[OB] Sample Chapters Info

[+Wax he/him]

1 minute ago, maxal said:

Because it feels like those I am getting are personal this is why and I don't see other posters get them as often as I. Quite frankly, almost each time I see a downvote, it belongs to one of my posts.

First world problems.... 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, axcellence said:

First world problems.... 

Yeah I know... I lead a difficult life 

[Arondell]

16 minutes ago, Extesian said:

If the sample chapters are in order I'll read them, otherwise nooooo way.

Pretty much this.  Assuming you have read all the prior material I don't view them as even counting as spoilers.

[Azul he/him]

@maxal The info came directly from Brandon, but I guess he could have been teasing me.  WoR had 14 chapters including the prologue and Lifts interlude.  It was all in order except for I believe ch 7, which was left out.

[Azul he/him]

and a follow up tweet from Peter.

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The preview chapters will start probably in about 3 weeks. 322 pages, up through the end of chapter 32. That was the most recent plan.

 

[Guest]

OMG that's a lot. Chapter 32  Well, the good side is I guess I won't have to slug through Part 2 when I finally get the book, but huh I am not sure I like the idea. Food for thought.

[Andy92]

I got downvoted for asking a question about making a Hemulurgic spike out of pancakes so don't feel too bad. 

[Arondell]

Well duh.  You use waffles not pancakes.

 

[Calderis he/him]

If there is a baked good that is truly capable of hemalurgic theft on its own, my guess is fruitcake. 

It's dense enough to count as metal anyway. 

[Azul he/him]

Fruitcake wouldn't work,  its already too heavily invested already.  Everyone knows there is only one actual fruitcake in the world, and it is a holy relic, passed on and gifted and regifted since the beginning of time.  I would suggest a french baguette that is at least a week old.

[Looter he/him]

I find it funny we had a page and a half of talk about a single downvote that I am sure even Maxal doesn't care about and maybe half a page to the actual topic at hand.  I should down vote all the thread jackers on principal but to be honest it is nice to not be on a forum that bans you for having a disagreement so I will forgo the downvotes.

On topic, TOR probably has realized that hiding their product like they have been has been proven to have negative sales results, while sample chapters is a good way to encourage buying.  This is why Nook, Amazon, Google Play, Nearly every publisher, even Brandon Sanderson himself, offer samples online with a button at the end to finish with purchase of full book. The fact that TOR was late to the game only means they did not then know the addictive properties of their product.  They do now and Sanderson has always been more than willing to hook us poor suckers on his literary crack.

[Araz]

I just think that if they post a chapter or two a week on their blog up until release day, they will hook many people more that maybe weren't going to buy the book in the first place. Basically imitating the web serials that are everywhere nowaday. Many indie writers are enjoying great sucess with this formula, so big publishers may be trying to get into the bandwagon. Brandon just helped them by suggesting it.

 

[Guest]

11 hours ago, Andy92 said:

I got downvoted for asking a question about making a Hemulurgic spike out of pancakes so don't feel too bad. 

That's because you didn't say "cookies in a darkalley". A honest mistake 

8 hours ago, Looter said:

I find it funny we had a page and a half of talk about a single downvote that I am sure even Maxal doesn't care about and maybe half a page to the actual topic at hand.  I should down vote all the thread jackers on principal but to be honest it is nice to not be on a forum that bans you for having a disagreement so I will forgo the downvotes.

That may be because many are starting to get annoyed at unwarranted downvotes given to posters which do seem as if they are personal. I don't care about them in the sense I will roll my eyes at whichever silent member decided it was worth using his right to downvote me specifically (probably because I angered such silent member two years ago in a previous discussion I don't even remember), but I would prefer if it didn't happen. I mean, I have to roll my eyes, to ignore them and to try not to look for them on a weekly basis which is not always easy. It is even more frustrating I doubt any of those comes from regular posters, but from registered users not bothering to discuss any topic (I caught one downvoting me recently). Sure, when you never post, you can never be in the heap of any controversy whereas when you post as often as I am, you can. So yeah, sorry it sidetracked the topic, I wouldn't have mentioned had others not spoke of it on my behalf.

