http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/comment-page-1/#comment-728087 Garett Harnish Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:14:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/#comment-728087 Mistborn was only PDF (unfortunate really), however, Old Man's War and now Spin have been released in PDF, Mobi, and HTML. A little bit for everyone. As for PDF being worthless ... it depends on what device you are using to view it. It works fairly well with an iLiad and a 20" Widescreen in portrait mode. Mistborn was only PDF (unfortunate really), however, Old Man’s War and now Spin have been released in PDF, Mobi, and HTML. A little bit for everyone. As for PDF being worthless … it depends on what device you are using to view it. It works fairly well with an iLiad and a 20″ Widescreen in portrait mode.

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/comment-page-1/#comment-716381 Jason Penney Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:08:15 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/#comment-716381 It appears that they are PDF, which (for me) makes them worthless as well as free. It appears that they are PDF, which (for me) makes them worthless as well as free.

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/comment-page-1/#comment-713159 Brian Carnell Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:30:09 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/#comment-713159 Old Man's War was very good. Glad to see there's finally a *legal* e-book version I can read on my Kindle. Old Man’s War was very good. Glad to see there’s finally a *legal* e-book version I can read on my Kindle.

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/comment-page-1/#comment-713089 Steve Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:23:40 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/#comment-713089 What format are these ebooks? - that's the critical thing for me - I can only read certain formats on my Windows Mobile Phone ... What format are these ebooks? – that’s the critical thing for me – I can only read certain formats on my Windows Mobile Phone …

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/comment-page-1/#comment-712493 Fred Kiesche Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:01:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/#comment-712493 I'll point out that Tor started a relationship with Baen about a year ago to distribute eBooks via the Webscription service, but Tor's corporate parent got the willies over the idea. Rumor Control says lawyers are yacking and that might eventually move forward again. I sure hope so, Tor has lost a lot of money from all the titles I haven't bought from them in eBook format in the meantime! I’ll point out that Tor started a relationship with Baen about a year ago to distribute eBooks via the Webscription service, but Tor’s corporate parent got the willies over the idea. Rumor Control says lawyers are yacking and that might eventually move forward again. I sure hope so, Tor has lost a lot of money from all the titles I haven’t bought from them in eBook format in the meantime!

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/comment-page-1/#comment-712171 David Rothman Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:23:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/#comment-712171 Dhamau: OK, I'll at least buy that argument for books in series, of which SF houses do many. A benign form of addiction, huh? Thanks. David Dhamau: OK, I’ll at least buy that argument for books in series, of which SF houses do many. A benign form of addiction, huh? Thanks. David

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/comment-page-1/#comment-712155 Dhamu Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:07:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/old-mans-war-mistborn-and-other-free-e-books-from-tor/#comment-712155 Well, <i>Old Man's War</i> is the first book in the Colonial Union trilogy, and Mistborn is another series (it starts with <i>The Final Empire</i>), so this seems seems the standard idea of giving away the first book in hopes people will buy more in the series. It seems sensible with series. A standalone book might present more problems, especially if there are as yet no further books by that author that might immediately benefit from the free advertising. Well, Old Man’s War is the first book in the Colonial Union trilogy, and Mistborn is another series (it starts with The Final Empire), so this seems seems the standard idea of giving away the first book in hopes people will buy more in the series. It seems sensible with series. A standalone book might present more problems, especially if there are as yet no further books by that author that might immediately benefit from the free advertising.

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