More SW eBooks!

On TOS forums, one of the VIPs said that they plan to release an eBook with each new hardcover from now on.

"The e-books: There will be an ebook released about a month (hopefully) before each hardcover, whether it's a Clone Wars or a Classic hardcover." -one of the VIPs, I'm not sure who they are in real life.

In my opinion this is both good and bad. The good part is that there will be more SW lit, which is never a bad thing. But they will be in eBook form, which isn't my favorite.

Here is a link.

 

For me that's really good news. Most SW books aren't published in my home country so I have to buy them via Amazon. eBooks are easier to buy (at least, they arrive sooner!).

 

What's that sputtering of pops and crackles that I'm hearing? Oh, I know: it's the overload-failure of camel vertebrae.

Methinks that, after Shatterpoint, I shall only be buying the Star Wars books once they're out in paperback.

 

I agree. I don't have access to a credit card, and won't be able to get one. The only one that I've read is the Darth Maul one...
And a Yoda one is in the works!

 

Not to mention that I read a LOT of my SW books first via the local library.

 

i love hard covers, this mean iam going to by the hard and soft covers.
these ebooks are getting annoying.

 

I love e-books. You get more official story, and for a small price.

 

I don't mind e-books at all, but I prefer something that I can put on a shelf after I'm done with it. I'm not about to print out a whole e-book, so I suppose I can wait for the softcovers...

 

I'm happy. I love ebooks because I have them on my laptop and it means I have stuff to read when I go places where I can't take along a bunch of real books.

 

You get more official story, and for a small price.

I disagree.

A hardcover is, in the US, 20-30 dollars, and a SW hardcover will be 300-500 pages usually, with some exceptions like Star by Star. That's about, very approximately, 16 pages to the dollar, but it's nice binding that will last.

A paperback will be about 7 dollars, same page range. That's almost 60 pages to the dollar -- significantly more, but lower quality binding.

An ebook will be about 3-4 dollars, at about 50-100 pages. That's about 20 pages to the dollar -- only slightly better than a hardback, but with no binding whatsoever, and the added drawback that staring at a backlit monitor is hardly good for your eyes. If the thing were printable, it'd be a different story, but, well . . .

 

e-books are created to make less strain than normal reading.


And put it this way. They're not essential, and wouldn't be made otherwise. Don't want to read them? All you lose are extras. Want to? Good for you, here's the story.


This is a less dramatic version of LOTR. You can buy normal, you can buy extended.

 

In my opinion all it is is the oppurtunity to make more money.

They realize that people will buy the e-books and then buy the paperback which includes the e-book.

It's really annoying in my opinion. **Shrugs**

 

While the novels are made out of the goodness of their hearts, right?

 

ebook have and will continue to be included in their hardback to paperback conversions. All I have to do is wait another year for Destiny's Way, and I'll get Ylesia with it. The same way I (im)patiently waited for Shadow Hunter and SBS.

Shadow Hunter, with eSaboteur
Star By Star, with eRecovery
Destiny's Way, with eYlesia
Shatterpoint, with (Stover's story)

 

If they keep doing what they've been doing with the e-books so far, I can't see a bad point to it. I've so far managed to get Sabotuer and Recovery by getting the paperbacks to Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter and Star by Star. And Ylseia is supposed to be in the Destiny's Way paperback when it comes out. As long as they keep putting the e-books in the paperbacks to hardcovers, those of us who don't get the e-books in their regular format can still get them in a much more traditional format.

 

Agreed! Just a little long year to wait . . .

 

Exactly. You get them if you wait anyway. So why moan?

 

Because they cant give us a taste of the author early

 

*Sigh*

 

I have never bought an E-Book but from by understanding, what happens if u' delete it? do u' have to buy it again?( I apologise if my ignorance is too much)....I prefer paper I don' know why but I do...

 

You re-DL it, for free

 

Ah right...makes sense
ReaperFett please change your icon, each time I look at it I laugh too much...Its starting to hurt.

 

The first three e-books were great, and I hope more are released.

 

AFAIK, you can only re-download them from the same computer with the same installation of the ebook reader software though.

I think if you buy a new computer and install the reader, you need to take some extra steps to get your ebooks without buying them again.