MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2457 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Misty EBooks by "Howell, Tommy" 2) Re: Misty EBooks by Hank Tiffany 3) Re: fairy tales by "Li'nia Stormdancer" 4) RE: Misty EBooks by "Howell, Tommy" 5) My Strange, Strange Observations 0.o by Barbara Hallock 6) Re: Misty EBooks by "Misty's Secretary" 7) Re: My Strange, Strange Observations 0.o by Lish Monahan 8) Re: My Strange, Strange Observations 0.o by "Lorna Appleby" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:03:45 -0600 From: "Howell, Tommy" To: "'mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk'" Subject: Misty EBooks Message-ID: <5BA8DB8D54C4D3119956009027DE50C60E9FAF-+AT+-tdmnmail.tdmn.belo.com> I was visiting EBook publisher Peanut Press' website today and discovered 4 of Misty's books available for purchase and immediate download. Price is comparable to paperback books for most books, although Anne McCaffrey's "Pegasus in Space" was priced like a hardback. All of the Arrows books were available as well as Firebird. If you have a Palm or WindowsCE handheld, you can get the free PeanutPress reader software and buy and read the books on your handheld. It's very convenient for people who commute on public transportation. Up until now, I've only read daily Wired News using the AvantGo service on my handheld. The site is at http://www.peanutpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:34:46 -0800 (PST) From: Hank Tiffany To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Misty EBooks Message-ID: On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Howell, Tommy wrote: > If you have a Palm or WindowsCE handheld, you can get the free PeanutPress > reader software and buy and read the books on your handheld. It's very > convenient for people who commute on public transportation. I'm curious, how would this be any more convenient than sticking a paperback or two in my backpack? Hank tiffany, git of dypos ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:32:37 -0800 (PST) From: "Li'nia Stormdancer" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: fairy tales Message-ID: <20001121173237.24112.qmail-+AT+-web1206.mail.yahoo.com> Heyla List-Sibs! --- Shannon.Wiltshire-+AT+-vodafone.co.nz wrote: ( what does everyone think of the diana tregarde novels? I just finished jinx high) Personally, I love the DT books. And since I know there won't be anymore of them, I cherish the ones that I do have. The first one I read was "Children of the Night" (which should be the first one you read) and loved it, so I moved on to "Jinx High" and "Burning Water". What I also liked about those was that those weren't told strictly from Di's point of view, but also from supporting characters. Also, "Jinx High" tied a little bit in to "Born to Run", by showing us how Tannim had first witnessed the battle between a witch and a sorceress (as he mentions at the beginning of "Born to Run") and mentioning some other things that pop up in some of the other SERRAted Edge books. Also, for anyone else who's curious, in the "Werehunter" collection, there is the original version of "Children of the Night", and a short Di Tregarde story that I hadn't seen anywhere else. ===== ---<---<---<----+AT+- Li'nia Stormdancer -+AT+---->--->--->--- Peon to the Powers That Be, Goddess of All Things Possessed, & Caretaker of the Arena of Discussion and Dissention __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:42:38 -0600 From: "Howell, Tommy" To: "'mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk'" Subject: RE: Misty EBooks Message-ID: <5BA8DB8D54C4D3119956009027DE50C60E9FB0-+AT+-tdmnmail.tdmn.belo.com> The main advantage is the size of the handheld. It's small enough to fit into a man's shirt pocket. I'm much more likely to have the handheld with me at odd moments that I could occupy myself with something to read, like boring business meetings. I would hope that the prices on these books would be low enough to entice people to buy them to save paper and shipping, especially for folks that just read casually and not as collectors. Also, another advantage is immediacy. You can buy it and download it immediately. For example, you finish a book over lunch and you load up a new one for the trip home. -----Original Message----- On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Howell, Tommy wrote: > If you have a Palm or WindowsCE handheld, you can get the free PeanutPress > reader software and buy and read the books on your handheld. It's very > convenient for people who commute on public transportation. I'm curious, how would this be any more convenient than sticking a paperback or two in my backpack? Hank tiffany, git of dypos ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:43:08 -0800 (PST) From: Barbara Hallock To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: My Strange, Strange Observations 0.o Message-ID: <13866278.974828588450.JavaMail.imail-+AT+-goochy.excite.com> *crawls