Can we get a countdown timer for aMoL?

[Kara]

It would be nice to have a countdown timer thingy on the DM home page. Please?

[FarShainMael]

92.

[Sid]

just make sure to keep this thread updated, FSM

[FarShainMael]

just make sure to keep this thread updated, FSM

 

91.......

[Kara]

[FarShainMael]

Best I can do until they put up a proper one!

[BFG]

Would the countdown be for the US release?

 

Assuming that the book is being released in Australia on the same date, I wonder if someone in the US could get a e-book copy from Oz when it's released in Oz and read it early?

[FarShainMael]

Countdown is to Jan 8th as per DM front page (but please feel free to check my arithmetic).

[BFG]

no, no, Jan 8th and arithmatic are fine - I'm just wondering about the time difference. Someone in Oz is going to get their hands on the book 12-16(?) hours before the US.

[Barid Bel Medar]

no, no, Jan 8th and arithmatic are fine - I'm just wondering about the time difference. Someone in Oz is going to get their hands on the book 12-16(?) hours before the US.

 

Yes, this is how it happens.

 

However, Team Jordan are not releasing the eBook on the Hard/paperback release date, it will be available a few months after.

 

I am not sure about the audio-book and how that works.

 

However, I would say that any effort to obtain the book in the time difference would take more time than just waiting for the release in your respective country.

[yoniy0]

A stroke of genius! Tell my Audible account that I'm Australian, get the audiobook a day early!

[Barid Bel Medar]

You would also have the added benefit of being considered awesome by everyone ever.

 

That's what I tell myself when I wake up anyway.

 

More on the topic, the eBook is set to be released on the 9th of April 2013.

 

Is the audio-book in digital format? I thought it was a CD/DVD type thing. (I know nothing about audio-book tech.)

[BFG]

So, basically you're saying the only thing left to do is to invent teleportation before Jan 8th?

[FarShainMael]

90....

 

BTW, please feel free to update, if I'm not around. (I'm sure I had a life, somewhere.. )

[yoniy0]

Is the audio-book in digital format? I thought it was a CD/DVD type thing. (I know nothing about audio-book tech.)

Vinyl.

 

No, seriously, it's a download, either to a computer application (OSX / Windows / Linux via Wine), directly to one's kindle, or to iOS/Android apps. It's cool stuff (except that I'm not a big fan of the medium itself, but you just can't beat instant worldwide delivery; oh, wait, what's this I hear? Is there another medium that might fit that bill? Oh, well, not in tWoT I guess ).

[Luckers]

Re: countdown. Create one and email Jason@Dragonmount.com about it's potential implementation.

[herid]

Re: countdown. Create one and email Jason@Dragonmount.com about it's potential implementation.

Luckers, This should be just a few lines of javascript which any server admin should be able to easily write themselves. There are even some ready made ones on the web like this one or the one in my sig but it's better to write your own.

[Kestrel]

You can get the days remaining anytime, easily, here:

Calculate duration between two dates

 

http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html

 

Excel also has a function that calculates it, so you don't even have to be on line.

[Luckers]

Re: countdown. Create one and email Jason@Dragonmount.com about it's potential implementation.

Luckers, This should be just a few lines of javascript which any server admin should be able to easily write themselves. There are even some ready made ones on the web like this one or the one in my sig but it's better to write your own.

 

Excellent, though before you email Jason make sure you have the right to offer the countdown--before he can even consider making it an element of the site he needs to know you have the right to be duplicating whatever it is you're offering.

[herid]

Sorry, Luckers. let me clarify. I'm not a programmer or a site designer and I have nothing to do with the links I mentioned. I found them on the web after a few minutes search and they are free to use for anybody. the links are here and here.

But really, for best results everything should be done by the site designer. The countdown counter itself should be just a few lines of javascript - I know that much. the rest is the layout and style design (fonts, size, colors, frame position, shades etc). This is the kind of stuff you don't need or want user help with.

[Kara]

I seem to remember that DM has had countdown timers for previous release dates...

[2RiversFan]

I seem to remember that DM has had countdown timers for previous release dates...

 

I found this aMoL timer after googling it:

 

http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?msg=A%20Memory%20of%20Light&p0=239&year=2013&month=1&day=8&hour=10&min=0&sec=0

[FarShainMael]

Good!

[Entreri]

That would be a fantastic idea!

 

Only a few more months. :)

[garry1209]

86 days, 14 hrs....I was also thinking that we need a timer on DM, it should have been put on the day the publishing date was announced.