04-09-2010, 07:20 AM | #31 |
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You know what would really make me mad..if I purchased donuts and I got home and they were not in the bag! That scenario makes a missing book cover seem trivial!
As a side note, I stripped the DRM off my first book last night so I could add the cover, picture of the author, and delete the hyperlinked chapters! Hah! Take that large corporation! Dave |
04-09-2010, 08:24 AM | #32 | |
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"Take that large corporation!" means something very different to: "Take that, large corporation!" |
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04-09-2010, 09:52 AM | #33 |
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ROFL Harry! Touche'
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04-09-2010, 11:41 AM | #34 | |
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04-09-2010, 12:16 PM | #35 |
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If the publisher isn't going to do their job, I'd be happy to pay the author's normal take plus a $1 hosting and marketing fee. I don't want to pay them for a job they're not doing.
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04-09-2010, 03:29 PM | #36 |
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I'm with Susan -- I don't care about covers. I'm far more concerned about proper formatting and proofreading.
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04-09-2010, 03:48 PM | #37 |
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Whereas if they can't even be bothered to include the cover art, my confidence in their ability to have properly handled more subtle details goes way down.
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04-09-2010, 04:26 PM | #38 | |
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So that's the explanation. That said, I feel the same way when I buy an ebook--I'd like to have the cover art with it, and feel gypped if I don't get it. Usually I use Calibre to add the cover image myself. |
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04-10-2010, 04:06 PM | #39 | |
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