slowly out of lurkdom, sheeping at the light* Um, hello everyone! I just started reading the Black Gryphon the other day and I opened to the back cover flap with the pic of Misty and Larry Dixon..... And the first thought that came into my head was, "Vanyel." I know this is a little odd but, hey, hence the title. Everyone have a nice day. *crawls back into the lurky place which is perpetually dark, her eyes adjusting quickly* _______________________________________________________ Tired of slow Internet? Get -+AT+-Home Broadband Internet http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:50:43 -0000 From: "Misty's Secretary" To: Subject: Re: Misty EBooks Message-ID: Without wanting to endorse any particular product, I have to say that I've got a pocket computer and I have downloaded a LOT of library information to it, including several novels. I literally would not be able to lift all the information I carry on that thing should it be in paper format - the bible, the complete works of shakespeare, a full mutli volume encyclopedia, and about 20 novels various. So if I'm at an airport, I can drop that out and read - or should I ever need a reference or information (and it happens from time to time) I've got it handy. Much more convenient than a suitcase full of books, though admittedly a lot more expensive :) But that wasn't the only reason I got the device. Incidentally, to be fair I have to point out that it's not a windows CE device or a Palm. Which sadly puts peanut press out of the question for me personally. But I still got the complete works of Douglas Adams. I also wrote to peanut asking them to extend their range to cover those of us that prefer to only use a couple of AA batteries every month in our computers, instead of half a domestic flight before needing a recharge :) Well, that's how I feel about it. Paul -- The opinions expressed here in this case are my own personal ones; so don't go looking to blame anyone else for em ya hear? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Tiffany" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 5:19 PM Subject: Re: Misty EBooks > > > On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Howell, Tommy wrote: > > > If you have a Palm or WindowsCE handheld, you can get the free PeanutPress > > reader software and buy and read the books on your handheld. It's very > > convenient for people who commute on public transportation. > > I'm curious, how would this be any more convenient than sticking a > paperback or two in my backpack? > > Hank tiffany, git of dypos > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:44:44 -0500 (EST) From: Lish Monahan To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: My Strange, Strange Observations 0.o Message-ID: > Um, hello everyone! I just started reading the Black Gryphon the other day > and I opened to the back cover flap with the pic of Misty and Larry > Dixon..... And the first thought that came into my head was, "Vanyel." I > know this is a little odd but, hey, hence the title. Everyone have a nice > day. I'm even more confused... you think Larry Dixon looks like Vanyel?! Or maybe you meant Misty? ;) Since neither of them are short, lanky, hawk-nosed, with black and silver straight hair, and neither of them are clinically depressed, I find the mental leap a bit bizarre. But that could be just me... don't get me wrong though... I'm not meaning to be critical. My mind makes even more bizarre leaps. I was sitting in my JAVA prgramming course last week when suddenly I had the entire closing paragraph of Norman Mclean's novella "A river Runs Through It" stuck in my head. Verbatim. Weird thing: I haven't read that book since 10th grade, about 6 years ago. Its a great story though, and the closing paragraph is one of the more beautiful thigns I've ever read. Just had absoutely NOTHING to do with computer science. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:28:19 -0800 From: "Lorna Appleby" To: Subject: Re: My Strange, Strange Observations 0.o Message-ID: <033a01c053f1$34850350$f240a8c0-+AT+-backtalk.org> > Um, hello everyone! I just started reading the Black Gryphon the other day > and I opened to the back cover flap with the pic of Misty and Larry > Dixon..... And the first thought that came into my head was, "Vanyel." I > know this is a little odd but, hey, hence the title. Everyone have a nice > day. Personally, I've always felt that Darkwind looks a lot like Larry while the pictures of Elspeth look like a younger Misty.. But hey, I'm not above being told I've been drinking too much Sprite and the sugar's infecting my brain. ^_^ -Lorna -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm selfish. I don't share my computer, my books or my boyfriends. Shadowydreamer's Crossroads http://shadowydreamer.com Why Women Watch Anime http://shadowydreamer.com/Anime Blue Horizon Simming Group http://www.bhsims.com ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2457 **********************************