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Old 10-16-2024, 06:11 AM   #3106
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I've moved the audiobook discussion to its own thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=364119
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A paragraph that spans over two pages does not seem a good beginning to this book.

It's also entirely in italics.
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Old 10-17-2024, 08:15 AM   #3108
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A paragraph that spans over two pages does not seem a good beginning to this book.

It's also entirely in italics.
That's not going to be a good reading experience at all.
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Old 10-17-2024, 04:13 PM   #3109
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From the copyright page of the ebook I just started reading:

This Pocket Star Books paperback edition...
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Old 10-17-2024, 07:13 PM   #3110
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This Pocket Star Books paperback edition...
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Old 10-17-2024, 07:42 PM   #3111
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Old 10-18-2024, 06:09 AM   #3112
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From the copyright page of the ebook I just started reading:

This Pocket Star Books paperback edition...
I like the eBooks that say it's illegal to sell without a cover and they don't have the proper cover.
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Old Yesterday, 11:51 AM   #3113
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It's an oldie, but...

...the way Amazon makes it impossible to drill down to a specific edition of a classic. I've tried searching on the title +editor, +publisher, +ASIN. No dice. And I blame Goodreads, too, which Amazon owns and the way that the Amazon link on a specific edition page still links to any old edition.
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Old Yesterday, 03:10 PM   #3114
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It's an oldie, but...

...the way Amazon makes it impossible to drill down to a specific edition of a classic. I've tried searching on the title +editor, +publisher, +ASIN. No dice. And I blame Goodreads, too, which Amazon owns and the way that the Amazon link on a specific edition page still links to any old edition.
And reviews for totally different editions, or even different book with same title, or a blurb assuming the book is same genre as many of the author's other works.

And the never ever fix it even when reported.

Or even finding the book (or DVD) at all in the noise of irrelevant search results. Often using DuckDuckGo turns up the otherwise invisible Amazon page!
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Old Yesterday, 04:38 PM   #3115
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It's an oldie, but...

...the way Amazon makes it impossible to drill down to a specific edition of a classic. I've tried searching on the title +editor, +publisher, +ASIN. No dice. And I blame Goodreads, too, which Amazon owns and the way that the Amazon link on a specific edition page still links to any old edition.
It's the supermarket principle, isn't it. If you have to trawl through pages of irrelevant content to get the specific thing you are after, then you are likely to impulse buy. It's one of the reasons I loathe online storefronts, especially ones that don't allow you to drill down into the results. Ebay is better than most, don't get me started on the Kindle store or Etsy.
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It's the supermarket principle, isn't it. If you have to trawl through pages of irrelevant content to get the specific thing you are after, then you are likely to impulse buy. It's one of the reasons I loathe online storefronts, especially ones that don't allow you to drill down into the results. Ebay is better than most, don't get me started on the Kindle store or Etsy.

You are 100% right on that Etsy is the worst.
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A cozy mystery where the culprit turns out to be a character who was unknown to anyone before they're caught redhanded. WTF?
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A cozy mystery where the culprit turns out to be a character who was unknown to anyone before they're caught redhanded. WTF?
That violates the basic rule of every mystery book. Happens in real life all the time, of course.
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