king of nowhere Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 I am faced with a conundrum. I wonder if I should order shadows of self immediately, then order bands of mourning a few months after. That means paying twice the shipping cost, which for transoceanic expeditions is more than the price of the book. Plus, the book will still arrive one month later, and this sucks. I vastly prefer a paper version to an ebook, but I realized that could solve the problem. Buy shadows of self as an ebook, then order both in paper when bands of mourning comes out. Saves money, and I get to read sos immediately. However, I've seen that the price of the ebook is higher than I expected. Almost as much as the paper version. And I'm not much comfortable with paying the full price when I'm also buying the paper copy. It just seems needlessly wasteful to pay twice for the same book. I suppose there could be an offer for buying the ebook and book together (haven't looked for it yet), but that doesn't really help me, because the purpose of buying the ebook would be to avoid the double shipping cost. What I would really like would be the option to buy the ebook together with the book at a reduced price, but have the sending of the book delayed until I also can order bands of mourning with it. I thought such an option could interest virtually any transoceanic sanderson reader. Would it be possible to have it among the ordering options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari he/him Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 I've increasingly been buying books as e-books on release when that ensures availability. (And because frankly, the Gollancz covers for Brandon's books are not that great) Generally I find the e-books significantly cheaper than buying local dead tree editions. I honestly hadn't looked at shipping books from 'Murica since HoA, as Brandon's books are available at local bookstores pretty quickly if I do want a paper edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted September 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 as Brandon's books are available at local bookstores pretty quickly if I do want a paper edition. unfortunately, they are not where I live. Especially not in english. In the best case, i would wait six months and get a translated version (and i'm not enthusiastic about the translation), for twice the original price. In the worst case, it never get translated in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari he/him Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 unfortunately, they are not where I live. Especially not in english. In the best case, i would wait six months and get a translated version (and i'm not enthusiastic about the translation), for twice the original price. In the worst case, it never get translated in the first place. That would explain it then. Good luck finding more interest! I'd cross-post to r/mistborn too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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