Battle Ground??

[Bad Alias]

And she didn’t fare so well the last time a Starborn was running around.

The question is who "she" is. I always took it to mean the Winter Lady preceding Maeve, but the most recent female named was Mab.

[Bad Alias]

Amazon is telling me $18.31 for the Peace Talks hardback. So that's about $10 for getting it soonest and in mint condition (unless your delivery guy throws it over your gate, RobReece).

I went ahead and pre-ordered Peace Talks for $16.31. I figured $8.00 is worth getting it immediately. Also Amazon guarantees the lowest price from here to through the release date.

If the Amazon.com price decreases between the time you place your order and the end of the day of the release date, you'll receive the lowest price, either through a price adjustment in your unshipped order, or through a refund within 24-72 hours following the release date.

Has anyone ever dealt with that before? Is it reliable?

[morriswalters]

Yes.

[Bad Alias]

Thanks. I've never pre-ordered pretty much anything before.

[g33k]

Gonna be all noble, and NOT buy through Amazon.

I just love bookstores, and want to support my local ones.   

[morriswalters]

I no longer collect physical books.  If for some reason I need them, will buy them in a used bookstore I like.

[g33k]

I no longer collect physical books.  If for some reason I need them, will buy them in a used bookstore I like.

I am still awaiting an e-reader that I can enjoy using (even close to) as much as I enjoy handling a book.   :-(

I would like to move to e-copies of books.  I'm a long-term geek!

I'm also hoping to move (in a few years) to a mobile lifestyle.  The "books" issue looms as a major downgrade.  :-P
 

[morriswalters]

Once upon a time I loved paper, but it's just that more luggage. I prefer Calibre but it means cracking copy protection and it just isn't worth the time. Kindle gives me the device, my phone and my computer.  I don't have to worry about backups, so all in all, it works.

[Bad Alias]

I prefer FB Reader, but it involves using Calibre and cracking copy protection, so same problem. I have no idea if it's available on apple platforms.

[Dina]

I used to like paper too, but room for bookshelves is scarce. Also, with books published in foreign countries, the shipping is really expensive, so most of my books in English are in kindle. It has another advantage for me that only became apparent when I stopped being young. I can change the font size 

[Bad Alias]

My local library had large print editions of most of the DF. That was nice.

[123Chikadee]

As convenient as e-books are, I just love holding a physical copy and smelling that new book smell. That said, I might just give in and do pre-orders.
Oh, what if after Harry beats the female titan, then Chronos sends Harry back in time as vengeance(?) and that kickstarts Mirror Mirror.

[g33k]

... Oh, what if after Harry beats the female titan, then Chronos sends Harry back in time as vengeance(?) and that kickstarts Mirror Mirror.

Blurb says she is the last Titan, which would rule out Chronos.

Blurb could be wrong, of course.

But Mirror Mirror is supposed to be a parallel-universe story, not a time-travel one.  Unless Jim's been actively deceiving us for YEARS now, it has a different premise -- we know a fair bit about it, by now.

I expect we'll get to a time-travel story, eventually (but it's not Mirror Mirror).

[Bad Alias]

@g33k: I agree, but for the sake of argument, the "last" in Last Titan might mean something other that the "last surviving" Titan. It could mean the "youngest" Titan. Or something else. Really any ordering of the Titans other than by death. I think that's a stretch, but possible.

[123Chikadee]

@g33k: Oh right, lol, derp.