I'm mad at Amazon and Stephen King - Page 2

AnemicOak · 10-21-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jpasarela

When will these publishers learn.

New Stephen King e-book to cost $35

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In another shot at the e-market, King's e-book will not be released until Dec. 24, virtually the end of the holiday season and a month after the hardcover.

Which will just likely encourage more folks to get the pirated version over a month earlier.

kindlekitten · 10-21-2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

Unbelievable. Hopefully the library will have it as an ebook. I will get it, put it on my kindle, and to heck with Stephen King. I am not even going to give him (and his publisher) the $9 for the pbook.

I wouldn't blame King for something that the publishing house is doing.

seems odd doesn't it that the publishers are slitting their own throats? the delay on publishing to e-print is not going to convince me to buy a hardcover.

Sporadic · 10-21-2009, 03:00 PM

F**k them.

I was hoping to buy the hardback for my dad ($9+shipping) and the Kindle $9.99 edition for me. Maybe I'll just cancel my hardback preorder and wait for the library to get it/steal a digital copy for myself.

Instead of getting $20, they'll get nothing while I still get to read the book.

Sporadic · 10-21-2009, 03:45 PM

To twist the knive, a whole bunch of new Stephen King titles have been uploaded on the Kindle store.

$6.39

Cujo
The Dark Half
The Dead Zone
Desperation
Different Seasons
Dolores Claiborne
The Eyes Of The Dragon
Firestarter
Four Past Midnight
Gerald's Game
Insomnia
The Long Walk
Misery
Needful Things
Roadwork
Rose Madder
Skelton Crew
Thinner
The Tommyknockers

$7.19

It

jament · 10-21-2009, 04:05 PM

I'll spend $9 on the hardcover because I have all of King's books. But I'll also download it as soon as it's pirated and read it on my e-reader. And send a polite e-mail to the publisher letting them know how much I enjoyed reading it on my e-reader device. Maybe someday they'll get it.

desertgrandma · 10-21-2009, 04:07 PM

I think people need to realize we don't actually know WHAT the price for the Kindle book will be, regardless of the article.

Amazon sometimes lists new K books at a slightly higher price, maybe $2-3 more, but they always go down once the furor has passed....

rcuadro · 10-21-2009, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

I think people need to realize we don't actually know WHAT the price for the Kindle book will be, regardless of the article.

Agreed! There are plenty of times you see book for $20 or more and they turn out to be discounted to $9.99 right off the get go so we will see how things go

Sporadic · 10-21-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

I think people need to realize we don't actually know WHAT the price for the Kindle book will be, regardless of the article.

Amazon sometimes lists new K books at a slightly higher price, maybe $2-3 more, but they always go down once the furor has passed....

It's still coming out a month after the hardback release.

Mr. Dalliard · 10-21-2009, 08:50 PM

Scanning a pbook is not as tough as it once was.
If you are prepared to chop the book up, you could quite easily scan a 1000 page novel to a pdf at 600dpi in around 20 minutes on a half-decent copier.

You could then feed that into the latest ABBYY finereader and OCR it with 99.9% accuracy, with original formatting, in around 2 hours on a sufficiently powerful PC.

What's more, both stages are fully automated processes.

daffy4u · 10-21-2009, 08:50 PM

I did pre-order the hard cover. King is one where I will always have a hard back version for my "library".

I don't mind paying a bit more for the ebook version but not $35. So I'll have to see what the Kindle price is. I may have to go to that place I've never visited to get a copy and replace it when the price is more reasonable.

kindlekitten · 10-21-2009, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

I did pre-order the hard cover. King is one where I will always have a hard back version for my "library".

I don't mind paying a bit more for the ebook version but not $35. So I'll have to see what the Kindle price is. I may have to go to that place I've never visited to get a copy and replace it when the price is more reasonable.

*gasp*

no! never! not *shudder* Wal-Mart!?

daffy4u · 10-21-2009, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

*gasp*

no! never! not *shudder* Wal-Mart!?

Worse. It's a very dark place full of one-eyed sailors who don't look anything like Johnny Depp.

kindlekitten · 10-22-2009, 01:13 AM

one eyed sailors 'eh? I can think of one eyed other things... but not sailors

Mr. Dalliard · 10-22-2009, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

one eyed sailors 'eh? I can think of one eyed other things... but not sailors

Trouser snakes?

Flub · 10-22-2009, 07:53 AM

Consider yourself lucky you can even buy books from big name authors. In the UK I did a Kindle book search for Stephen King and couldn't find any of his books. Same with almost every other author I tried. It's a good job I'm confident Amazon will get it sorted eventually or I might think I'd wasted my money.

10-21-2009, 03:00 PM	#18
Sporadic Banned Posts: 427 Karma: 2690 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kindle 1	F*k them. I was hoping to buy the hardback for my dad ($9+shipping) and the Kindle $9.99 edition for me. Maybe I'll just cancel my hardback preorder and wait for the library to get it/steal a digital copy for myself. Instead of getting $20, they'll get nothing while I still get to read the book. Last edited by Alexander Turcic; 11-19-2010 at 02:43 PM.*

10-21-2009, 08:50 PM	#24
Mr. Dalliard Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 35 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Osaka, Japan Device: Kindle 3	Scanning a pbook is not as tough as it once was. If you are prepared to chop the book up, you could quite easily scan a 1000 page novel to a pdf at 600dpi in around 20 minutes on a half-decent copier. You could then feed that into the latest ABBYY finereader and OCR it with 99.9% accuracy, with original formatting, in around 2 hours on a sufficiently powerful PC. What's more, both stages are fully automated processes. Last edited by Mr. Dalliard; 10-21-2009 at 08:52 PM.

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Sporadic Banned Posts: 427 Karma: 2690 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kindle 1	To twist the knive, a whole bunch of new Stephen King titles have been uploaded on the Kindle store. $6.39 Cujo The Dark Half The Dead Zone Desperation Different Seasons Dolores Claiborne The Eyes Of The Dragon Firestarter Four Past Midnight Gerald's Game Insomnia The Long Walk Misery Needful Things Roadwork Rose Madder Skelton Crew Thinner The Tommyknockers $7.19 It

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jament Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 185 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Sony 505	I'll spend $9 on the hardcover because I have all of King's books. But I'll also download it as soon as it's pirated and read it on my e-reader. And send a polite e-mail to the publisher letting them know how much I enjoyed reading it on my e-reader device. Maybe someday they'll get it.

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desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	I think people need to realize we don't actually know WHAT the price for the Kindle book will be, regardless of the article. Amazon sometimes lists new K books at a slightly higher price, maybe $2-3 more, but they always go down once the furor has passed....

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daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	I did pre-order the hard cover. King is one where I will always have a hard back version for my "library". I don't mind paying a bit more for the ebook version but not $35. So I'll have to see what the Kindle price is. I may have to go to that place I've never visited to get a copy and replace it when the price is more reasonable.

10-22-2009, 01:13 AM	#28
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	one eyed sailors 'eh? I can think of one eyed other things... but not sailors

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Flub Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 70995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: United Kingdom Device: iPhone, PRS-505, K2i, iPad 64GB+3G, K3, Nexus S	Consider yourself lucky you can even buy books from big name authors. In the UK I did a Kindle book search for Stephen King and couldn't find any of his books. Same with almost every other author I tried. It's a good job I'm confident Amazon will get it sorted eventually or I might think I'd wasted my money.