Rock8man
1725
Is there an easy way to read it on one’s phone? The last humble bundle I bought at the $1 to test this out, I couldn’t get it on my phone, because the smaller file wasn’t readable, and the pdf was so huge, I couldn’t upload to Google Books or anything like that.
malkav11
1726
Dunno. I read comics on my tablet or PC. I don’t think comics are ever going to be readable as conceived on anything smaller than the print page.
These are available in CBZ format, which is a standard for comics. I have a reader app on my phone and a Comics folder on my OneDrive which the app will access.
A couple of decent bargains today - first, A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, which is the sequel to The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. I haven’t read this second book, but I liked the first one and plan to pick this one up:
Second, Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer is the first book of the Southern Reach trilogy and the basis for the movie of the same name. I really liked this series and I’d recommend giving it a look if you’re curious.
Both books are $2.99 USD.
RichVR
1729
Liking Six Wakes so far. The very beginning was kinda muddled up, but it worked out. Interesting personalities and entanglements. And I really want to know who (or what?) dunnit.
I think the second one is the best in the set, for whatever that’s worth. I enjoyed the first, but was unsatisfied with how it wrapped up. Closed and Common Orbit is definitely the most thoughtful of the bunch. I couldn’t even get through the third, unfortunately.
And yes, Annihilation and its sequels is trippy and fantastic, some of the most atmospheric sci fi I’ve ever read.
I read the “Inside Cover” for Six Wakes on Amazon, and purchased it immediately. I’m excited to read it next.
Right now, though, I’m on book three of VanderMeer’s Southern Reach trilogy and must finish it first.
Couldn’t agree more! What a great series.
aeneas
1732
Thanks for the heads up - I’ve just finished Closed and Common Orbit and was wondering if I should get the next one.
I’d recommend getting it from the library, which is what I did. No money lost if it’s not your thing.
Will Wight’s new Cradle Book 8 is out, and Book 7 is now available for free.
(I enjoyed Book 1, but didn’t enjoy Books 2 and 3. So this is not a recommendation, just a heads up).
Actually, books 1 thru 7 are all free right now
Lamalo
1736
Already half way through book 8. Had to go to work, unfortunately, so I’m not done yet.
I’m loving it so far.
Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 is currently $1.99 for a limited time.
That seems crazy to me. Are book sales so low that this doesn’t affect them? Or do they just drop off super fast?
It may help him get more visibility for his books. They are free for a bit, he gets a lot of downloads, and Amazon’s algorithms may show them to people more often even after he raises the price again.
The Cradle books are a lot of fun and just get better as they go. I’m not sure I understand Will’s business model here either but his new one, Wintersteel, was the fifth most popular book on Amazon last week, so maybe he’s on to something. I’m only about 10% into it but so far, so great. I can say that, precisely because of these giveaways, I tend to buy anything he writes day 1. He’s given me so much free entertainment I figure I owe him, and he’s yet to write something I haven’t enjoyed.
I agree the first couple are a bit of a slow burn, but he pays it off nicely in the later books.
I already had all of 1-7, and I suspect there’s a lot of people who fall into that category. There’s been a ton of sales on everything but #7 in the past, so giving them away for free is a negligible cost.
I got 5, 6, and 7 free so I’m not complaining but it just struck me as a strange marketing move.
I do know from his blog that every new book in the series has sold substantially more than the book before it. I don’t know how the numbers ultimately work out, of course, but it sounds like sacrificing old book sales does at least succeed in driving new book sales. Whether it’s a net gain I couldn’t tell you.
