Great Deal on New eBook from Peanut Press

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/book.cgi/034546320X">http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/book.cgi/034546320X</a><br /><br />Many of you have read <a href="http://www.terrybrooks.net/">books by Terry Brooks</a>, like the "Shannara" series. As a recognized authority on fantasy books, he receives many submissions from new authors. Every few years, one will hit him that he will come out and recommend. A new book by Greg Keyes called <a href="http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/book.cgi/034546320X">The Briar King</a> is just such a book. It will be available in early 2003 for $24.95 in hardback, or you can get it now for $4.95 ($4.46 if you are a regular customer with the newsletter codes) from Peanut Press. You can download the free Palm Reader for your Pocket PC to read it.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2002/20021121-brairking.jpg" /><br /><br />Dear Readers,<br /><br />Over the course of a year's time, I am sent quite a few advance reader's copies of new books in the fantasy field. Once in awhile, and only once in awhile, is one of them special enough to warrant a letter like this one. The last time it happened was with Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass some five years ago.<br /><br />But now I have finished a copy of Greg Keyes' wonderful new book The Briar King and I have reason to be excited all over again. This is the book that will bring Greg the readership he has always deserved. Sure, it is the first of a set, but don't let that put you off. If you respond to it like I did, you will be more than willing to wait for the next. Richly imagined, deeply engaging, and expertly told, it will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.<br /><br />The new year will see a lot of happy readers after they discover this one.<br /><br />All the best, <br /><br />Terry Brooks<!><br /><br />Not only that, but you will be entered in a drawing to win a brand new Palm M515! So, buy the book, saving at least $20, win the Palm, put it on ebay and use the proceeds to get a Dell Axim! Woohoo! :wink: :lol:<br /><br />I have so many unread books on my iPAQ right now it isn't funny, but I cannot pass up a deal like this. "Look Hon, I saved $20 on a book I won't read for at least 6 months!" I can see the eyes rolling in her head now. :?

[sub_tex]

I"m not one for the Terry Brooks stuff but i do applaud the $5 price tag of this book he's promoting!

Finally an ebook that's being released at a price i'd be willing to pay.

[Jonathan1]

When am I going to be able to get The Lord of the Rings on e-book?!?! :?

[carlosgp]

Talking about Palm Reader... Any date for the new version full of configuration options?

[Jason Dunn]

I'm a HUGE Terry Brooks fan - he's my favourite fantasy author, so if he likes this book, that's good enough for me... :-)

[sub_tex]

When am I going to be able to get The Lord of the Rings on e-book?!?! :?

Legally? Good luck. Illegally, it's everywhere.

This is something that needs (i hope) to be changed. I spent months looking for Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson as an ebook. No luck.

I would have plopped down the cash without a doubt (even though i already own the hardcover). I ended up finding it as html (With pics of the diagrams) but it sure wasn't legit.

The sheer number of people asking for the same books as ebooks should be a sign to the publishers. Sell them at $5-$7 just like a paperback book costs, and you'd get plenty of sales.

[Jimmy Dodd]

I"m not one for the Terry Brooks stuff but i do applaud the $5 price tag of this book he's promoting!

Finally an ebook that's being released at a price i'd be willing to pay.

You should check out Peanut Press and Fictionwise. A lot of their titles are around the paperback price and, often, you can find two-for-one sales. I recently downloaded Brooks' Sword of Shannara and Elfstones of Shannara as a package for six or seven bucks. They cost more than that individually in print.

They also have lots of short story freebies by both little-known and well-known authors. Their newsletter specials are well worth signing up for the weekly emails.

[Ed Hansberry]

The sheer number of people asking for the same books as ebooks should be a sign to the publishers. Sell them at $5-$7 just like a paperback book costs, and you'd get plenty of sales.
On Tolkien, the publishers want to. The family doesn't, so they suffer the piracy rather than selling the books in a medium Frodo never envisioned. :roll:

Same thing with Robert Jordan. He is the roadblock.

[Paragon]

Oh....good goin' Ed! Now everbody is going to be in on the draw. Just couldn't keep it quite could you. :)

carlosgp

Could you elaborate? What kind of configuration?

Dave

[jmulder]

While not my favorite, Terry Brooks is a great (if overly prolific) author. If he's endorsing a book this heavily, I'll pick it up.

I also appreciate that several authors are starting to embrace eBooks. A few months ago I picked up 'The Fifth Sorceress' by an author I'd never heard of for free from Palm Digital Media. A pretty good book, definitely worth the price (and my time to read it), and I'll probably buy the next books in the series as they become available.

If only Robert Jordan's works were available in eBook format...

-Jim

[Jimmy Dodd]

When am I going to be able to get The Lord of the Rings on e-book?!?! :?

Legally? Good luck. Illegally, it's everywhere.

This is something that needs (i hope) to be changed. I spent months looking for Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson as an ebook. No luck.

I would have plopped down the cash without a doubt (even though i already own the hardcover). I ended up finding it as html (With pics of the diagrams) but it sure wasn't legit.

The sheer number of people asking for the same books as ebooks should be a sign to the publishers. Sell them at $5-$7 just like a paperback book costs, and you'd get plenty of sales.

