tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post4623915845369969078..comments2024-01-22T05:26:58.609-05:00Comments on Bea's Book Nook: Ebook RantBeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455117466213636141noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-64421305277070415652012-10-14T01:21:28.936-04:002012-10-14T01:21:28.936-04:00I'm totally with you, we need to know what to ...I'm totally with you, we need to know what to expect! It's always one of the weird things with any ebook, that odd sense of not really knowing where you are in the pages. I've had the same thing happen with full length books, where they have excepts from other books at the end, or glossaries I didn't know about I really wish I had, so I have that same feeling that the book Greytfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134252504253192363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-59115511702581380042012-10-14T00:58:30.108-04:002012-10-14T00:58:30.108-04:00I don't mind if there are lots of excerpts and...I don't mind if there are lots of excerpts and other materials in a book -- as long as the story itself is what is advertised. I do like to see a word count in the description. (Page count doesn't help because paper books vary from 200 - 800 words per page. Also if it's Amazon doing the estimating, that will include the excerpts and extras.)<br /><br />However, I don't go by theThe Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-10136498208752629262012-10-07T08:58:50.728-04:002012-10-07T08:58:50.728-04:00I'm not against short stories, and by the time...I'm not against short stories, and by the time you have added a contents page, the obligatory legalese, title page etc then that is always going to skew the page count of a shorter work. That I can forgive and I can't really see away around.<br /><br />What is off is misrepresentation - misleading the reader by including undisclosed content they may not want and certainly haven't paidT. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660486241627763908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-14897144836986228702012-10-04T20:15:41.637-04:002012-10-04T20:15:41.637-04:00I've rarely had problems with print books, but...I've rarely had problems with print books, but ebooks. Well, it's a free for all and I hate it. I enjoy ebooks but I don't enjoy being taken advantage of.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455117466213636141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-47425666996269233712012-10-04T13:43:05.916-04:002012-10-04T13:43:05.916-04:00I have had this happen with amazon. They story is ...I have had this happen with amazon. They story is great and then all of a sudden it's done.Nor more story, just it tell me to buy the whole book. It's very irritating...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17441774134845678055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-29174582844342742202012-10-02T19:03:50.605-04:002012-10-02T19:03:50.605-04:00The 48% ebook was a tradition publisher, one of th...The 48% ebook was a tradition publisher, one of the Big 6 in NY. And if your book's blurb failed to say it was an excerpt, that was false advertising. You shouldn't have to purchase it in order to find out that it's an excerpt.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455117466213636141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-78801906638793438022012-10-02T19:00:28.906-04:002012-10-02T19:00:28.906-04:00I have to agree with you, but this has happened to...I have to agree with you, but this has happened to me with traditional published authors too. I'll download it and read and suddenly hit the end, which isn't an end so I go back to the beginning where somewhere it mentions it's only an excerpt and I never noticed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311305166391446029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-67393330108816014612012-10-02T18:02:08.438-04:002012-10-02T18:02:08.438-04:00Exactly! With a print book if you're buying it...Exactly! With a print book if you're buying it in a brick and mortar store or other physical location (library sale, yard sale, etc) you can flip through and see what you're getting plus print book usually trumpet the fact that there's an excerpt. So why do authors and publishers fail to understand that ebook buyers want to know what they're getting?Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455117466213636141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-37429444287325273322012-10-02T17:59:50.054-04:002012-10-02T17:59:50.054-04:00Yeah, that's too much for only 29 pages. I un...Yeah, that's too much for only 29 pages. I understand that authors and publishers need to make money but ripping off the readers, who are also the consumers, is bad PR and bad business.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455117466213636141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-25886124786548548272012-10-02T17:54:59.061-04:002012-10-02T17:54:59.061-04:00I have been noticing more and more books that soun...I have been noticing more and more books that sound great are very short. I almost bought one after reading the synopsis, it was right up my alley, and the cost looked reasonable - then I looked further and saw it was 29 pages estimated. I am sorry, but $2.99 for 29 pages? o_O Denise Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743337429214149474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-19845345875196385142012-10-02T10:31:54.101-04:002012-10-02T10:31:54.101-04:00That's one of the issues with ebooks; you can&...That's one of the issues with ebooks; you can't riffle through the pages to see if the whole thing is that book or if the last 50 are excerpts, reviews, adverts for other stuff, or even footnotes. <br /><br />It makes me think that if ever I do manage to get to the "all by myself" publication stage, I'll want a clause in my contracts that says "any electronic or audio Patti Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147804994838965790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-80436550722319725262012-10-02T10:27:28.746-04:002012-10-02T10:27:28.746-04:00Books that do this guarantee that I will NOT be re...Books that do this guarantee that I will NOT be reading the excerpts.mharvey816https://www.blogger.com/profile/07652882237455704949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-35246589784387878492012-10-02T09:49:39.586-04:002012-10-02T09:49:39.586-04:00Ooooo, I haven't had that happen. False advert...Ooooo, I haven't had that happen. False advertising! Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455117466213636141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3394910946143126860.post-61564977427179188112012-10-02T09:31:37.531-04:002012-10-02T09:31:37.531-04:00For me it was a free download of a book, and I rea...For me it was a free download of a book, and I read it for 78 pages and bam it said buy the book. it was a sample or long ass excerpt..It didn't say sample or anything..grrrKimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658833731713991138noreply@blogger.com