

At least we now know that the Hachette Book Group is one of the publishing companies that has been hassling BooksOnBoard to restrict the selling of their books to certain countries. This better not spread to other publishers or other ebook stores

Maybe a boycott is called for

lilac_jive · 01-07-2009, 10:44 AM

FYI it is the number one seller on Sony's ebookstore right now.

Over · 01-07-2009, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Can you tell me about the book? Trying to decide whether to buy it.

It's fantasy and it got good reviews. The whole 3 books. So I guess it's a well spent dollar, although you'll end up having to buy the other 2 books to enjoy the full story.

I'm finishing reading an E. E. Knight novel, after that I'll read this one.

Abisha · 01-07-2009, 11:12 AM

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FYI this book is also available for $1 at Sony's ebookstore.

Just a humble recommendation from one friend to another. Stay the hell away from Sony's store. Particularly when you have readily available alternative purchasing and formatting options that are efficient and easy to use. This book deal is available from myriads of other retailers and will allow you to make a legitimate and legal backup backup of your purchase.

five-companies-that-sold-customers-down-the-drm-filled-river/

Sony kills DRM stores -- your DRM music will only last until your next upgrade

01-06-2009, 08:31 PM	#22
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	BTW: I just bought it for my Kindle. Because it was $1. BOb EDIT: Just downloaded, deDRMed and put into my calibre library. Last edited by pilotbob; 01-06-2009 at 08:36 PM.

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Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	The Way of Shadows is epic fantasy and I enjoyed the whole trilogy a lot, buying each book on publication - all as e - and staying way too late to finish them. Prophecies, twists and turns, assassins, magic, miraculous swords, sorcerers male and female, bad and good and in-between, large scale intrigue and action and what not, all the props of epic. It's a page turner especially after the first 200 pages which cover our protagonist from age 10 to 20, but then the rest 1800+ pages of the trilogy are a non-stop action romp...

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