11-21-2002, 07:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Great Deal on New eBook from Peanut Press
http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/book.cgi/034546320X
Many of you have read books by Terry Brooks, 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 The Briar King 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.
Dear Readers,
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.
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.
The new year will see a lot of happy readers after they discover this one.
All the best,
Terry Brooks
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:
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. :?
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11-21-2002, 07:13 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
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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.
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11-21-2002, 07:15 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
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When am I going to be able to get The Lord of the Rings on e-book?!?! :?
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11-21-2002, 07:19 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Palm Reader
Talking about Palm Reader... Any date for the new version full of configuration options?
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11-21-2002, 07:42 PM
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Executive Editor
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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... :-)
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11-21-2002, 07:50 PM
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Theorist
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
When am I going to be able to get The Lord of the Rings on e-book?!?! :?
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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.
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11-21-2002, 07:53 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by 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.
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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.
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11-21-2002, 07:53 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by sub_tex
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.
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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.
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11-21-2002, 07:54 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Sep 2005
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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
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11-21-2002, 07:54 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Oct 2003
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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
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