11-29-2011, 10:48 AM | #1 |
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Fahrenheit 451
NEW YORK (AP) -- At age 91, Ray Bradbury is making peace with the future he helped predict.
The science fiction/fantasy author and longtime enemy of the e-book has finally allowed his dystopian classic "Fahrenheit 451" to be published in digital format. Simon & Schuster released the electronic edition Tuesday. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-29-10-26-06 |
11-29-2011, 11:04 AM | #2 |
Now what?
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One can only hope that the rest of his back list soon follows.
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11-29-2011, 11:05 AM | #3 |
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Interesting. I wonder how much it will cost for an ebook copy when it is available for the Kindle.
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11-29-2011, 11:10 AM | #4 |
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11-29-2011, 11:25 AM | #5 |
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Most of his books are already available as ebooks thanks to a dedicated bunch of fans. It will be interesting to see if Simon & Schuster formatting is up to the same standards.
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11-29-2011, 11:28 AM | #6 |
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11-29-2011, 11:29 AM | #7 |
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11-29-2011, 11:30 AM | #8 |
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What? No introductory offer at $4.51?
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11-29-2011, 11:38 AM | #9 |
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Too much for such an old book. Favorite or not, I ain't paying that.
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11-29-2011, 11:41 AM | #10 |
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Whoooooooops! I already sent my copy to 1DollarScan, cut and scanned into a PDF for a couple of bucks, and converted to epub via FineReader and Sigil.
That's what my "big distraction" Internet did for me, Mr. Bradbury. Cost me a lot less than $10, too. |
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Also, it was clever of Amazon to import over the 1,420 reviews from the paperback copy. No Kindle bombs based on price or bad formatting. Kind of sneaky, I think, but what-can-you-do.
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11-29-2011, 11:53 AM | #12 |
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^It's even funnier considering the first two 1-star reviews I read were because the audio book was painful to listen to.
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11-29-2011, 11:56 AM | #13 |
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11-29-2011, 12:05 PM | #14 |
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Simon and Schuster means no library lending in the US.
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11-29-2011, 12:09 PM | #15 |
Is that a sandwich?
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The paperback is $6.99.
A $3 ebook premium. |
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