This Makes Little Sense to Me

Fred Kiesche04 Oct 2006, 08:14

Greetings: I have a lot of books in electronic format. Generally, I'll own both "dead tree" and electronic formats, especially if they're published by certain authors (Baen, no snickering please, comes to mind). So before embarking on a re-read of the "New Sun", I thought I'd see if they were available in electronic format. I've found it a good way of making notes, "dog-earring" the text, etc. Dang. It ain't so. And the selection that **is** available puzzles me: The Knight (but not The Wizard!) Strange Travelers (O.K., an independent) Return to the Whorl (volume 3 of the Book of the Short Sun...but not the first two?) I'll never understand why publishers do things like release one book electronically...and not the first...and never follow it up. Maybe these wouldn't sell like hotcakes in electronic format, but I'll bet if I were a dishonest soul who searched the seamy side of the internet, I could probably come up with pirate editions of what I'm looking for. But I won't. I am willing to spend money to buy electronic versions. But I guess I'll have to score some more paperbacks (used or new) and mark, notate and dog-ear them. Grumble. Fred Kiesche (FPK3) My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water. (Mark Twain, "Notebook") Over 7,000 postings served! See The Eternal Golden Braid (http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/ ).

Stanislaus07 Oct 2006, 09:08

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Hello Fred,

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Wednesday, October 4, 2006, 10:14:45 AM, you wrote: Greetings:

I have a lot of books in electronic format. Generally, I'll own both "dead tree" and electronic formats, especially if they're published by certain authors (Baen, no snickering please, comes to mind).

So before embarking on a re-read of the "New Sun", I thought I'd see if they were available in electronic format.

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Maybe these wouldn't sell like hotcakes in electronic format, but I'll bet if I were a dishonest soul who searched the seamy side of the internet, I could probably come up with pirate editions of what I'm looking for. But I won't. I am willing to spend money to buy electronic versions. But I guess I'll have to score some more paperbacks (used or new) and mark, notate and dog-ear them.

Grumble.

Fred Kiesche (FPK3)

I have a simple solution. Buy some paper books by Wolfe - new, not used, he doesn't get any money from used books - AND get pirated texts. It is NOT legal - but as the author gets the money anyway, it is not so important - unless you want to strictly obey the law.

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Fred Kiesche08 Oct 2006, 12:09

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Greetings: I do have his books, sometimes in as many as three formats (hardcover, trade PB, mass PB). I'd rather encourage legal purchases of eBooks and get Mr. Wolfe a few more duckets. I could go the route you suggest, but I'd rather go totally legit. Fred Kiesche (FPK3) My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water. (Mark Twain, "Notebook") Over 7,000 postings served! See The Eternal Golden Braid (http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/ ).

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