The prices of newly created ebooks from old editions also annoys the heck out of me. It makes one contemplate other options that would appeal to Many Times Great-Grandpa Murat Reis (with apologies to the village of Baltimore in Ireland, whose inhabitants were captured and sold into slavery in Morocco by said Grandpa).
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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."
Connie Neil - Sep 29, 2014 6:52:29 am PDT #22738 of 28564
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meara - Sep 29, 2014 6:55:27 am PDT #22739 of 28564
I actually have less issue with the prices for old books--if they came out before ebooks were around, then I can see that it would be work to get it all updated and electronic and so on. BUT, if all they're doing is scanning the thing with OCR...no. If they're actually doing a good job with it, then yes. Newer books it's more annoying--not like I think they should be free, or anything, but sometimes the prices on the paperback are CHEAPER than the ebook price, if there's a sale! Which is ridiculous.
Dana - Sep 29, 2014 7:13:43 am PDT #22740 of 28564
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
My favorite OCR error is when the c and l get pushed together at the beginning of a word like "click".
Sue - Sep 29, 2014 7:31:38 am PDT #22741 of 28564
hip deep in pie
Newer books it's more annoying--not like I think they should be free, or anything, but sometimes the prices on the paperback are CHEAPER than the ebook price, if there's a sale! Which is ridiculous.
Yes! I spent $18 (1) on a new ebook when my dad was in the hospital. The trade paperback was only a $1 more. It galled me, but since I was staying up all night, I decided I deserved a treat.
Toddson - Sep 30, 2014 9:05:31 am PDT #22742 of 28564
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
This looks interesting.
shrift - Sep 30, 2014 4:14:20 pm PDT #22743 of 28564
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Diane Duane is celebrating being banned in Texas by extending a sale on the 9-volume Young Wizards ebooks box set: [link]
9 books for $27.99.
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2014 2:07:01 pm PDT #22744 of 28564
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What the fucking fuck, Code Name Verity. Just what the fucking fuck, just kill my goddamn soul, why don't you.
Fuck everything, I'm done with literature.
Ginger - Oct 05, 2014 2:32:39 pm PDT #22745 of 28564
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I hope you weren't driving.
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2014 2:34:35 pm PDT #22746 of 28564
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I was.
I yelled, "WHAT?!" and my eyes went wide and I gripped the steering wheel and my eyes started to water and I tried not to burst into tears and I was just fucking dead inside.
Ginger - Oct 05, 2014 2:55:39 pm PDT #22747 of 28564
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I wonder how many plot twist accidents there have been.