Back to topic, Peter said the samples will start to be released within three weeks time. I am assuming we won't get the whole 32 chapters one shot, but a few chapters every week. It will surely be interesting. I am also somewhat pleased it will allow me to read Part 2 without being anxious to finish it to get to Part 3 because I fear I may not like Part 2. So it may actually turn out being a good thing, for me, as a reader.

[Looter he/him]

To be honest what is an unwarranted downvote?  If I downvote someone because I do not like a phrase, attitude, grammer (god forbid my grammer sucks), lack of content related to post, or really any reason I want, is there a justice system that values or devalues my thoughts based on anothers thoughts?  If so,why?  The upvote and downvote system is there just to objectively rate an individual post. Not to debate the merits of every post. I had a couple of posts years ago get downvoted like crazy because I disagreed about someone's opinion on Renarin.  I am ok with it.  I didn't want some review board to debate the validity of every downvote because I am not a child that needs coddling, and approval of everyone around me.  

So what I am saying is people don't have to take it personally when someone gives out a downvote. It is not an indictment of the person.  It is a simple opinion don't like it? Give an upvote. Silently. Thread jacking to whine about someone else not thinking like you is not the way to behave.

Also no I am not directing this at you Maxal.

 

Now on to topic so roughly 4 chapters a week is what we are looking at then?  I actually kind of hope it is done like a chapter every other day and not a week or so in between each group.   That way it keeps the attention longer for a sustained buildup.

Edited August 6, 2017 by Looter
Added note in middle

[Calderis he/him]

If I'd known my comment would have turned into a multipage debate of the rep system I wouldn't have made it. 

It irked me that someone is be repeatedly singled out, so I made a comment. 

The conversation has died off. Maxal's said she doesn't care. It's over. 

Let's leave it dead instead of continuing to prolong the derailment by complaining about the derailment. 

[Megasif he/him]

Oh I will devour all the sample chapters and then some. Hope it's not too far off. I think reading these chapters won't spoil a whole lot. And these will most likely have been picked with that in mind. Not a lot of spoilers. Not too much *important* information or revelations, I hope, but I'm still reading them. Can't wait.

[Who Sharded?]

I wonder if he means all chapters through 32.  These usually aren't released in sequential order, and for WoR they left out at least one of the most eventful chapters early on

Spoiler

where Jasnah "died"

.  And we got the Lift interlude which takes places late in the book.

[Guest]

I think he means all chapter until chapter 32, which we can safely interpret as: nothing as drastic as Jasnah's dying will happen within the first two parts of the book. Part one is generally the setup and he already said Part 2 focused on other characters, it reads like an interlude. Thus, while he is releasing a lot of chapters, he is mostly releasing interlude-related stuff such as the Part 2 novella. 

This being said, we are likely to read some of the aftermath from Adolin murdering Sadeas: surely Part 1 treats with it even if Adolin himself has no viewpoint until the very end of the book.

[Steeldancer he/him]

I will not be able to resist them. I will read every one. 

I want to know if we'll get the extra stuff! The pictures, the epigraphs and such

[Calderis he/him]

@maxal that tweet from Peter said that we'll be getting basically a complete part 1.

If part 2 remains a virtual interlude collection, then we still have to wait for release to push through it. 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Calderis said:

@maxal that tweet from Peter said that we'll be getting basically a complete part 1.

If part 2 remains a virtual interlude collection, then we still have to wait for release to push through it. 

32 chapters is just Part 1? I was basing myself on WoR. 32 chapters was Part 1 and 2. Oh well. Reading Part 2 after all the hype will be pure torture.

[Nathrangking he/him]

32 chapters to part one by the unamed god this book is going to be epic provided that Ruin does not change the words.

Edited August 9, 2017 by Nathrangking

[Steeldancer he/him]

Ok. So when do these chapters actually start releasing? 

[Azul he/him]

Peter said he thought it was in 3 weeks so around the 23rd, but could be later if he was off on the estimate.

[scifan he/him]

Wouldn't it be Ironic if most of the "Sample" chapters were comprised of those sections of the book that have already been released in one fashion or another?  (I mean, there's a fair amount out there already in flash backs, and what not... )  

There are a fair number of people who are very excited that this book isn't that far from release...