Jordan's Wheel Of Time series to be released in E-Book form - Page 2

Crowl · 09-09-2009, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by lkodk

I have previously read on dragonmount that Tor Books would like to publish it for the Kindle.

Hopefully they release it both for kindle and epub, ignoring one half of the market or the other would be stupid and just encourage piracy.

AnemicOak · 09-09-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by lkodk

I just hope that that it won't be a Kindle only release.
I have previously read on dragonmount that Tor Books would like to publish it for the Kindle.

I doubt it will be.

MelC · 09-09-2009, 03:57 PM

This is great news since I long since I fully intend to reread the series before the last book comes out. I have the first 5 or so in PB but the bindings are coming apart and they are huge so I will be much happier reading them electronically.

Of course I understand that the "last book" is now a three parter and this won't be finished until 2011 so I still have time to wait since I have no intention of starting until this series is finally finished. By that time I will probably have yet another reading device with some other format that is touted to be the next best thing so I won't worry about the Kindle only possibility at this point.

Mel

Crowl · 09-17-2009, 05:48 PM

Thought I would bump this since the prologue is now out with versions on both amazon and the sony bookstores among others.

AnemicOak · 09-17-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowl

Thought I would bump this since the prologue is now out with versions on both amazon and the sony bookstores among others.

I can't see paying for what's ultimately an excerpt, but for those that want to there are links to the stores selling it on this page...
http://www.tor.com/gatheringstorm/prologue

Solicitous · 09-17-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MelC

This is great news since I long since I fully intend to reread the series before the last book comes out. I have the first 5 or so in PB but the bindings are coming apart and they are huge so I will be much happier reading them electronically.

I know what you are saying about the size. I'm reading the series for the first time, only just finishing book 6 the other day. Physically they are too thick and heavy to hold comfortably. I don't like hardcover books but the WoT series I can see would be easier to read as hardcover than paperback.

I love the idea of getting them electronically (havent bought my ereader yet but am soon).

lkodk · 10-27-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Crowl

Hopefully they release it both for kindle and epub, ignoring one half of the market or the other would be stupid and just encourage piracy.

Well they managed to ignore a huge market. Not by using kindle only, but by imposing geographical restrictions on epub.... AAARGH!
That is totally ridiculous on books that have been available in paperback all over the world for years.

AnemicOak · 10-27-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by lkodk

Well they managed to ignore a huge market. Not by using kindle only, but by imposing geographical restrictions on epub.... AAARGH!
That is totally ridiculous on books that have been available in paperback all over the world for years.

It's not Kindle only, it's also at Sony and B&N, but is of course Geo restricted.

It is out also in the UK put out by the UK publisher. WH Smith has it...
http://ebooks.whsmith.co.uk/D793D64B...3-456D8A19922F

...in fact it looks like UK/European customers get access to all/most of the series already.

Lemurion · 10-27-2009, 11:52 AM

Found it in the Sony store - $10.50 (discounted from $15.00) for a book that has been in paperback for nineteen years and can probably be found in any used bookstore for less than four dollars.

I guess they really don't get it and probably never will.

lkodk · 10-27-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

...in fact it looks like UK/European customers get access to all/most of the series already.

Nope. BoB, WHSmith and B&N won't sell to my country

AnemicOak · 10-27-2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lkodk

Nope. BoB, WHSmith and B&N won't sell to my country

That sucks. I guess I figured the UK publisher's (Orbit) rights would cover English language sales for the rest of Europe as well.

My only other thought would be Waterstones just in case they don't enforce geo restrictions as thoroughly.

http://www.waterstones.com/waterston...world/3863547/

lkodk · 10-27-2009, 12:30 PM

Thanks AnemicOak.
Had not thought about trying Waterstones. And they were willing to business with me.

