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bartimaeus7Worldbuilders•

Great opening line.

When Lilia was four years old, her mother filled a shallow dish with Lilia’s blood and fed it to the boars that patrolled the thorn fence.

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Djevans•

Any word on Kindle versions? The 7 reasons have me thoroughly convinced regardless, but Kindle is a damn sight more convinient for me.

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MichaelRUnderwoodAMA Author•

US Kindle pre-order is here: http://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Empire-Worldbreaker-Saga-ebook/dp/B00IQQUYVK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402126858&sr=8-1&keywords=the+mirror+empire

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Maldevinine•

I'd listen to this guy. I've got a feeling he knows all about the distribution.

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risteaOP•

No, don't listen to him. Mike's a troublemaker.

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Djevans•

My bad, I should have been more specific. Any word on UK Kindle versions? It's only up as paperback on UK Amazon.

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snusmumrikan•

Would also like UK kindle info

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risteaOP•

I see it for Kindle on the Amazon.ca store, and available for preorder for only $5.59.

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Djevans•

My bad, I should have been more specific. Any word on UK Kindle versions? It's only up as paperback on UK Amazon.

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unconundrum•

Loved her Bel Dame Apocrypha. Will definitely pick this one up as soon as it's out. Thrilled she's with a more solid company.

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collocation•

Preordering is the bane of our age, wait for reviews.

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risteaOP•

What do you mean?

I love pre-ordering books. It helps the authors out a ton, and I enjoy reading as close to the release date as possible.

Also, I have a pretty good sense of which authors and books I'll enjoy. I'm a reviewer as well...so somebody has to read these books early to let the rest of you know. :)

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collocation•

Preordering is essentially using advertising to sell something instead of the product's content. It encourages the worst part of the system IMO, a product produced with a $1 million creation budget and $10 million advertising budget (these types of numbers are incredibly common with video games). Also if you're a reviewer you're obviously acting under a different set of guidelines for purchasing, as you get added utility from the product typical consumers wouldn't.

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risteaOP•

I can see your argument for video games, DVDs, and other media like that. But books? Especially Fantasy books?

These authors need all the help we can give them, because I'm not sure you're aware just how few copies they sell. (I don't have the hard data on this, but it's to the tune of thousands of copies. Tens of thousands if you're successful, maybe.)

These are not faceless corporations with million dollar budgets. They're awesome, kind, friendly people who I am more than happy to support by pre-ordering.

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collocation•

You're more than welcome to support who ever you choose- but all things being equal, if you're going to spend X amount of dollars on books wouldn't those dollars best be spent on books with an informed choice rather than blindly/ based on promotion? The money still goes to authors in either scenario, but in one the consumer is empowered and in the other they're not.

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AmethystOrator•

But I read the free excerpt and found that to be a good reason not to pre-order. Thank you, but I'll have to politely decline.

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