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

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:14:44 -0400, the following appeared
in alt.books.david-weber, posted by WolfFan
<[email protected]>:

>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’s two space vampires since 2021 vs zero Safehold, Bazhel, Honor, and
>> > one Murphy. And Amazon wants $15 for the Kindle version. I’ll 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. 
>Gone are the days when I’d drop $20-25 or more on Weber in hardback. $15 
>for an ebook is simply greed. Especially as I’m not too fond of the Kindle 
>UI. and would have to deDRM it and convert it to EPUB to feed it to an ebook 
>reader that I like. And to put it where Amazon can’t touch it; they have 
>been known to reclaim ebooks. see 
>https://www.pcworld.com/article/519855/amazon_kindle_1984_lawsuit.html
>
Two of those issues are easy to fix (not, unfortunately, the
greed of publishers); Calibre (which is free) has plugins to
deDRM every current format, including azw3, and will convert
between formats. And once it's in the Calibre library, which
is *far* superior to Kindle for PC, Amazon can't touch it.
>
>I don’t trust them.
>
Neither do I, but the above means I don't have to.
>
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