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.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
Ginger - Apr 11, 2012 11:32:32 am PDT #18431 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2012 11:37:17 am PDT #18432 of 28293
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 28293
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.)
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2012 12:03:36 pm PDT #18434 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Does Anathem have graphs and charts and shit? I am considering it for my next audiobook (almost done with Ready Player One, so I am in a Neal Stephenson mood now), but I don't want to miss out on any great visual aids like in Cryptonomicon. Although actually Reamde seems like an even more appropriate follow-up to that book. Any graphs/charts in that one?
Tom Scola - Apr 11, 2012 12:07:56 pm PDT #18435 of 28293
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Anathem has a few illustrations, but more importantly, it has a glossary that will need to be referenced often.
hippocampus - Apr 11, 2012 12:17:31 pm PDT #18436 of 28293
not your mom's socks.
P-C, no. Not that I recall (for REAMDE)
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2012 12:18:45 pm PDT #18437 of 28293
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Anathem has a few illustrations, but more importantly, it has a glossary that will need to be referenced often.
Ah, that is a good point.
P-C, no. Not that I recall (for REAMDE)
Ooh, well, maybe that would be better.
Liese S. - Apr 11, 2012 2:18:08 pm PDT #18438 of 28293
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
If it's annotated properly, using a glossary in ebooks is perfectly simple.
I wish there was a secondary market where I could *give* ebooks away. I'm happy to do without it, I just feel there should be a way I can legally transfer my drm!
erikaj - Apr 11, 2012 2:27:21 pm PDT #18439 of 28293
Always Anti-fascist!
Until that happens, people won't convert fully. Signed, didn't want to pay $12.99 for Why We Suck
le nubian - Apr 11, 2012 2:59:41 pm PDT #18440 of 28293
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
God. I need to finish Reamde.