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Free ebook copy when you buy hardcover for Legion
So Brandon recently announced that anyone who bought a physical copy of the book gets a free ebook. Pretty nifty, huh?All you have to do is email him at ebooks(at)brandonsanderson.com, with either a copy of your receipt, or with a picture of you with your book. Brandon (or Peter or someone) will then email you a copy of the book in epub and mobi format. Perfect for those of you who (like me) still haven't gotten their physical copy shipped to them yet, but really really want to read it.
Here's what Brandon had to say about it:
I told people I was trying to figure out how to do this with AMoL. I failed there--the publishing end of that book is too far out of my hands. I can at least do it with stories for which I own the electronic rights.
The sad thing is, this shouldn't actually be news. It should be the standard. I feel that publishing should have figured out how to make this work already.
The next step is to figure out how to make this happen for my Tor books.
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The "swirliness" of the hardcover accentuates the nature of the protagonist's condition more, shows the fluidity and ultimate ephemeral nature of his "aspects," while leaving the real man distinct, awash amidst the horde of his creations.
The eBook cover, on the other hand, sends a far different message. It is visually more clean and perhaps even better conveys the true vastness of Leeds' mind, and also gives a much more put-together, assertive image of the main character. This is not representative of the book, at least in my opinion, where we see a thoroughly competent Leed (see what I did there? Huh? Am I right?
Leeds' facelessness in the eBook cover is also in stark contrast to his presentation in the hardback. The eBook gives the impression that Leeds is a blank slate with a plurality of personalities to step into, which is akin to Monica's misapprehension of his abilities in the book.
The eBook cover also looks a bit samey. It's clean-cut to a fault, and visually pleasing, but I don't get a sense of uniqueness from it. This is all not to say that the eBook cover is bad, just that I like the hardback cover more.