The WoT Companion Book: Any Special Pre-Orders?

[Jagen Sedai]

I'm wondering if anyone knows if Tor plans on doing something where you can pre-order the Companion book and get something with it, or maybe just pre-order off of Amazon if it's possible? I like ordering from Amazon but if there is something special going on, I don't want to miss it.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

You can pre order from Amazon, it's $20.75 atm and you're guaranteed lowest price by publication date.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Oh idk about Japan tho

[Jagen Sedai]

It's fine I have an American address. Amazon ships here in less than a week, it's great!!

 

But now that I see the Kindle.... *-* I wish I could get both, like if you order the hardcover, get the kindle half off or something...

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

By all rights they should include the e version free but they'll never do that :/

[Jagen Sedai]

I feel the same way... but I guess their worry is that one of the versions would end up free to someone else.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Oh hey wow!

 

I just checked. Not only is the hardcover down to 20.49, but it says since I pre ordered the hardcover I can pre order the kindle version for $2.99

 

So I did.

 

Thanks for asking that, I never expected them to do that.

 

Regular kindle is 19.99 atm.

[Jagen Sedai]

WhHHAATTT?! I'm going to pre-order the kindle version too then!!!

[Jagen Sedai]

SWEEEEEEEETTTTT I PRE-ORDERED BOTH NOW

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

 

Now I'm exited for the book to get here

[DemandredFO]

Will there be an audio version, since apparently they'll never release the BWB on audio.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Dunno

[Jagen Sedai]

I don't think it would make any sense to make it an audio book. It's a reference book, after all, not a story.

 

I REALLY hope to learn how Moiraine and Lan arrived in the Two Rivers when they did... among other adventures they might have had during that 20 year time span.

[Elsalvador]

I pre-ordered a few weeks ago - that kindle price is nuts!

[DemandredFO]

Jagen Sedai, I can't speak for anyone else who has vision problems or other issues that make reading difficult. However, I'd think it would be much easier for those people, and me who is legally-blind to have an audio edition.

As to your post, unless RJ had more for the prequels than the sentence for the Mat and Fortouna books, we won't learn much. Aditionally the adventures of Moiriane, Verin and Cadsuane would probably fill several books. Frankly they could drop the Serafelle entry for more Moiraine or Verin

[Jagen Sedai]

Mat and Fortouna books?! What? This is surprising to me, because I never heard anything about it. I think the entries for Moiraine and Verin will be long, and I want to read every detail I can about them. :)

[DemandredFO]

There were supposed to be a trilogy of book of Mat and Fortouna reconquering seanchan but Jordan only wrote a sentence so no one can go further

[Jagen Sedai]

Aw, that is sad to hear >.> I would have LOVED to read a series of books that takes place in Seanchan. I hope there is a lot of info on the land in the book coming out.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

I hope they do an audio version... It will be a lot of text for my eyes

[Ryrin]

Mine is in too.

[Paul G]

We seem to have 2 versions here in Oz, the USA published version from tor books and the UK version by published by the little brown book group. Seems only to be a slight cover print diferance and the UK version is + 2 days and a couple $ less.

 

http://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?keywords=The+Wheel+of+Time+Companion&productType=917504

[thom_merrilin]

I know it shows the Kindle version for release on the same day, but is that really correct? As Harriet normally stipulates at least a three month gap between hard cover and Kindle release. I'd rather ave the Kindle version, but I don't fancy waiting for three months extra for it.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

I think she must have been brought around on that.

[Ryrin]

 

I REALLY hope to learn how Moiraine and Lan arrived in the Two Rivers when they did... among other adventures they might have had during that 20 year time span.

Me too. It was supposed to be one of the 3 pre-quels.

[VincentAsaro]

I know it shows the Kindle version for release on the same day, but is that really correct? As Harriet normally stipulates at least a three month gap between hard cover and Kindle release. I'd rather ave the Kindle version, but I don't fancy waiting for three months extra for it.

 

She wanted the last book in the series proper to debut in print on the NYT bestseller list as previous volumes had. She was afraid that making the Ebook available same day might prevent that. I think she can be forgiven wanting to give that to RJ In Memoriam. Not sure the WOT Dict. has any chance of doing that.