Not in how long it will take to finish, edit, and publish the book. Those things happens as they need to happen.
But with the fact that there is a 3-month delay in the e-book version. Seems kinda sad that TOR (and whomever else was in on the decision) is more interested in killing lots more trees and adding more pollution than having the e-book available at launch.
There was a time, from a financial POV, where this might have made practical and financial sense. But with the increase in e-book sales, the cost of producing physical copies, distributing, and selling them at a POS has increased significantly. By the end of the year, based on current trends, the practicality of printing large books like this will be cost prohibitive to the point of much higher costs to the consumer or eating at publisher and/or retailer's margins.
Sure, there are those who want their hardcopy book.
Great for them, and I have no issue with those folks. Enjoy adding it to your collection.
And those who say it was done that was last time need to understand the drastic changes in the market place the last 18-months. Seems to me TOR (and perhaps Harriet and those advising her) just don't get that.
Terribly short-sighted.
I will wait for the e-book and buy it, if only because I have invested 20 or so year in the franchise. But unless things change moving forward, I will never buy another publication by TOR (or this franchise, however it moves forward) again.
Release Date for A Memory of Light + eBook
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I am disappointed.
Not in how long it will take to finish, edit, and publish the book. Those things happens as they need to happen.
But with the fact that there is a 3-month delay in the e-book version. Seems kinda sad that TOR (and whomever else was in on the decision) is more interested in killing lots more trees and adding more pollution than having the e-book available at launch.
There was a time, from a financial POV, where this might have made practical and financial sense. But with the increase in e-book sales, the cost of producing physical copies, distributing, and selling them at a POS has increased significantly. By the end of the year, based on current trends, the practicality of printing large books like this will be cost prohibitive to the point of much higher costs to the consumer or eating at publisher and/or retailer's margins.
Sure, there are those who want their hardcopy book.
Great for them, and I have no issue with those folks. Enjoy adding it to your collection.
And those who say it was done that was last time need to understand the drastic changes in the market place the last 18-months. Seems to me TOR (and perhaps Harriet and those advising her) just don't get that.
Terribly short-sighted.
I will wait for the e-book and buy it, if only because I have invested 20 or so year in the franchise. But unless things change moving forward, I will never buy another publication by TOR (or this franchise, however it moves forward) again.