[LMB] (news) Passage preview scheduled

[Francis Turner]

Interspersed

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Lois McMaster Bujold
<lbujold at myinfmail.com> wrote:
> Someone asked about on-line sample chapters for _Passage_.  My editor
>  writes:
>
>  "What we'll actually be doing is releasing the "Browse
>  Inside" widget early, which is a better online reading experience and
>  gives readers more pages than we can post online.  That will go up two
>  weeks before the on-sale date, so 4/8."

I have to question the theory that the "Browse Inside" widget is a
better online reading experience. Although for an introductory chapter
or 2 I guess it isn't so bad. I just began to take a look at Neil
Gaiman's American Gods which is available in its entirety for free in
this format and began to hate it. Then I realized that I actually
possess a paper version of the book and I've switched to paper. This
is not my normal practice when reading eBooks when I also have the
paper version.

In my opinion the Browse Inside widget combines all the worst featires
of PDFs, mobipocket, MS Reader and other dedicated eReaders into a
single "only runs in the browser" instance. It is better than MS
Reader or mobipocket in that you can read it on a Linux PC but that
isn't something I consider to be a worthwhile trade off...

>
>  Which is a bit late off the mark in my view, but I'll take what I can
>  get.  I'll spread the link around when it goes up.
>
>  Would anyone be interested to have me at least post the jacket copy?

Since Amazon doesn't provide any detail I think you can put me in the
YES column for that.
>
>  bests, Lois.
>
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