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| Archimedes of Syracuse |
Posted - 05 May 2012 : 10:21:17
There are as of now 3 Ebook only for 2012, all of which i would absolutely love to read. Prince of ravens especially, oh my word does that book sound awesome. shadowbane (which i'm extremely bummed i wont get to read:(!!! ) plus all the cold steel and secrets books. Add that up and thats 7 books total I am telling you for certain i would purchase if in paper back, as i own almost all current and past books, thats about 50$ lost profit.
Are paper really selling so poorly? Unfortunately i don't and never will own an Ereader of any kind, I absolutely must have a book to put on my shelf after reading, plus my eyes tire way faster reading off screen, it sucks. I'm not upset, more just disappointed these are stories that have been kept from me that i'd love to read. My question is will this be a continued trend? As 2 of those Ebooks are, I'm assuming along with the rise of the underdark, will all rise of the underdark novels be Ebook? Tis a scary thought as these are novels I'm highly highly anticipating. |
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| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 08 May 2012 : 16:00:19
As I've mentioned in the other thread, WotC is currently working on the international distribution question.
You should definitely advocate your views to WotC: post on their site, send them emails, post on social media, etc. The ebook-only push is an experiment, and they need feedback to know how effective it has been.
Cheers |
| Tanthalas |
Posted - 08 May 2012 : 02:43:03
My worry is that I've seen people mentioning that the Realms ebooks are not available for purchase outside of the US.
I wanted to buy a kindle for Shadowbane and all the "reprints" of old FR novels, but if I can't buy them through amazon.co.uk how can I get them? Even if I could get them directly from amazon.com (which appears to not be possible) for some reason I can't find any of Elaine Cunningham's "reprints" using their search engine.
I never had a problem in buying physical books (though the old Realms books are not available) so I'm also not particularly happy with this move to ebook only.
Though if I'm wrong and people from Europe can get the ebooks through amazon someone please enlighten me. |
| Archimedes of Syracuse |
Posted - 06 May 2012 : 05:29:56
Thank you, I have sent them a email, kindly letting them know how i feel and my position on ereaders. Also read that thread and its more a discussion of ebook only titles which was a good read, but I'm wondering if its known that it will continue or just a see how it goes. What I got from the thread was its a see how it goes kinda thing but figured id come and ask. |
| Thieran |
Posted - 05 May 2012 : 15:49:15
See also the discussion in this scroll: http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16422 |
| Artemas Entreri |
Posted - 05 May 2012 : 15:13:14
Share your opinion with WOTC, if enough people complain then maybe something will be done. I am like you and will never purchase an e-reader and really enjoy having a physical book to read and shelve afterwards. |
