Re: "Mutineer's Moon (Dahak Series)" by David Weber

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:14:44 -0400, WolfFan <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Mar 21, 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote
>(in article <[email protected]>):
>
>> On 3/21/2024 5:47 AM, WolfFan wrote:
>> > On Mar 20, 2024, Dimensional Traveler wrote
>> > (in article <[email protected]>):
>> >
>> > > On 3/20/2024 3:34 PM, WolfFan wrote:
>> > > > On Mar 20, 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote
>> > > > (in article <[email protected]>):
>> > > >
>> > > > > It's
>> > > > > already plotted and ready to go. Chris Kennedy and I just =
handed in the
>> > > > > sequel to INTO THE LIGHT, and I think it's solid. I'm not sure=
 how far
>> > > > > we're going to get into that one, but I think we can keep our =
readers
>> > > > > satisfied. And the only reason I'm not sure how far we'll get =
is that I
>> > > > > set up a heck of a big enemy when I created the Hegemony, and =
it's
>> > > > > likely to "end up" with a case of Mutually Assured Destruction=
 rather
>> > > > > than a clear cut military victory. Can't say that for sure; we=
 got
>> > > > > farther in the current book than we'd really expected.
>> > > >
>> > > > the 3rd book is due out shortly. Space vampires, we got.
>> > >
>> > > Is out. Got it from Amazon last week.
>> >
>> > That=92s two space vampires since 2021 vs zero Safehold, Bazhel, =
Honor, and
>> > one Murphy. And Amazon wants $15 for the Kindle version. I=92ll hold=
 and see
>> > if the price falls.
>>
>> I would not hold my breath.
>>
>> Lynn
>
>the probability of my paying $15 for space vamires part 3 is extremely =
low.=20
>Gone are the days when I=92d drop $20-25 or more on Weber in hardback. =
$15=20
>for an ebook is simply greed. Especially as I=92m not too fond of the =
Kindle=20
>UI. and would have to deDRM it and convert it to EPUB to feed it to an =
ebook=20
>reader that I like. And to put it where Amazon can=92t touch it; they =
have=20
>been known to reclaim ebooks. see=20
>https://www.pcworld.com/article/519855/amazon_kindle_1984_lawsuit.html

I will pay that much for a book I really really want [1]. What I
dislike is the occasional older book that claims to have been produced
with care and charges a price commensurate with effort being expended
on it which then turns out to be a "run it through OCR and sell it"
special.=20

Books under copyright, particularly modern and/or popular books, may
be entangled with all sorts of overhead expenses or royalties due the
author which must be collected even if the production cost is minimal
because the text from the file they sent to the printer is available
to use in the Kindle.

[1] I'll pay a lot more for hardcover books that I really really want
but there aren't many of those -- since text works fine on Kindle,
only manga/comics/graphic novels/art books are left.

>I don=92t trust them.

I trust them enough to buy things from them. But, for non-physical
items, there is definitely a risk: digitial ownership does not appear
to be the same as physical ownership. Although I suppose the courts
will eventually sort this out. Or Congress, if it ever gets its sh*t
together.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"