P-C, if you hate it so much I'm sure there are plenty of people who'd be happy to take it off your hands. :)
I gave that same Kindle to a friend recently for her birthday and I hope she's not put off by the ads.
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javachik - Dec 15, 2011 9:26:59 pm PST #18836 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Jessica - Dec 16, 2011 3:42:53 am PST #18837 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have not needed to do so for REAMDE. Does that book not have a glossary?
Well, REAMDE takes place in the present-day real world, more or less. Anathem is a parallel universe.
And "putting together" an ebook just requires hitting the "covert to PDF" button. Hmpf.
I've seen too many badly formatted e-books to believe it's quite that easy.
That said, I miss the days when all e-books were 9.99. $10 for a book is a reasonable price to me - it's more than a paperback, but I can buy it lying in bed and start reading right there. Once the price starts creeping up towards $15...is twice the price of a paperback worth the convenience? Less so.
Jessica - Dec 16, 2011 3:43:53 am PST #18838 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh hey, I just noticed this isn't Literary. Heh.
le nubian - Dec 16, 2011 3:47:50 am PST #18839 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ha! I know.
I have not read Anathem or anything else by Stephenson, so I had no idea there were glossaries.
sumi - Dec 16, 2011 4:01:31 am PST #18840 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
I like how, when Amazon lists a price for an ebook at $9.99 they include a message that says that it's the publisher's price.
Doesn't B&N do cheap ebooks? You know, like Amazon does? (Signed, addicted to the Kindle Deal of the Day.)
Kathy A - Dec 16, 2011 4:33:03 am PST #18841 of 25501
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I am irritated at the prices of the books for sale. Admittedly, most of the physical books I buy are used, but so many e-books that have had a number of paperback editions are priced at trade paperback levels or more.
There was just an article in the Tribune about this yesterday.
Ginger - Dec 16, 2011 4:50:11 am PST #18842 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
From Kathy's link:
John Makinson, chief executive of Penguin Group, says Penguin has seen some price resistance at the higher end, such as the $18.99 that it charges for the digital edition of Follett's "Fall of Giants."
"Some of the issue is that digital customers can't see how large the book actually is," he says.
I don't buy books by weight.
The reality is that producing e-books costs a tiny fraction of the cost of printing and shipping books. They make a good point about reducing the sales of printed books, but I don't think a business model in which e-books are subsidizing printed books is ultimately workable. They also mention authors' royalties, but that's a failure of an antiquated system for paying authors.
le nubian - Dec 16, 2011 4:52:26 am PST #18843 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't buy books by weight.
no fucking shit.
the length of the book has a direct impact of the cost of the AUDIOBOOK, but less so on the ebook.
we are not crazy.
Jessica - Dec 16, 2011 4:54:01 am PST #18844 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Some of the issue is that digital customers can't see how large the book actually is," he says.
And some of the issue is that digital publishers can't see that their customers are not stupid enough to believe it costs more to deliver those extra pixels.
Gris - Dec 16, 2011 5:07:09 am PST #18845 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I... kind of do buy books by weight? In that I believe a really long book that is compelling all the way through is worth more to me than a short book of the same level, since it will give me many more hours of entertainment. I'm always amazed when a book like Game of Thrones, which enthralls me for days at a time, is the same price as a Meg Cabot book that I can read in 45 minutes. I actually think this encourages shorter books in the marketplace, which is sad, since I love the experience of a mega-tale.
I wouldn't pay the same price for a single episode of Friends as I would for The Fellowship of the Ring, you know?