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[AtreiyaN7]

Homebody by Orson Scott Card.

[Chiantirose1982]

Dan Brown - Inferno



Also still trying to finish Dante Alighieri - The Inferno




Funny how I can't finish Dante's book, but Dan Brown's book just got me hooked even though it's pretty much about Dante's work (as far as I can tell, I haven't finished it yet) I admit it, I'm a Robert Langdon fangirl!

[AtreiyaN7]

Death Is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury. Annoying number of typos in the HarperCollins e-book (as a book designer, it drives me a bit batty), but since it's Ray Bradbury, I'm willing to put up with the typos.

[cato potato]

AtreiyaN7 wrote...

Death Is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury. Annoying number of typos in the HarperCollins e-book (as a book designer, it drives me a bit batty), but since it's Ray Bradbury, I'm willing to put up with the typos.

The Norm Chronicles by Michael Blastland and David Spiegelhalter - a non-fiction book on risk and probability. Also, I'm re-reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, I love that book.

@AtreiyaN7 - You're a book designer? Cool. Seeing as how you're involved in the industry do you have any idea why some e-books cost more than their paperback equivalents (even from the same publisher)? I've seen quite a few like that and I just can't get my head around it.

[LadyJaneGrey]

David Weber's On Basilisk Station

I now want a treecat.

[AtreiyaN7]

cato_84 wrote...

AtreiyaN7 wrote...

Death Is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury. Annoying number of typos in the HarperCollins e-book (as a book designer, it drives me a bit batty), but since it's Ray Bradbury, I'm willing to put up with the typos.

The Norm Chronicles by Michael Blastland and David Spiegelhalter - a non-fiction book on risk and probability. Also, I'm re-reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, I love that book.

@AtreiyaN7 - You're a book designer? Cool. Seeing as how you're involved in the industry do you have any idea why some e-books cost more than their paperback equivalents (even from the same publisher)? I've seen quite a few like that and I just can't get my head around it.

Sorry, but I work strictly on the design/editing end for a small company - not one of the big players at all I must emphasize - so I only know as much as the next person about e-book pricing. From what I can tell, part of it has been due to collusion between major publishers and Apple to fix prices because the major publishers listed weren't happy about Amazon's discounted pricing. Here's a recent article on the issue: http://money.cnn.com...ling/?hpt=hp_t2

If you read the article, the publishers listed there evidently though that Amazon's $9.99 was too low. Supposedly, prices have settled back down to around $9.99, but as to why the publishers consider that too low when they don't actually have to spend money on paper, ink, etc. for an e-book, maybe it's due to the declining market for physical copies of books - which would include the pricier hardback versions I expect.

Perhaps they justify it to themselves by saying that A) you can get extra features in e-books and that they're still cheaper than hardbacks. That's just my guess, though. I still buy e-books despite the pricing because I really don't have the room for more physical copies of books. The convenience makes it worth it for me, although I don't particularly agree with the pricing either. I'm sort of okay with it as long as they don't go too nuts.

Modifié par AtreiyaN7, 16 juillet 2013 - 06:37 .

[Fiddles dee dee]

It's a humorous look at Australian history, well written and genuinely funny.

[Verfallen]

Hunted by Kevin Hearne

[cato potato]

AtreiyaN7 wrote...

cato_84 wrote...

AtreiyaN7 wrote...

Death Is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury. Annoying number of typos in the HarperCollins e-book (as a book designer, it drives me a bit batty), but since it's Ray Bradbury, I'm willing to put up with the typos.

The Norm Chronicles by Michael Blastland and David Spiegelhalter - a non-fiction book on risk and probability. Also, I'm re-reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, I love that book.

@AtreiyaN7 - You're a book designer? Cool. Seeing as how you're involved in the industry do you have any idea why some e-books cost more than their paperback equivalents (even from the same publisher)? I've seen quite a few like that and I just can't get my head around it.

Sorry, but I work strictly on the design/editing end for a small company - not one of the big players at all I must emphasize - so I only know as much as the next person about e-book pricing. From what I can tell, part of it has been due to collusion between major publishers and Apple to fix prices because the major publishers listed weren't happy about Amazon's discounted pricing. Here's a recent article on the issue: http://money.cnn.com...ling/?hpt=hp_t2

If you read the article, the publishers listed there evidently though that Amazon's $9.99 was too low. Supposedly, prices have settled back down to around $9.99, but as to why the publishers consider that too low when they don't actually have to spend money on paper, ink, etc. for a e-book, maybe it's due to the declining market for physical copies of books - which would include the pricier hardback versions I expect.

Perhaps they justify it to themselves by saying that A) you can get extra features in e-books and that they're still cheaper than hardbacks. That's just my guess, though. I still buy e-books despite the pricing because I really don't have the room for more physical copies of books. The convenience makes it worth it for me, although I don't particularly agree with the pricing either. I'm sort of okay with it as long as they don't go too nuts.

Thanks very much for taking the time to answer anyway. I still prefer my physical media regardless of price, I'd rather spend my cash on something tangible rather than electrons buzzing around a box made of spider's webs and magic.

Yes, I'm aware of the irony that I typed that out on a computer..........I'm an old fashioned hypocrite.

Modifié par cato_84, 16 juillet 2013 - 01:38 .

[Beerfish]

I finally finished Barchester Towers. Now I have to decide whether to go for another Anthony Trollope book, A Larry Niven book or the World of Thedas.

[AtreiyaN7]

cato_84 wrote...

Yes, I'm aware of the irony that I typed that out on a computer..........I'm an old fashioned hypocrite.

Hah, the real irony is that I just noticed a typo I made! Oh, the shame - well, at least I promptly fixed it in my original post.

[AtreiyaN7]

The Unincorporated Future by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin (fourth novel in a sci-fi series).

[LadyJaneGrey]

*adds Girt to list*

I just finished Kindl's Keeping the Castle.  Meh.  A promising first half followed by an uninvolving second half.

[Really Sad Panther]

Utah Beach by Joseph Balkoski

[Fiddles dee dee]

currently reading a vodka bottle lable but i might attempt some Elizabeth jolley and miss peabody's inheritance

[A Crusty Knight Of Colour]

i am reading the subtitles on tourettes guy videos

[Heavenly69]

Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

[Ramillete]

Eduardo Mendoza: El misterio de la cripta embrujada

[LadyJaneGrey]

Vivian Vande Velde's Deadly Pink.  I enjoyed Heir Apparent more, but this was still fun.  The author pokes at gaming expectations and conventions without being mean-spirited.

Next up: Rupp's How Carrots Won the Trojan War.

[AtreiyaN7]

Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder). There are eleven interconnected short stories that you could probably categorize as literary horror - it's been interesting thus far.

Modifié par AtreiyaN7, 19 juillet 2013 - 07:04 .

[Hey]

current im reseraching the canine digestive system since my dog just ate some weird ass **** he shouldnt have eaten fuking dick,...

[AtreiyaN7]

Just After Sunset by Stephen King - a collection of short stories.

[ObserverStatus]

At The Mountains of Madness - H.P. Lovecraft

[Cainhurst Crow]

Fool, by christopher moore. Also Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal also by christopher moore

Than I might actually read Game of Thrones by george r. r. martin and The Color of Magic by terry pratchett.

I'm more a levity type of guy than a tragedy one.

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AtreiyaN7 wrote...

Just After Sunset by Stephen King - a collection of short stories.

Have you ever read the short story collection called Everthing's Eventual by King? I think I prefer his short stories or at least shorter novels. Most of the long works of his that I've read like The Stand & It are very good but but falter towards the last 3rd or so.