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from: jjs
date: 2010-12-27 22:31:40
subject: Re: Asked and Answered

On 12/27/2010 11:39 AM, Brandon Klassen wrote:
> As a review for another one of those B5 Kindle items says...
>
> "This product is an advertisement for the print version,
>
> I should have paid more attention to what I was ordering. This 5 book
> series put out by J. Michael Straczynski ([...]) is great, one that
> I'm proud to have on my shelf. When I saw this on the kindle store, I
> thought it was a great way to have the same information on the go.
> When I read the title, I thought it was a reformatted/reorganized
> version of the books I own. It is not. It is a 1000 word excerpt (most
> of which is taken up by an ad for the real book) that includes just a
> couple of questions and answers (contractually, they can not publish
> the entire book as an e-book). It is fine as an ad, but I don't think
> they should charge for it. Having 5 different versions for sale on the
> kindle store is especially misleading.
>
> Bottom line: Go to the cafe press link and get the real books if they
> interest you (I'd give them 5 stars for any B5 fan). Stay away from
> these ads. They aren't worth your money."

I already have the printed version of the 5 books, I was just confused 
by this listing.  Thanks for the info.
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