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Post by twyrch on Feb 10, 2005 17:00:18 GMT -5
That seems to me almost like cheating. I don't know why. Some see it that way... For others, it's a chance to help your favorite author critique his work. I buy them for Terry Brooks too... Harry Potter ARCs sell for thousands of dollars. |
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Post by dinadan on Feb 10, 2005 17:31:24 GMT -5
Harry Potter ARCs sell for thousands of dollars because people are insane. I mean, I'm what I would consider a big fan...but that does not mean the same thing as fanatic. Fanaticism is dangerous wherever you find it, even in something so seemingly insignificant as love of some book. Whenever that kind of emotional excess is allowed in something, it won't be long until you're letting yourself be ruled entirely by your passions.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 10, 2005 17:48:30 GMT -5
Harry Potter ARCs sell for thousands of dollars because people are insane. I mean, I'm what I would consider a big fan...but that does not mean the same thing as fanatic. Fanaticism is dangerous wherever you find it, even in something so seemingly insignificant as love of some book. Whenever that kind of emotional excess is allowed in something, it won't be long until you're letting yourself be ruled entirely by your passions. Yep! The worst I've been is showing up at Walmart on Midnight of the release of Book 5. That and watching the movies on opening night... But I do that for LOTR too... so, *shrugs*  |
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Feb 11, 2005 7:56:15 GMT -5
I've never heard of ARCs before, but I think I would prefer the finished work for my first read.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 11, 2005 9:19:27 GMT -5
I've never heard of ARCs before, but I think I would prefer the finished work for my first read. To each their own I guess. When it comes to a series of books, I impatiently await the arrival of the next book in the series. So if an ARC comes my way and it doesn't cost over $40... I'll jump at it. I will willingly pay twice cover price for a chance to read the book a few months early. You get to see how the author intended the book to play out without the effect of an editor's knife slicing through it. |
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Post by Riothamus on Feb 11, 2005 12:46:39 GMT -5
Or the author's own.... Seriously, though, I don't think it's cheating, and would probably avail myself of ARC-availability if I had the cash. As it is, it takes forever for me to cough up the filthy lucre for a paperback. Yes; I'm cheap.  |
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Post by twyrch on Feb 11, 2005 12:50:05 GMT -5
Or the author's own.... Seriously, though, I don't think it's cheating, and would probably avail myself of ARC-availability if I had the cash. As it is, it takes forever for me to cough up the filthy lucre for a paperback. Yes; I'm cheap. Paperback?! HERESY!!!  j/k |
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Feb 11, 2005 16:04:30 GMT -5
I would never be able to afford even one of Mr. Lawhead's books if I didn't buy paperback. As it is, all my collection (I have everything but the first !Hero, nonfiction, and children's books) is paperback.
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Post by dinadan on Feb 11, 2005 16:10:33 GMT -5
There are some books that I only buy in hardback. George Martin's stuff for one, Harry Potter for another. But then, I own some things of Lawhead's in hardback (when I just can't wait for paperback). Since I have a penchant for hand-binding books, and the entire book-making process, I have something of a snobbish outlook on books. Mass market paperbacks are ok, IF they aren't printed on onion skin paper and the typeset is ok, AND if the printing is clean throughout (no skewed pages or whatnot). Usually, you get a better quality book that will hold up longer from trade paperbacks.
However, there is an economical side to this too; I'm not so snobbish about books that if I'm pressed for cash but want a good read that I won't just buy random mass market books. Sometimes you just have to, and that's ok. But if it's something that I'd really like to keep, I'll usually eventually replace my mass market with trade or hardback edition, and donate the paperback to the library that my mom runs for the kids homeschooling through her church.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 11, 2005 16:37:54 GMT -5
I would never be able to afford even one of Mr. Lawhead's books if I didn't buy paperback. As it is, all my collection (I have everything but the first !Hero, nonfiction, and children's books) is paperback. I was just kidding... There's nothing wrong with paper back books. Like Dinadan, I'm just particular about my books. I have to have hardbacks when available and 1st editions are best for me. I own all of Terry Brooks books in First Edition hardcover. it cost me a lot of money, but everyone has to have a hobby, right? |
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Post by dinadan on Feb 11, 2005 16:50:24 GMT -5
I'm currently working on publishing a few copies (for family and friends) of my Arthurian poetry cycle in the old-school set-typed way, hand-stiched bindings, leather/cloth covers, and gilted pages. It's really fun to do. I haven't decided yet if I am going to make all the paper too...it depends on the kind of type-press I can get access to and if it'll accept non-standard papers. Bookmaking, real bookmaking, is becoming a lost art.
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Feb 12, 2005 9:50:59 GMT -5
I'd like to learn how sometime.
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Post by dinadan on Feb 12, 2005 10:52:10 GMT -5
It isn't hard to learn to do, although I learned in Ireland as part of class that was designed to sort of simulate monk-scribing the the middle ages. I'm not sure where you would find "how-to" guides or anything.
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Feb 12, 2005 17:27:26 GMT -5
That would be awesome too! Must go to Ireland... lol
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Post by twyrch on Feb 12, 2005 23:31:36 GMT -5
That would be awesome too! Must go to Ireland... lol There's got to be something here in the states too.... Try Google. |
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