01-31-2022, 11:50 AM | #1 |
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Books May Not Be As Promised; or, a wrong cover?
Normally when I fetch a new book. Everything is there.
It's rare to run across a read like this example: The Mammoth Book of the Lost Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes (Mammoth Books) On the front cover it says: 20 NEW ADVENTURES AND INTRIGUES I count 12 stories. The Adventure of the Crimson Arrow The Adventure of Kendal Terrace A Hair’s Breadth The Adventure of the Smiling Face The Adventure of the Fourth Glove The Adventure of the Richmond Recluse The Adventure of the English Scholar The Adventure of the Amethyst Ring The Adventure of the Willow Pool The Adventure of Queen Hippolyta The Adventure of Dedstone Mill An Incident in Society My first thought was an error in the TOC. Nope. Only 12 stories, and an Amazon reviewer listed the exact same story list. I'm asuming they bought the material book or ebook. "Cough, cough" So far, I haven't ran across a TOC for the actual book to confirm or deny. But, I was wondering if anyone else adds the TOC anthologies into their Calibre data in Comments, and noticed this with any other books? Are we always getting what's promised on the cover by the publisher? Or was this simply the wrong book cover selected to be sold? Last edited by HappyCalibreUser; 01-31-2022 at 11:52 AM. |
01-31-2022, 12:05 PM | #2 |
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amazon frequently lumps kindle books and paper books from different publishers on the same product page.
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01-31-2022, 12:23 PM | #3 |
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Ah, good to know.
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01-31-2022, 12:28 PM | #4 |
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Amazon reviews (and they own Goodreads) are often worthless. I will "download to PC" the free Kindle sample as it will have complete ToC. Or View Inside.
I don't usually buy Kindle ebooks without testing/checking a sample. There are multiple ways to check the contents of a paper book if you have the ISBN (which can tell you the publisher). |
02-01-2022, 07:28 AM | #5 |
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Sometimes, the Kindle edition includes fewer stories because the publisher couldn’t get the electronic rights to all the stories for the Kindle edition. (I’ve seen this happen when the Kindle edition came out years after the original version. In that case, the author might have reprinted the story somewhere else.) Unfortunately, the reviews for both editions will end up linked.
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02-01-2022, 07:50 AM | #6 |
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02-01-2022, 09:05 AM | #7 | |
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02-01-2022, 11:03 AM | #8 |
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Notify Amazon if they sold the book to you that says 20 and only has 12 .
Be sure to count the stories and not just go by a list. Sloppy edit/proof may be the issue on the interior listing. The Amazon ad can not claim MORE than was provided from that site, the FTC gets real unhappy with them. (they can include un declared Bonus material) Also note: US editions may be different than EU... ( copyright term variations. ) |
02-01-2022, 12:20 PM | #9 |
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Obviously "doesn't match description" is a valid reason for return 14 days UK, 7 days US
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02-03-2022, 02:19 PM | #10 | |
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Thanks for that link. It showed me a correct book cover I have now used to correct my book. Thank you, and thank's to Calibre for the ease to change the covers. |
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