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Local Authors => Brandon Sanderson => Topic started by: cyberblade on October 26, 2008, 09:26:48 AM
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I've looked online and can't find HoA in a non proprietary ebook format*... If I'm going to read it on my computer it has to be in pdf or similar, or something I can convert from easily.
Does anyone know where I can buy it? Otherwise I'll be stuck waiting until I can get it from my local library. And I hate having to deal with physical books...
*I've only seen it available for the Kindle and Mobipocket so far.
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I don't know. But as you, I'd like to know if there is a way to get PDF ebooks.
I really enjoy reading hardcover books, but in the meantime, I can't always travel with all the books I love. So I'm currently forced to choose only few of them. Having all of them on my computer would be really helpful for times when I'm not at my parents' home (where I have my personal library) and I search for references in those books.
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I've long been a lurker - if I recall, last time I saw a post on this sort of thing...
The only book in .PDF format from Mistborn is "The Final Empire" - that was distributed free by Tor a few months ago as part of the launch of their new website.
I don't think that WoA or HoA were ever done as .PDF or similar. I've seen a lot of people asking. My understanding is that the publishers and distributors believed there "just wasn't demand"...because, you know, we ALL want identical hardcovers! Yes, I love hardcovers...I also like having a PDF to run searches on for terms or names and references.
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I've long been a lurker - if I recall, last time I saw a post on this sort of thing...
The only book in .PDF format from Mistborn is "The Final Empire" - that was distributed free by Tor a few months ago as part of the launch of their new website.
I don't think that WoA or HoA were ever done as .PDF or similar. I've seen a lot of people asking. My understanding is that the publishers and distributors believed there "just wasn't demand"...because, you know, we ALL want identical hardcovers! Yes, I love hardcovers...I also like having a PDF to run searches on for terms or names and references.
Well, the publishers may think that... And they may be right for most people. I don't buy something I can't take with me when I move (and I move a lot). The only books I own in hardcover are some nice coffee table ones. I prefer reading on a screen, much easier on my eyes and much more practical for me.
It's still not in my library, so I may sit at Borders to read it... If/when it comes out in pdf or similar I'll buy the series. Until then it's not worth it to me.
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whoah its easier for your eyes when you read on the screen? I've always found its the opposite. My eyes start to water when I stare at a computer screen too long...but then I have contacts for my vision, so that might explain it...
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whoah its easier for your eyes when you read on the screen? I've always found its the opposite. My eyes start to water when I stare at a computer screen too long...but then I have contacts for my vision, so that might explain it...
Since LCD's I've enjoyed computer screens more than print. It's always clear and bright... With a book it's not as defined, and you have to make sure there are lights on, and if you move the shadows shift... I realize it's a personal preference. So I make no claim as to it being easier for everyone. But of the 8 books I've read for fun in the last month only one has been print (that was mistborn 2, as my library had it). Of the books I read for work/professionally they're all online as well (safaribooksonline.com). I really wish TOR could do something similar for all of their books-I'd gladly pay a subscription...
I wear glasses, I gave up on contacts because I usually spend 16 hours a day in front of a computer screen. Contacts only last me about 8 hours, plus the annoyance of having to put them in and take them out...
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I would love all of the books I have read to be on PDF. Not because I like reading on a screen better but for the reference factor alone. It would be so much easier to look into something if I could word search and only look at the sections including what im looking for. Dont get me wrong I take a sick pleasure in slowly building my own personal collection of books at home but PDFs would be an awesome addition.
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cyberblade, do you read a lot of Baen books? Many of their books are available in all types of unprotected electronic format. They also periodically release a CD in the back of a new hardback that has dozens (if not hundreds) of free backlist titles on it. They have found that this is a great way to get people to buy new books—hook 'em on backlist and they'll gladly pay for more.
I believe that Tor, with its tor.com experiments, is moving more in this direction, but it won't happen all at once.
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Good call Ook. I just found their on-line library with tons of free e-books on it the other day. I downloaded like ten and just printed them at work. What im reading so far is pretty good so I cant complain.