Comments on: New Wheel of Time prologue hits BitTorrent http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/new-wheel-of-time-prologue-hits-bittorrent/ All you can eat sci-fi and fantasy books Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: xqtupbkwzn http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/new-wheel-of-time-prologue-hits-bittorrent/#comment-7859 xqtupbkwzn Fri, 28 May 2010 08:32:19 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=600#comment-7859 z7bezs <a href="http://scdlhogdfghm.com/" rel="nofollow">scdlhogdfghm</a>, [url=http://inrhtoogeapu.com/]inrhtoogeapu[/url], [link=http://mftrdayjapuz.com/]mftrdayjapuz[/link], http://tvvaihyqmbed.com/ z7bezs scdlhogdfghm, [url=http://inrhtoogeapu.com/]inrhtoogeapu[/url], [link=http://mftrdayjapuz.com/]mftrdayjapuz[/link], http://tvvaihyqmbed.com/

]]> By: Renai LeMay http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/new-wheel-of-time-prologue-hits-bittorrent/#comment-958 Renai LeMay Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:15:52 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=600#comment-958 Thanks for the tip! But I think I will wait for the book itself in a couple of weeks :) Thanks for the tip! But I think I will wait for the book itself in a couple of weeks :)

]]> By: mtwitch http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/new-wheel-of-time-prologue-hits-bittorrent/#comment-949 mtwitch Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:04:42 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=600#comment-949 audible.com has the prologue and can be played on i-tunes. no special software audible.com has the prologue and can be played on i-tunes.
no special software

]]> By: Renai LeMay http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/new-wheel-of-time-prologue-hits-bittorrent/#comment-606 Renai LeMay Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:59:43 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=600#comment-606 I agree with your comments about offering the digital download free if you pre-ordered; this sort of thing is pretty common in the computer gaming world; get a bonus for being an early committed customer. I agree with your comments about offering the digital download free if you pre-ordered; this sort of thing is pretty common in the computer gaming world; get a bonus for being an early committed customer.

]]> By: Collar http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/new-wheel-of-time-prologue-hits-bittorrent/#comment-602 Collar Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:25:05 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=600#comment-602 It's hardly surprising that people would pirate it, given that it's a pretty cynical ploy to extra a little bit of extra money from the die hard fans who want to read the prologue a little bit early. It would feel like less of a rip off if they offered the digital download of the prologue free for those who pre-ordered from certain booksellers, and probably make fair economic sense as well (by increasing the amount of pre-orders). I wouldn't feel at all like I was doing something immoral if I downloaded a pirated copy of the prologue (not that I can really be bothered), given that I will buy the book once it comes out anyway, I wouldn't feel like I was "depriving" anyone of deserved income. It’s hardly surprising that people would pirate it, given that it’s a pretty cynical ploy to extra a little bit of extra money from the die hard fans who want to read the prologue a little bit early.

It would feel like less of a rip off if they offered the digital download of the prologue free for those who pre-ordered from certain booksellers, and probably make fair economic sense as well (by increasing the amount of pre-orders). I wouldn’t feel at all like I was doing something immoral if I downloaded a pirated copy of the prologue (not that I can really be bothered), given that I will buy the book once it comes out anyway, I wouldn’t feel like I was “depriving” anyone of deserved income.

]]> By: The Gathering Storm Chapter 2: Listen for free http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/new-wheel-of-time-prologue-hits-bittorrent/#comment-553 The Gathering Storm Chapter 2: Listen for free Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:01:40 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=600#comment-553 [...] Chapter One of the book for free online, as well as the prologue for a charge of US2.99, although it immediately leaked to the BitTorrent peer to peer file-sharing [...] [...] Chapter One of the book for free online, as well as the prologue for a charge of US2.99, although it immediately leaked to the BitTorrent peer to peer file-sharing [...]

]]> By: Renai LeMay http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/new-wheel-of-time-prologue-hits-bittorrent/#comment-551 Renai LeMay Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:46:18 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=600#comment-551 Yeah it's a pain in the ass ... we can't even get the Kindle in Australia, and most of the options contain DRM. Apparently, according to Sanderson, there is a PDF option. I'm not that stressed about reading the prologue just yet, so I haven't checked every site. I'm not going to personally pirate it. I would start to buy all my books in e-form if I could get a good reader at the right price and the books without DRM! Yeah it’s a pain in the ass … we can’t even get the Kindle in Australia, and most of the options contain DRM.

Apparently, according to Sanderson, there is a PDF option. I’m not that stressed about reading the prologue just yet, so I haven’t checked every site. I’m not going to personally pirate it.

I would start to buy all my books in e-form if I could get a good reader at the right price and the books without DRM!

]]> By: Will Hughes http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/09/20/new-wheel-of-time-prologue-hits-bittorrent/#comment-550 Will Hughes Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:31:47 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=600#comment-550 I've read the WoT series to date, and thought I'd go buy the Prologue, given it's less than the price of a coffee. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell my only option IS to Pirate the book. They don't sell it to Australians. Amazon? Kindle (US) only. B&N? US Only Powells? Same. I give up. If they want my money, give me a way to pay for it that doesn't involve either living in the US, or installing/buying some proprietary software. The Webscription guys got it right - make it simple and easy to pay and get the books in a huge number of formats. I've bought about USD$400 worth of books from them over the last few years. I’ve read the WoT series to date, and thought I’d go buy the Prologue, given it’s less than the price of a coffee.

Unfortunately, as far as I can tell my only option IS to Pirate the book. They don’t sell it to Australians.
Amazon? Kindle (US) only.
B&N? US Only
Powells? Same.

I give up.

If they want my money, give me a way to pay for it that doesn’t involve either living in the US, or installing/buying some proprietary software.

The Webscription guys got it right – make it simple and easy to pay and get the books in a huge number of formats. I’ve bought about USD$400 worth of books from them over the last few years.

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