SF Gateway sale

[julesjones]

I thought that the ebook of The Unorthodox Engineers was astonishingly cheap when I glommed onto it last weekend. On further wandering around the SF Gateway site, I discovered that that would be because SF Gateway is having a Christmas sale.

Lots and lots of lovely backlist back in print, or at least electrons, again, in that familiar yellow jacket, at sale prices -- my copy of The Unorthodox Engineers was 1.99. It is alas, DRMed, but one can't have everything. (I am also amused by the entry on DRM in the FAQ, which has a distinct air of "because Corporate said we had to" about it. :-) I think I may have to go shopping this weekend. From the blog post:

£2.99 eBooks reduced to £1.99!
£4.99 eBooks reduced to £2.99!
And many more!

Comments

[cat63.livejournal.com]

I've just been to have a look and I must say I found their website a bit awkward to use. It's fine if you know what book(s) you want, but for browsing it seems more than a little unwieldy.

[julesjones]

It's not brilliant, but I think they're largely expecting people to already have an idea of what they're looking for, as it's essentially a way to get stuff back into print.

I don't like the DRM, but I do like the idea of being able to get hold of stuff that I read when I was in my teens and that has long since gone out of print. :-) I'm currently working my way through their omnibus edition of the first six Stainless Steel Rat books as my bus reading.

[cat63.livejournal.com]

it's essentially a way to get stuff back into print.

Which is undoubtedly a Good Thing (™) :)

And, as I forgot to say in my previous comment, thank you for pointing it out - I shall go and have another look later on.

It might just be a personal thing - I like to see books ordered alphabetically by author and the iTunes style alphabetising by title irks me :)

I don't like the DRM

Me neither. It's like region-coding on DVDs. Bah.

I understand that some folk have devised ways around it though. Allegedly.

[julesjones]

Author index page. You still have to click on each author to see a list of their books, but it does make it easy to find a specific author.

[cat63.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that. I just picked up The High Crusade

[julesjones]

Excellent. :-) I have that one in paperback, but there are a number of other dearly beloved titles I only ever saw in the library that are on my wish list.

[pteppic.livejournal.com]

Yes.

They run a sale now, and around Easter time. I tend to buy in bulk, and then read throughout the year. :-)

[julesjones]

I think I may be doing that once I've got some free time over the Christmas break. Might even ditch some of the paperbacks if I can replace them with electrons at that price. :-)