In article , Amy
Guskin says...
>
>>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:31:41 -0500, jjs{at}xmission.com wrote
>(in article ):
>
>> 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. <<
>
>I noticed at the link you posted that it says in all caps in the title 
>listing, "EXCERPT."  I'm curious, did they maybe add that after people 
>complained?  Was that missing when you ordered?
>
>Amy

No, I'm pretty sure that it's been there the entire time.  I remember talking to
Captain Jaclyn about it and she wanted to make sure that nobody thought they
were getting the entire book for a buck.

Jan


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