Heck, there are plenty of books I already own that I'd love to have in electronic format just for the search facilities. LOTR and Silmarillion are at the top of the list. Then I could retire my ancient hardbacks which, after twenty-some years, are starting to show their age a bit.

[Jimmy Dodd]

If only Robert Jordan's works were available in eBook format...

-Jim

If Jordan's entire Wheel Of Time series makes it to ebook format I'm going to have to invest in one of those 3 gig Pretec CF cards mentioned earlier.
:D

[palmsolo]

Thanks for the tip Jason. I am a big Terry Brooks fan and bought the book at Fictionwise. While I was there I also saw the new Gift of Dragons book by Anne McCaffrey, who is another of my favorite fantasy authors, and picked it up as well. I use Fictionwise quite often and if you are on their mailing list you will get free copies of the Hugo Award nominees every year.

[carlosgp]

Paragon, I remember a thread in this forum talking about plans in Palm Reader team for a pocket pc version full of interesting options. I've made a search: http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=562&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=10. Included were full screen (badly needed), orientation and line spacing (by pixel!) among others. Few months ago I've read something about they were starting the work, so I'm wondering if they have any launching date yet.

[sub_tex]

On Tolkien, the publishers want to. The family doesn't, so they suffer the piracy rather than selling the books in a medium Frodo never envisioned. :roll:

Same thing with Robert Jordan. He is the roadblock.

That's really disappointing. You know, i understand an author's concerns about the security of his/her book. But by not allowing it ot be found in thr formats their readers want, the piracy is doubled. At least that's what i've seen.

Most of the illegal ebooks are the ones you can't get online. That should be a message right there.

[mike6024]

I started the whole Shannara series many years ago and got quite a bit through it but then quit. A few months I decided to start it again but from from the very beginning chronilogically with "The First King of Shannara" and am now on "The Sword of Shannara", but of course in ebook form. Maybe once I get through all, what, 10 or 12 books in that series, I'll go check out this one he's promoting. :wink:

[Ainvar]

I am a huge fan of Robert Jordan but I find his lack of endorsment of ebooks rather disturbing. I own all of his WoT publishing in paperback and hardback and eagerly awaiting his next novel due out in Jan. I have also found the series on the net where people have scanned them in html like I have seen a few others have mentioned they have found for other books. I have paid for many e-books that I carry around on my sd card so I can read them on my pda and have a collection for when I am in an area that I can read and take a moment to relax. Sometimes games will not do and a book is needed to get away from it all. I have alot of free ebooks that I have found that are downloadable from online libraries and I am dumbfounded by the lack of choice of some of the publications that I can not buy also. For instance Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth Series, Lord of the Rings series, and Wheel of Time series just to name a few. I bought Sword of Shanara along with another one from Amazon for MS Reader since I prefer that over the palm reader. I would buy more books also if there was just more of a selection.

But I am at a lose when it comes to the point of having all these books that I own and see the ability to get them online from sources that have put them online since they are not available legally, for the sole purpose of having them whereever you are within reason. It always comes down to one word "MONEY".

[Paragon]

Paragon, I remember a thread in this forum talking about plans in Palm Reader team for a pocket pc version full of interesting options. I've made a search: http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=562&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=10. Included were full screen (badly needed), orientation and line spacing (by pixel!) among others. Few months ago I've read something about they were starting the work, so I'm wondering if they have any launching date yet.

Yup, you are right. I remember that now. Actually I did an interview with Peter Fry on Pocket PC Passion. He did mention they were possibly going to work on those two options, but they were very tightlipped about when. Maybe an email is in order. :wink:

Dave

[carlosgp]

Good! Keep us informed...

[roberto_torres]

The name is now Palm Digital Media not Peanut press.

Remember that Palm bought the company and changed the name to Palm Digital Media.


I am no friend of palm but i am grateful that they didn't turned monopolistic and decided to continue supporting the PPC. It is like MS supporting Apple with Office.

[Paragon]

The name is now Palm Digital Media not Peanut press.

Remember that Palm bought the company and changed the name to Palm Digital Media.


I am no friend of palm but i am grateful that they didn't turned monopolistic and decided to continue supporting the PPC. It is like MS supporting Apple with Office.

roberto

I find that Peanut Press rolls off the tounge much better than P....P....Pal...see I just can't bring myself to say it. :)

Dave

[Jason Dunn]

Thanks for the tip Jason.

No problem! Except that it was Ed that posted this. ;-)

(I sometimes get concerned that people think I do everything on this site - I don't, I'd be sunk without my excellent staff of contributors)

[Ed Hansberry]

Thanks for the tip Jason.

No problem! Except that it was Ed that posted this. ;-)

(I sometimes get concerned that people think I do everything on this site - I don't, I'd be sunk without my excellent staff of contributors)
Keep in mind it is all me anyway. :lol:

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1262

As for the name of the site that does ebooks - it will always be Peanut Press to me. If they ever break the redirect from www.peanutpress.com, I wouldn't be able to find the site. There are some sites I visit so frequently, I don't bother to shortcut. Just CTRL-O from IE, then type in the name and enter.