Come ON, who has read the last Parasol Protectorate book! I need to geeble more about it!
I have! if you start geebling I will try to join in.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Apr 11, 2012 10:08:37 am PDT #18424 of 28403
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Atropa - Apr 11, 2012 10:24:00 am PDT #18425 of 28403
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
-t, do you want to wait until at least Teppy is done with it? Because I'm pretty sure she will join in on the general flailing of OMG BIFFY AND LYALL!
-t - Apr 11, 2012 10:30:21 am PDT #18426 of 28403
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought that whitefont might be the most flail-worthy thing! Yeah, I don't mind waiting.
Steph L. - Apr 11, 2012 10:32:19 am PDT #18427 of 28403
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I glare in the general direction of your whitefont (which I didn't read).
Definitely starting it tonight!
Atropa - Apr 11, 2012 10:35:43 am PDT #18428 of 28403
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Then I will wait to whitefont squeal about the other thing that made me all flailyhands.
Connie Neil - Apr 11, 2012 10:42:11 am PDT #18429 of 28403
brillig
Interesting development
U.S. sues Apple, publishers over pricing of electronic books
The U.S. government filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and various major book publishers Wednesday, saying the publishers conspired with Apple to raise retail electronic-book prices to limit competition.
The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan said the effort was a response to the success Amazon had in selling e-books for just under $10.
I just wish ebooks had a secondary market where I could buy them used.
Gris - Apr 11, 2012 11:06:01 am PDT #18430 of 28403
Hey. New board.
I wish they had a secondary market where I could SELL them used!
Ginger - Apr 11, 2012 11:32:32 am PDT #18431 of 28403
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The last Parasol Protectorate "has left seller facility and is in transit." That order was frustrating, because it had books I wanted to read right that second on my Nook, but would probably want to keep as books. Both versions were the same price. There should be someway to sell e and paper versions together for a discount. Say the e-book went dead in two weeks unless revived by a code found in the printed version.
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2012 11:37:17 am PDT #18432 of 28403
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I like real books! But it would also be nice to have e-versions sometimes. Except I already paid for the book! It's the same reason I don't usually buy mp3s because I don't want to pay for the same music twice if I want to buy the CD.
And I do understand that e-books don't magically appear, and they take work to convert and make awesome for e-readers, but I can't see why they should cost as much as a physical book. It was nice when I bought Machine of Death, and they sent us all free ebook versions in multiple formats.
Atropa - Apr 11, 2012 11:59:48 am PDT #18433 of 28403
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
There should be someway to sell e and paper versions together for a discount. Say the e-book went dead in two weeks unless revived by a code found in the printed version.
I wish this would happen. Usually the only e-books I buy are ones I already own in paper, but want to be able to carry them with me wherever I am. (Why yes, I have e and paper versions of all the Parasol Protectorate books, The Night Circus, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. And Dracula, of course, but that's a given.)