The Gun Counter

This is a PSA for any of you John Ringo fans out there.

His latest book Citidel is now availiable as an eARC from Baen, link below.

http://www.webscription.net/p-1297-citadel-arc.aspx

Yep. And the accompanying sample chapters mean you don't have to play Facebook games to get a free preview.

I really enjoyed "Live Free or Die", and I'm willing to keep going with the story, but, $15 for an e-book?!
Production costs?

It's a case of supply and demand - you're getting the book before the hardcopy version comes out, hence the padded price. Once the hardcopy hits stores, the price will drop.


HTRN

HTRN wrote:It's a case of supply and demand - you're getting the book before the hardcopy version comes out, hence the padded price. Once the hardcopy hits stores, the price will drop.


HTRN

Yup, the harcopy is not due to come out until January.

Flintlock Tom wrote:I really enjoyed "Live Free or Die", and I'm willing to keep going with the story, but, $15 for an e-book?!
Production costs?

$15 for an e-book 5 months before it hits shelves. If you gottahaveta read it before everybody else, pony up. If you don't, wait until January and the e-book is $6.

I don't begrudge them making more money off my impatience.

JohnOC wrote:

Flintlock Tom wrote:I really enjoyed "Live Free or Die", and I'm willing to keep going with the story, but, $15 for an e-book?!
Production costs?

$15 for an e-book 5 months before it hits shelves. If you gottahaveta read it before everybody else, pony up. If you don't, wait until January and the e-book is $6.

I don't begrudge them making more money off my impatience.

Nor do I. The "free market" should rule.
But it reminds me of the kid selling lemonade. A businessman stops to help out and asks "how much for a glass?" The kid responds "one thousand dollars."
The businessman, astonished, asks "how many glasses do you expect to sell at that price?"
Kid: "I only want to sell one."

Damn I am behind on Ringo....

I still need to read the Council Wars, Vorpal Blade and a handful of others.

Incidentally, Ringo will be a guest at Ravencon in April of 2011.

www.ravencon.com

Thanks for the heads up , but I will wait for the hard copy.

JohnOC wrote:

Flintlock Tom wrote:I really enjoyed "Live Free or Die", and I'm willing to keep going with the story, but, $15 for an e-book?!
Production costs?

$15 for an e-book 5 months before it hits shelves. If you gottahaveta read it before everybody else, pony up. If you don't, wait until January and the e-book is $6.

I don't begrudge them making more money off my impatience.

Actually it's $15 for the e-ARC. Electronic Advanced Reader Copy. In other words, it's the version before the final edit.