Kevin's Watch

Hi all I'm new to this forum, but not new to The Land.
I have 1 burning question so far.
Is 'Against All Thing's Ending' available as an e-BOOK.
If so where is the best place to purchase it in Australia?

Welcome!

Looks like it is available at Barnes and Noble as a Nook book.
search.barnesandnoble.com/Against-All-Things-Ending/Stephen-R-Donaldson/e/9781101444498/?itm=1&USRI=against+all+things+ending

lorin wrote:Welcome!

Looks like it is available at Barnes and Noble as a Nook book.
search.barnesandnoble.com/Against-All-Things-Ending/Stephen-R-Donaldson/e/9781101444498/?itm=1&USRI=against+all+things+ending

Thanks heaps for the info & link Lorin.
I look forward to spending time in the forum

Be Welcome to the Watch, Quentin.
Be Well Come and True.

I've also heard excellent things regarding Scott Brick's recorded versions of the chrons. Check them out for a different experience of them.

Agreed. Scott Brick has done an awesome job on each of the Chrons volumes he has done. Scott does extensive research, including interviewing SRD to determine the pronunciation of the unique words he invents, as well as the arcane vocabulary he delves out of established-but-obscure English. His readings are quite compelling.

As I understand what SRD has said in the Gradual Interview, he has no control over who is granted e-book or audiobook rights to his works; his publishers have all those rights. For AATE, apparently Scott Brick did not get the audiobook rights. Unfortunately, IMHO...

I thought he didn't have them for any of the last chrons. (Come to think of it, isn't he a member? )

Anyrate, welcome to the Watch Quentin.

--A

Actually, Av, Brick did Fatal Revenant and the first trilogy. Nothing for the Second Chrons (AFAIK), nor any volume of the Last Chron other than FR.

Inconsistent publisher policies...

Ah, I knew it was one of series that he didn't do at all. Thanks.

--A

Thankyou all, it's good to be among you.
I can see already that it's an involving forum

aren't ebooks different that audiobooks?

They are. But Menolly suggested the audio books upthread as a different experience of the Chrons. Hence the tangent.

aliantha wrote:They are. But Menolly suggested the audio books upthread as a different experience of the Chrons. Hence the tangent.

ahhh, ok. I love the audio. Own them all.

Quentin wrote:Hi all I'm new to this forum, but not new to The Land.
I have 1 burning question so far.
Is 'Against All Thing's Ending' available as an e-BOOK.
If so where is the best place to purchase it in Australia?

If you have a Kindle, every Kindle book in the amazon library is available from the Kindle itself. (I said Kindle three times in that sentence!)

Menu > Browse the Kindle Library > Purchase

The Kindle 2 has free 3G as well as wireless connectivity so downloads are available almost anywhere. I bought Against All Things Ending for my Kindle a few months ago while in Korea.

This is my first electronic version of an SRD book and I am left wanting something to occupy my bookshelf next to his other works.

I guess I can keep my Kindle there.

Just a heads up about the e-books and this is, yes, from the man himself, the e-books contain a significant number of typos, errors and translation issues. The publishing house that contracted them was not willing to pay for the already existent digital files so they bought the rights and contracted for the digital files to be made by super cheap translation overseas. Yep, you heard me right. They got the rights for the manuscripts but it was cheaper by far to pay a translator from another country to transpose the books than pay for the existing digital files from the publisher holding the rights. SRD had no control over this therefore the e-books have egregious issues. He was even willing to offer up the digital files from himself for free just to make the books right but it would be in direct violation of contract rights. It's a messed up world we live in folks. Danlo and Lady Tam were also in on this convo so they can confirm this sad but horrible reality. Also for the record, SRD would have given the audio rights to Scott in a quick heartbeat if he had any say in the matter. Authors get screwed by modern tech if they aren't protected by modern contracts and most of SRD's stuff was written before this kind of technology was imagined let alone real. Scott got the rights to the first chrons because the contract had expired and Scott loved them so much he campaigned/worked hard and came up with the fundage to buy them himself which he did because he RAWKS!!!. The mid chrons are in limbo and the holder of said rights are holding out to see if the first chrons makes enough moolah on the first and final chrons to up the price so they suck even more for being more soulless than Holt Fasner. As for the final chrons, SRD is in fact pissed off that the holder of the rights did NOT contract Scott again but yet again, due to contract constraints he has no say so that sucks ass.

Savor Dam wrote:Actually, Av, Brick did Fatal Revenant and the first trilogy. Nothing for the Second Chrons (AFAIK), nor any volume of the Last Chron other than FR.

Inconsistent publisher policies...

Actually he did Runes also (It was available commercially, rather than on his site like the rest)

So, he did First Chrons, he's negotiating Rights to 2nd Chrons. and he did the first two Final Chrons. So, 5 of the Published books, negotiating for 3 and wasn't offered the latest.

I borrowed AATE Audio from a friend, and I'm still in Andelain, and not impressed with the reading of it so far. None of the excitement that Scott Brick brings to the reading, the Huruchai sound like Pixies

sindatur wrote:I borrowed AATE Audio from a friend, and I'm still in Andelain, and not impressed with the reading of it so far. None of the excitement that Scott Brick brings to the reading, the Haruchai sound like Pixies

Do. Not. Want.

Savor Dam wrote:

sindatur wrote:I borrowed AATE Audio from a friend, and I'm still in Andelain, and not impressed with the reading of it so far. None of the excitement that Scott Brick brings to the reading, the Haruchai sound like Pixies

Do. Not. Want.

On Disk 2, I rescind that and modify it with, they sound like Doctor Who's K-9. Mechanical, with high pitched voices.

Bizarre.

--A

Cameraman Jenn wrote:Just a heads up about the e-books and this is, yes, from the man himself, the e-books contain a significant number of typos, errors and translation issues. The publishing house that contracted them was not willing to pay for the already existent digital files so they bought the rights and contracted for the digital files to be made by super cheap translation overseas. Yep, you heard me right. They got the rights for the manuscripts but it was cheaper by far to pay a translator from another country to transpose the books than pay for the existing digital files from the publisher holding the rights. SRD had no control over this therefore the e-books have egregious issues. He was even willing to offer up the digital files from himself for free just to make the books right but it would be in direct violation of contract rights. It's a messed up world we live in folks. Danlo and Lady Tam were also in on this convo so they can confirm this sad but horrible reality. Also for the record, SRD would have given the audio rights to Scott in a quick heartbeat if he had any say in the matter. Authors get screwed by modern tech if they aren't protected by modern contracts and most of SRD's stuff was written before this kind of technology was imagined let alone real. Scott got the rights to the first chrons because the contract had expired and Scott loved them so much he campaigned/worked hard and came up with the fundage to buy them himself which he did because he RAWKS!!!. The mid chrons are in limbo and the holder of said rights are holding out to see if the first chrons makes enough moolah on the first and final chrons to up the price so they suck even more for being more soulless than Holt Fasner. As for the final chrons, SRD is in fact pissed off that the holder of the rights did NOT contract Scott again but yet again, due to contract constraints he has no say so that sucks ass.

Thankyou very much for that insight. Everyone wants a stake in anothers fame. I think I'll buy the book version instead. Thx agin

I always think that books have a certain character about them anyway. Something you can't get from a .pdf

--A