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Subject: glencook-fans-digest V1 #183
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glencook-fans-digest Tuesday, May 7 2002 Volume 01 : Number 183
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Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 12:14:52 -0700
From: "Brooke A. Wheeler" <BrookeAWheeler@netscape.net>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Print on Demand
They also provide them in a format that you can load onto a PDA. For me,
this works as well as a book. I currently have about 60 or so books on
my Palm m505. I can even read in the dark, as it has a backlighted
screen. It's also small enough to slip in my back pocket, which is more
convenient even than a paperback. Too bad none of Cook's stuff is
available in e-book format, though you can find some other Tor authors
in electronic form.
David George wrote:
>Actually, what you describe is very much like the US. Some publishers
>like Baen Books have realized this and have found that putting books on
>websites does not decrease sales of paper copies. Speaking for myself, I
>don't mind reading a few sample chapters online but reading an entire
>book online is just plain uncomfortable. Give me paper book and an easy
>chair or a hammock every time.
>
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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 15:57:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Filippov <igor@osc.edu>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: (glencook-fans) Print on Demand
APZK,
Far be it from my affairs what information sources you use but perhaps you
shouldn't trust those particular newspapers quite so much, or else you'd
find yourself repeating somebody's grandma's anecdotes for a fact.
Allow me to let you know - few bookstores in Russia can
compare with the most provincial "Barnes & Noble" in the States, and it
doesn't end with the bookstores - the library in my college for example
has almost 5 million volumes - not only in English but also in Russian,
Spanish, French etc. etc... While popularity of a certain author - e.g.
Glen Cook - may be greater in Russia, the statement that people there read
more in general seems rather far-fetched.
From what I've seen of the Russian online bookshelves usually they're not
connected to publishers (that is - regular, hard-copy publishers) in any
way, so it's difficult to make an assertion how much Russian publishers
are happy with the existence of the online books. Maybe the proliferation
of the online libraries is more due to the fact of the handicapped judicial
system than because of the benevolence of the said publishers.
Best,
Igor Filippov
P.S.
Maybe you might want to start signing your messages before asking personal
questions. Come to think of it, signing one's messages in general seems
like a good way of conveying respect to the people you're
communicating with...
On Sun, 5 May 2002, APZK wrote:
> Hmm... Maybe that research was conducted, it seems to me that I've read
> about it in some newspaper, but I not sure. As Roger Horky said, Russians
> have a reputation for being a literate people. Hence, it is not only my
> opinion. I don't know, why it so. Maybe it is "general innate knowledge",
> but I think that there are some reasons for think so. But I think that now
> Russia is becoming not so literate country... but I hope that I'm wrong.
>
> P.S.
> Igor, are you Russian? Where are you living and where are you from?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Igor Filippov <igor@osc.edu>
> To: <glencook-fans@lists.xmission.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: (glencook-fans) Print on Demand
>
>
> > "There are more readers in Russia than in US" - are you so sure about
> > that ? Who conducted that research and where the results have been
> > published ? Are you talking about the overall literate part of the
> > populace or readers of some particular author/genre ?
> > Or maybe it's just part of general innate knowledge, rather like
> > "Russia is a motherland of elephants" ?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Igor
>
>
>
>
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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 20:41:31 EDT
From: Klobas@aol.com
Subject: (glencook-fans) Re: glencook-fans-digest V1 #181
FYI, the May issue of Locus Magazine notes that Glen Cook sold a new untitled
fantasy trilogy to Tor. This must be the 'R.R. Martin'-like series that's
been mentioned previously.
Scott Klobas
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Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 15:37:17 +0100 (BST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Fraser=20Ronald?= <stelm7@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Re: glencook-fans-digest V1 #181
--- Klobas@aol.com wrote: > FYI, the May issue of
Locus Magazine notes that Glen
> Cook sold a new untitled
> fantasy trilogy to Tor. This must be the 'R.R.
> Martin'-like series that's
> been mentioned previously.
>
> Scott Klobas
Locus always takes so freaking long to get to Canada.
I just got my April issue! Argh!
Another Cook fantasy trilogy. Mmmm.
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"Sword's Edge" (http://www.atfantasy.com/fiction/swords_edge/)
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Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 15:14:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: schew@interzone.com (Steve Chew)
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Re: new series
>
>FYI, the May issue of Locus Magazine notes that Glen Cook sold a new untitled
>fantasy trilogy to Tor. This must be the 'R.R. Martin'-like series that's
>been mentioned previously.
>
<very slight spoiler for Martin books>
...
...
Boy, and I thought Martin was brutal to his characters. Wait
'til Cook gives it a shot. :)
Steve
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Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 16:21:18 -0300
From: Richard Chilton <rchilton@auracom.com>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Re: new series
Any word on when they're due out?
Richard
(who's assuming Cook sold the outlines and is now busy written)
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