Elsi · 10-27-2009, 01:04 PM

Leave it to Amazon to confuse things! There are two editions of The Eye of the World in the Kindle store.

http://www.amazon.com/Eye-World-ebook/dp/B002U3CCYM/
# Format: Kindle Edition
# File Size: 1934 KB
# Print Length: 688 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (October 27, 2009)
# Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
# Language: English
# ASIN: B002U3CCYM

http://www.amazon.com/Eye-World-ebook/dp/B002UFUMHO/
# Format: Kindle Edition
# File Size: 1934 KB
# Print Length: 688 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (October 27, 2009)
# Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
# Language: English
# ASIN: B002UFUMHO

Except for the ASIN and the displayed cover art -- which might not be the cover art actually in the book -- they appear to be the same. I'm going to ask for samples of both & see if I can tell what's different about them.

AnemicOak · 10-27-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Elsi

Leave it to Amazon to confuse things! There are two editions of The Eye of the World in the Kindle store.

http://www.amazon.com/Eye-World-ebook/dp/B002U3CCYM/
# Format: Kindle Edition
# File Size: 1934 KB
# Print Length: 688 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (October 27, 2009)
# Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
# Language: English
# ASIN: B002U3CCYM

http://www.amazon.com/Eye-World-ebook/dp/B002UFUMHO/
# Format: Kindle Edition
# File Size: 1934 KB
# Print Length: 688 pages
# Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (October 27, 2009)
# Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
# Language: English
# ASIN: B002UFUMHO

Except for the ASIN and the displayed cover art -- which might not be the cover art actually in the book -- they appear to be the same. I'm going to ask for samples of both & see if I can tell what's different about them.

Looks like maybe someone from Tor uploaded one and forgot to include the new cover they had made for the ebook.

kindlekitten · 10-27-2009, 01:21 PM

I'm really happy to see that these are finally in ebook format. my household over the years has probably already purchased an average of 5 copies of each of these books, so paying another 10 bucks kind of grates, but oh well... at least these are some more barbell sized books I don't need to lug around!

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09-09-2009, 03:57 PM	#18
MelC Evangelist Posts: 410 Karma: 2081 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Cybook Gen3, PRS600	This is great news since I long since I fully intend to reread the series before the last book comes out. I have the first 5 or so in PB but the bindings are coming apart and they are huge so I will be much happier reading them electronically. Of course I understand that the "last book" is now a three parter and this won't be finished until 2011 so I still have time to wait since I have no intention of starting until this series is finally finished. By that time I will probably have yet another reading device with some other format that is touted to be the next best thing so I won't worry about the Kindle only possibility at this point. Mel

09-17-2009, 05:48 PM	#19
Crowl Wizard Posts: 1,340 Karma: 1160346 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Southport, GB Device: Kindle Voyage, PW Signature edition	Thought I would bump this since the prologue is now out with versions on both amazon and the sony bookstores among others.

10-27-2009, 11:52 AM	#24
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	Found it in the Sony store - $10.50 (discounted from $15.00) for a book that has been in paperback for nineteen years and can probably be found in any used bookstore for less than four dollars. I guess they really don't get it and probably never will.

10-27-2009, 12:30 PM	#27
lkodk Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 17602 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Device: PRS-505 + PRS-600 + PRS-T1 + Kobo Glo	Thanks AnemicOak. Had not thought about trying Waterstones. And they were willing to business with me.

10-27-2009, 01:04 PM	#28
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	Leave it to Amazon to confuse things! There are two editions of *The Eye of the World* in the Kindle store. http://www.amazon.com/Eye-World-ebook/dp/B002U3CCYM/ # Format: Kindle Edition # File Size: 1934 KB # Print Length: 688 pages # Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (October 27, 2009) # Sold by: Amazon Digital Services # Language: English # ASIN: B002U3CCYM http://www.amazon.com/Eye-World-ebook/dp/B002UFUMHO/ # Format: Kindle Edition # File Size: 1934 KB # Print Length: 688 pages # Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (October 27, 2009) # Sold by: Amazon Digital Services # Language: English # ASIN: B002UFUMHO Except for the ASIN and the displayed cover art -- which might not be the cover art actually in the book -- they appear to be the same. I'm going to ask for samples of both & see if I can tell what's different about them.

10-27-2009, 01:21 PM	#30
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I'm really happy to see that these are finally in ebook format. my household over the years has probably already purchased an average of 5 copies of each of these books, so paying another 10 bucks kind of grates, but oh well... at least these are some more barbell sized books I don't need to lug around!

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