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Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu | 20 | 60.61% | |
Grave Robbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary) by Jeff Strand | 13 | 39.39% | |
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10-05-2012, 04:30 PM | #31 |
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Interesting. Unfortunately, unless I'm missed something (which is always a possibility), there's no way to limit the searches to only ebooks. Barnes & Noble, from the example below, seem to have the book in only in paperback and hardcover. Smashwords and Amazon aren't mentioned at all.
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10-05-2012, 04:48 PM | #32 | |
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Search for ebooks Search for this author Search for this title Search for this book Below that is another choice: "Stores" and "Choose stores". I always use "Search for ebooks" which also provides DRM information. A problem that can occur is that not only the title of the requested ebook will be given but also similar titles of different books. Maybe this could be solved by putting the title in Quotation marks, but I usually just wade through the given choices. |
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10-05-2012, 05:04 PM | #33 | |
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10-05-2012, 05:12 PM | #34 |
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I've made my vote. It looks like it will be an interesting read this month, either way.
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10-05-2012, 06:25 PM | #35 | |
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0065558GU/?tag=josbl0e-cpb-20 i honestly don't know why that happened. |
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10-05-2012, 07:14 PM | #36 |
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Whoever posted the description of Carmilla lost a vote by comparing it to Dracula. Dracula was so not scary and in a lot of places rather dull. Even if its the better of the two choices, just the fact that it's compared is a downside to voting for it. Bad form whoever put up the description.
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10-05-2012, 07:31 PM | #37 |
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I think Dracula is a wonderful book. It's creates a creepy atmosphere that has rarely been equaled. Fast moving it isn't, and there are no explosions or car chases, but the mood it evokes is chilling and spine-tingling.
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10-05-2012, 07:34 PM | #38 |
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[Dracula[/i] was not scary in the least. It read like a bunch of pen-pals sending letters to each other.
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10-05-2012, 07:48 PM | #40 |
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I haven't read Dracula and I'm not sure I'm particularly interested, but I am interested in Carmilla. |
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10-06-2012, 05:35 AM | #42 | |
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I too have not read Dracula but am very interested in reading Carmilla. |
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10-06-2012, 07:57 AM | #43 | |
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This is off topic, but since Bram Stoker's Dracula came up . . . Interesting article in the latest issue of Smithsonian Magazine on the The Great New England Vampire Panic. Lest it be thought that this was a companion to the Salem Witch Trials, this vampire panic extended into the late 19th Century. Last edited by Hamlet53; 10-06-2012 at 02:46 PM. |
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10-07-2012, 01:39 PM | #45 |
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And it's Grave Robbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary) by Jeff Strand by a landslide.
Opps, I mean Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu. No matter; I've already started both and as they're fairly short, you could do worse than to do the same. Carmilla is the one I would have voted for had my vote become necessary, but having delved into both, Grave Robbers Wanted seems to be the more entertaining. It's a mystery/thriller with more than a bit of the slasher genre thrown in but redeemed by the humor and one-liners of the protagonist, Andrew Mayhem. Carmilla is the one we will be discussing, but you may want to add Grave Robbers Wanted to your reading list. |
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