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Old 12-19-2016, 06:15 PM   #1396
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As it was, I was ignoring 'Open Road,' assuming from the title that it was a travelogue publisher.
That sounds odd. Do you also assume that Penguin publishes works of polar interest, that Random House specializes in architecture, or that Ace Books are about card games?
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Old 12-19-2016, 06:40 PM   #1397
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I was daunted by the size of the Open Road list -- I looked at the first page of books, and saw nothing I liked. So I greatly appreciated the post here, about the Andre Norton books. I got those two, and now will go to the "whole list" and try to find others by her.
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Old 12-19-2016, 07:26 PM   #1398
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I was daunted by the size of the Open Road list -- I looked at the first page of books, and saw nothing I liked. So I greatly appreciated the post here, about the Andre Norton books. I got those two, and now will go to the "whole list" and try to find others by her.
If you're looking for works by a particular author (once you've found one of their books in the Open Road list), it's best to search for their name and sort by price low to high. That's how I made sure I didn't miss any Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg or Robert Sheckley.
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:10 PM   #1399
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I did that, today. Before, I didn't *know* there were any interesting authors in that list.
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Old 12-20-2016, 10:21 AM   #1400
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That sounds odd. Do you also assume that Penguin publishes works of polar interest, that Random House specializes in architecture, or that Ace Books are about card games?
So curtw should recognize the names of all the publishers?
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Old 12-20-2016, 11:25 AM   #1401
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That sounds odd. Do you also assume that Penguin publishes works of polar interest, that Random House specializes in architecture, or that Ace Books are about card games?
All three of those examples are large publishers that have been around for 50+ years, and I've seen hundreds of their books. In this age ruled by search results and Google keyword matching as king, if a *new* ebook publisher appeared here with the word "house" in their name, I would assume their books were related to real estate or home improvement until somebody informed me otherwise.
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Old 12-20-2016, 01:15 PM   #1402
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So curtw should recognize the names of all the publishers?
No, an avid reader should know better than to judge a publisher's content from wild assumptions about their name. I mean, it's one thing if they include "Teen" or "Young Adult" or "Mystery" or some other clear genre identifier after their name - but otherwise, it's groundless. Especially when it takes next to no effort to click a link and see.

If I ever start a company, it's going to be called Glider Enterprises. Not because I care at all about hang gliding, but as a reference to a particular emergent pattern in a classic piece of software. Whenever I've needed a name and logo for my own commercial efforts in the past, that's what I've used. It's a company name, not a definition of content.
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Old 12-20-2016, 10:54 PM   #1403
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I don't want to dogpile onto curtw, but I'll be doing it a little. Open Road Media has been around for about 7 years, and they've mainly been concentrated on acquiring genre author backlist. There are a number of SF & fantasy authors from the 30s through the present with their backlist at ORM, and also mysteries, thrillers, and westerns, as well as some long out of print best selling authors. A couple of years ago, they bought e-Reads, and they have at least 10K titles now. The freebie sale is over now, but if you're a genre reader who likes authors from 10-50 years ago, you might want to subscribe to their Early Bird Books email list, there's usually one or two SF/fantasy and mystery books on sale for $1.99 or $2.99 every day.

BTW, Small Beer Press publishes fantasy and literary works, and not books on brewing.
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Old 12-21-2016, 12:24 AM   #1404
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Dark Eden by Chris Beckett is 99p at Amazon.co.uk today:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Eden-C...2294108&sr=1-2

This is a repeat in the Daily Deal.
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Old 12-22-2016, 12:54 AM   #1405
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Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay is $3.99 at Kobo in Canada as their daily deal.
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Old 12-22-2016, 01:15 AM   #1406
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The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams is on sale at Amazon for $1.99. It's the first book of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy.

From what I understand Williams is starting a new trilogy set in Osten Ard soon.
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Old 12-22-2016, 02:31 AM   #1407
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If I ever start a company, it's going to be called Glider Enterprises. Not because I care at all about hang gliding, but as a reference to a particular emergent pattern in a classic piece of software. Whenever I've needed a name and logo for my own commercial efforts in the past, that's what I've used. It's a company name, not a definition of content.
Hmmm... perchance a reference to John Conway's Game of Life AKA Life? I remember programming a version on a CP/M computer in the late 70's -- the sheer joy of constructing a scrolling interface.
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Old 12-22-2016, 11:15 AM   #1408
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Hmmm... perchance a reference to John Conway's Game of Life AKA Life? I remember programming a version on a CP/M computer in the late 70's -- the sheer joy of constructing a scrolling interface.
Got it in one! The logo design is the classic five-block form, pointing right, with the "outer" four blocks cut diagonally in half to streamline and accentuate the concept. I did a 3D animated version of it quite some time ago, but resorted to spinning it on its base because I couldn't get a "slide through the stages" cycle version I was happy with.
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One for the UK buyers...

Stephen King's IT is currently down to 99p.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003BKZW7C/
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One for the UK buyers...

Stephen King's IT is currently down to 99p.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003BKZW7C/
Hopefully that hits Amazon US.
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