01-19-2017, 11:00 PM | #1 |
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January 20, 2017: GURPS And Amazon Createspace Update
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01-20-2017, 08:12 AM | #2 |
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Re: January 20, 2017: GURPS And Amazon Createspace Update
I have it all, but I'll support the next three books when they come available by buying them and by spreading the word.
Hopefully the results will be sufficient to offer the rest of the out-of-print titles that way. But if not, at least we'll have six more titles available in the mean time than we would have without this experiment. Thanks for the update, Phil!
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01-20-2017, 09:45 AM | #3 |
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Re: January 20, 2017: GURPS And Amazon Createspace Update
I already had Magic in hardcover, but I bought Ultra Tech last month (I had the digital version) to check out the quality. I am happy to say it was quite good and I have now ordered Thaumatology as well. Any hints on what the next three will be? My space campaign is on hiatus, but I have been itching to start a fantasy campaign.
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01-20-2017, 01:08 PM | #4 |
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Re: January 20, 2017: GURPS And Amazon Createspace Update
Would you be able to upload some pictures of what the book looks like, Gandalf5? The price is all right, but I am wondering how much better than my copy-shop-printed version this is going to be. And shipping to Europe is likely going to be annoyingly costly.
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01-20-2017, 01:17 PM | #5 | |
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01-20-2017, 02:30 PM | #6 |
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Re: January 20, 2017: GURPS And Amazon Createspace Update
As far as I can tell, Amazon Createspace has a printing hub in the UK, and at least one in India, perhaps one in Australia. They are the reigning kings of taking publicly available digital content and re-selling it as fresh new books -- at very high prices.
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01-20-2017, 06:19 PM | #7 | |
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(Of course, now they'll need to get a printing operation going on the Continent.)
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01-21-2017, 05:16 AM | #8 |
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Re: January 20, 2017: GURPS And Amazon Createspace Update
They have, it's in Poland. I ordered the previous books in two separate batches. One was printed in the UK, the other in Poland.
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01-27-2017, 05:11 AM | #9 |
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Re: January 20, 2017: GURPS And Amazon Createspace Update
Thanks y'all for the Createspace info. I am going to check out their Polish outlet. This might really be the next best thing to hardcover reprints.
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01-27-2017, 06:07 AM | #10 |
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Re: January 20, 2017: GURPS And Amazon Createspace Update
Did I miss the part of the announcement where they say which three books will become available?
I hope two of them are Powers and Bio-Tech because those are the two that I want but don't already have. |
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