Books from publisher Open Road gone from Kobo (US) store? - Page 2

JSWolf · 07-13-2023, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

It's really disappointing. My eReaderIQ is blowing up with alerts from various Sci-Fi authors, a bunch of them are on Open Road Media. So I can't grab any of the Greg Bear stuff currently on sale on Kobo:

https://www.ereaderiq.com/author/Greg+Bear/

I made a New Year's Resolution to stop buying books from Amazon, but you're making it very difficult, Open Road.

I was having a look at Greg Bear's books on eReaderIQ and I noticed a major goof.

Far Thoughts and Pale Gods (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear Book 2)

This cannot be complete as it's volume 2. Complete would have to be ALL of Greg's short fiction in one book.

ownedbycats · 07-13-2023, 10:57 AM

Lol, yeah that's a bit weird. Though I could see it maybe working if additional stories were written after the original 'complete short fiction' was published? Or a leftover from a paper edition that was split for length (similar to the 'this is printed on recycled paper' in an eBook).

JSWolf · 07-13-2023, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Lol, yeah that's a bit weird. Though I could see it maybe working if additional stories were written after the original 'complete short fiction' was published? Or a leftover from a paper edition that was split for length (similar to the 'this is printed on recycled paper' in an eBook).

What could be used for the title is...

Complete For Now

That way if any new short stories were discovered the book would not have an incorrect title.

rcentros · 07-13-2023, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

It's really disappointing. My eReaderIQ is blowing up with alerts from various Sci-Fi authors, a bunch of them are on Open Road Media. So I can't grab any of the Greg Bear stuff currently on sale on Kobo:

https://www.ereaderiq.com/author/Greg+Bear/

I made a New Year's Resolution to stop buying books from Amazon, but you're making it very difficult, Open Road.

I don't which Greg Bear books you want, but eBooks.com has several Open Road Media ones listed. So you might not have to go to Amazon after all.

rcentros · 07-13-2023, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I was having a look at Greg Bear's books on eReaderIQ and I noticed a major goof.

Far Thoughts and Pale Gods (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear Book 2)

This cannot be complete as it's volume 2. Complete would have to be ALL of Greg's short fiction in one book.

I think what they mean is that, when you've bought all the volumes in the series, you'll have Greg Bear's complete short fiction collection.

This books is available at eBooks.com, BTW (in case it was missing elsewhere).

https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/25...ods/greg-bear/

ownedbycats · 07-13-2023, 11:38 AM

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Cactus Chef · 07-13-2023, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by rcentros

I think what they mean is that, when you've bought all the volumes in the series, you'll have Greg Bear's complete short fiction collection.

This books is available at eBooks.com, BTW (in case it was missing elsewhere).

https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/25...ods/greg-bear/

But not on sale, unfortunately. Whereas it is on sale through Amazon as well as Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=3hyGCgAAQBAJ

Kinda strange. Usually it's either Amazon-only or if it's a "publisher" sale I'd see the same price spread across Amazon, Kobo, B&N, Google Play, and Apple Books.

They are still for-sale on all of the above mentioned platforms except for Kobo, though, so I don't think Open Road entered into some kind of exlusivity deal with Amazon. It seems Kobo-specific.

ownedbycats · 07-13-2023, 12:03 PM

Amazon Prime Day sale maybe? Wouldn't explain google play thoug.

ZodWallop · 07-13-2023, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I found a contact page and sent a message. Though I'll be surprised if they bother to send a reply.

Was it this one?

I sent a message from there. Maybe a few more messages would help?

ZodWallop · 07-13-2023, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I was having a look at Greg Bear's books on eReaderIQ and I noticed a major goof.

Far Thoughts and Pale Gods (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear Book 2)

This cannot be complete as it's volume 2. Complete would have to be ALL of Greg's short fiction in one book.

Oh jeeze

The series is The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear, of which Far Thoughts and Pale Gods is volume 2. Volume 3 Beyond the Farthest Suns is also on sale for $1.99 right now.

ownedbycats · 07-13-2023, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Was it this one?

I sent a message from there. Maybe a few more messages would help?

Yes, that one.

ownedbycats · 07-13-2023, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Oh jeeze

The series is The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear, of which Far Thoughts and Pale Gods is volume 2. Volume 3 Beyond the Farthest Suns is also on sale for $1.99 right now.

It being a series makes a lot more sense

rcentros · 07-14-2023, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

But not on sale, unfortunately. Whereas it is on sale through Amazon as well as Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=3hyGCgAAQBAJ

Sorry for not reading close enough.

JSWolf · 07-14-2023, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by rcentros

I think what they mean is that, when you've bought all the volumes in the series, you'll have Greg Bear's complete short fiction collection.

This books is available at eBooks.com, BTW (in case it was missing elsewhere).

https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/25...ods/greg-bear/

That's not what it says on the cover. It does say Complete and if there are any stories missing, then it's not complete.

What they could do is make all the volumes into an eBook omnibus and then call it complete.

JSWolf · 07-14-2023, 09:01 AM

Another issue...

The Spellsinger series by Alan Dean Foster is mostly on sale for $1.99 each at Amazon. Same books are at eBooks.com but not on sale. No place else has these eBooks.

I'm thinking that Open Road Media is climbing into bed with Amazon.

07-13-2023, 11:38 AM	#21
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,359 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	edit: delete Last edited by ownedbycats; 07-13-2023 at 12:03 PM.

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ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,359 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Lol, yeah that's a bit weird. Though I could see it maybe working if additional stories were written after the original 'complete short fiction' was published? Or a leftover from a paper edition that was split for length (similar to the 'this is printed on recycled paper' in an eBook).

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