Blind Not Dumb (Posts about stupid)https://www.feoh.org/categories/stupid.atom2024-01-21T01:02:42ZChris PattiNikolaDear Amazon and Penguin - Why Can't You Kids Play Nice?https://www.feoh.org/posts/dear-amazon-and-penguin-why-cant-you-kids-play-nice.html2010-04-07T15:01:00-04:002010-04-07T15:01:00-04:00cpatti<p>I received a piece of E-mail from Amazon a few days back apologizing about the fact that my pre-order of the latest <a class="reference external" href="https://www.feoh.org/posts/www.jimbutcher.com">Jim Butcher</a> Dresden Files novel had been canceled, offering me a really cheap price on the print edition.</p>
<p>A couple of days and a great deal of "WTF?" later (That's What The French, this being a family friendly blog and all :) I trotted on over to Jim's website and found an <a class="reference external" href="https://www.jim-butcher.com/news/000362.php">explanation</a>.</p>
<p>Essentially, Amazon and Penguin are bickering over the sale price of the book.</p>
<p>I would *happily* pay full hard cover list for the Kindle edition of the newest Dresden novel. Jim Butcher is my favorite urban fantasy author, and when these books come out I get them the very first *instant* I can and then become some sort of literary crack fiend, obsessively trying to find excuses to crawl off into a corner and page flip.</p>
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<p>So I guess I'll run down to Porter Square Books and buy the dead tree edition, but this is what I bought my Kindle for!</p>
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<p>On the up side, I've been feeling guilty about not supporting my local independent book seller of late, I guess this is an opportunity to put my money where my mouth is and pony up!</p>
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