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RE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - redchild - Apr-27-2010
(Apr-23-2010, 08:50 PM (UTC))chriSchaeffer Wrote: What can I say... America is #1!!!
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LOL
Sadly, I think that is generally the case for the average American.
RE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - Nuytsia - Apr-27-2010
(Apr-22-2010, 05:56 AM (UTC))Farseer Wrote: I am revising my above rant just a little after re-reading ChriSchaeffer's point about it not being Amazon who gives the free books away...possibly it is also a stipulation from the publishing company or RH herself (or whoever makes the offer) then, that it be the US readership who receives the advantage of this generosity. The publishers and author, after all, are from the US.
While I would still like to be able access everything (!!) and there are a LOT of ebooks out there that still aren't availbale for purchase yet here in Australia, let alone free ebooks (the Kindle itself has only been available to us since November last year), I do see that it possibly isn't that different to book releases (or CDs, music etc)...an Australian author would tend to release their book in Australia first, possibly in conjunction with or followed by the UK, and thereby looks after his home readership as a priority.
Well it's not so bad - the printed books often come out here long before the US!!! (eg Dragon Haven......)
But I do agree with your rant in that there seems little point to electronic technology when things are only available in certain areas and not others. Complete waste of the technological possibilities!
RE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - chriSchaeffer - Apr-27-2010
UPDATE: I'm sad to report that the "bonus" material on the Amazon ebook is only a preview of the upcoming US release of Dragon Haven.
Intro to bonus material states:
Continue reading for a free excerpt of Robin Hobb's Dragon Haven.... will be available in hardcover and ebook in May 2010.
I guess we don't get a glimpse of The Fool yelling proudly, "I told you it was destiny!"
RE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - Nuytsia - Apr-28-2010
(Apr-27-2010, 03:54 PM (UTC))chriSchaeffer Wrote: I guess we don't get a glimpse of The Fool yelling proudly, "I told you it was destiny!"
Wha??
Do you know something we don't????Hehee what a thing to joke about!
RE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - Farseer - Apr-30-2010
Ahem...well, there's one Amercian who can find the US on a map
! Sorry Chris, but there was no way I could let that pass me by, even though Australia got off lightly (which is probably why I thought it was hilarious 
!).You make a good point, Nuytsia re "the printed books often come out here long before the US!!! (eg Dragon Haven......)"
RE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - Nuytsia - Apr-30-2010
i liked 'uninhabited'
RE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - Farseer - May-04-2010
I know this is off-topic to Free Dragon Keeper ebook but I don't want to start yet another new thread and have this hanging out by itself, especially when it does flow on from the other off-topic posts we've made. I hope nobody minds but please say so if you do!
While narcissistic and possibly offensive to some, it is interesting to note that the viewpoints placed here on the map of The World According to Americans do parallel the different thoughts shared with us by various characters in the RotE books on ocassion eg ***These spoilers are for the Farseer, LST and Tawny Man books***
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SpoilerRE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - Nuytsia - May-22-2010
Geeeeees I'm psychic!
Not free books but cheap books anyway.....
(Apr-17-2010, 11:58 AM (UTC))Nuytsia Wrote: Bah they're trying to get us all to buy kindles, then the free books will stop coming!
RE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - Mervi - May-22-2010
Just a note re: the topic - the book isn't free anymore.
It was a really limited time offer, and I've actually seen a few complaints about the current price already, it seems that it's actually more expensive now than most ebooks?
RE: Free Dragon Keeper ebook - Farseer - May-23-2010
I paid $16.58 AUS for my ebook copy of DK from Amazon, but only paid $8.39 AUS for all other RotE ebooks.
Being new to ebooks, I just assumed that DK was more expensive because it was published fairly recently? Is this not how it works?