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Old 08-24-2007, 01:55 PM   #16
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The latest talks about Fictionwise caught my interest so I did a little investigating.

C.J. Cherryh just published the lastest tome of the 'Foreigner' saga called 'Deliverer' so I decided to look it up.

Ebook form at Fictionwise: $25.95 list - $22.06 Club
Hard back paper Amazon : $25.95 list - $17.13 special
Paper back Alibris : $ 5.86

Is this a good way of promoting ebooks?

3 Guesses at which one I'm inclined to purchase?
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Old 08-24-2007, 01:58 PM   #17
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Not a case of changing my mind - I've never been against DRM (unlike some ). I've just been happy until now with Baen's SF and Fantasy together with free stuff from PG. Just felt like "expanding" my reading horizons a little with more general books, and Fictionwise offers a great range of reading matter.
Mostly in LIT, PDF, and eReader.
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Old 08-24-2007, 02:03 PM   #18
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The latest talks about Fictionwise caught my interest so I did a little investigating.

C.J. Cherryh just published the lastest tome of the 'Foreigner' saga called 'Deliverer' so I decided to look it up.

Ebook form at Fictionwise: $25.95 list - $22.06 Club
Hard back paper Amazon : $25.95 list - $17.13 special
Paper back Alibris : $ 5.86

Is this a good way of promoting ebooks?

3 Guesses at which one I'm inclined to purchase?
BooksOnBoard - $20.50 for ...
Adobe Reader 7 PDF
Microsoft Reader
eReader

And $20.76 at Sony Connect
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Old 08-24-2007, 02:16 PM   #19
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The latest talks about Fictionwise caught my interest so I did a little investigating.

C.J. Cherryh just published the lastest tome of the 'Foreigner' saga called 'Deliverer' so I decided to look it up.

Ebook form at Fictionwise: $25.95 list - $22.06 Club
Hard back paper Amazon : $25.95 list - $17.13 special
Paper back Alibris : $ 5.86

Is this a good way of promoting ebooks?

3 Guesses at which one I'm inclined to purchase?
The mmpb of Deliverer is not yet available (volume 8 appeared in mmpb when Deliverer which is #9 appeared in hc); I agree that the market price for it is about 17$ which Amazon charges (free delivery with very easy conditions), so the e-book prices are ridiculous, but that's the publisher's fault not Fictionwise or any other etailer...
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Mostly in LIT, PDF, and eReader.
True but, as you well know, one can be "flexible" as a result of buying LIT books.
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True but, as you well know, one can be "flexible" as a result of buying LIT books.
Very true. Again, I just did a format conversion of another of my purchased ebooks and it came out very nice.
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Old 08-24-2007, 03:54 PM   #22
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BooksOnBoard - $20.50 for ...
Adobe Reader 7 PDF
Microsoft Reader
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And $20.76 at Sony Connect
Yeah but $5.86 ( read, five eighty-six) in paper back?

That's a long way from the lowest ebook!
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Old 08-25-2007, 04:30 AM   #23
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But it's not available. You can quote any price you like for a book that you can't buy .
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Old 08-26-2007, 01:44 PM   #24
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Harry's right, can't compare the paperback price 'til it's out.
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Not a case of changing my mind - I've never been against DRM (unlike some ). I've just been happy until now with Baen's SF and Fantasy together with free stuff from PG. Just felt like "expanding" my reading horizons a little with more general books, and Fictionwise offers a great range of reading matter.
This is probably why I thought you changed your mind about DRM (it's from an older thread):

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I should clarify that I do buy books, but from Baen, not Connect. To my mind, Baen are the only publisher in the business doing the "right thing" - ie publishing DRM-free books in open formats at (mostly) sensible prices. They deserve everyone's support for that.
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