ha! I know.
I have not read Anathem or anything else by Stephenson, so I had no idea there were glossaries.
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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."
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?
Gris - Dec 16, 2011 5:08:41 am PST #18846 of 25501
Hey. New board.
By the way, P-C, I say give the ads a chance. They're not so bad, according to most reports, including my co-workers. If you don't end up liking the kindle they won't matter, and if you end up loving it but find the ads distasteful, $40 is still pretty cheap for the gadget.
SuziQ - Dec 16, 2011 5:21:47 am PST #18847 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
And if you still don't like it, P-C, I can forward you my address. I'd happily pay the postage.
Steph L. - Dec 16, 2011 5:33:30 am PST #18848 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
"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.
I work in the pixel mines every day! Those pixels are heavy! SO HEAVY.
I threw out my back kerning one day. It's brutal.
t /woe is the editor