June 21st 11, 11:56
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Re: B5 eBooks
I have a question...are the B5 books any good?
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June 21st 11, 13:06
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Re: B5 eBooks
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Originally Posted by Alexa
I have a question...are the B5 books any good?
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The Canon ones are *Psi Corps Trilogy, Centauri Trilogy and Technomage Trilogy, plus To Dream in the City of Sorrows and The Shadow Within.
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June 22nd 11, 03:51
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Pittsburgh PA Suburbs, USA
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Re: B5 eBooks
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Originally Posted by Sindatur
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Originally Posted by Alexa
I have a question...are the B5 books any good?
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The Canon ones are *Psi Corps Trilogy, Centauri Trilogy and Technomage Trilogy, plus To Dream in the City of Sorrows and The Shadow Within.
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....and the answer to Alexa's question, regarding the above books, is YES. The novelizations of In the Beginning and Thirdspace, both by Peter David, are pretty good. The novelization of A Call to Arms has a couple redeeming bits, but on the whole, I thought it was poor.
The last two novels that Sindatur listed are Dell #9 and #7 respectively.
IMHO, Dell #1 thru #6 and #8 are a non-canon waste of time. #4 and #5 are the worst.
See the FAQ thread.
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June 22nd 11, 09:40
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Re: B5 eBooks
This is one of those things that intrigues me about publishers ...
We haven't seen any new B5 books since those trilogies ended because sales weren't good enough to justify a company spending money on new material. However, these old books, presumably, already exist in some kind of electronic format.
Does it really cost that much money to convert them to eBook format and make them available for download. It isn't like they need a new print run or any of the associated costs, they just need to create a digital file and distribute it to the appropriate stores.
How expensive can that be really ... might even be the thing I need to finally justify buying a Kindle.
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June 22nd 11, 17:26
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Re: B5 eBooks
They'd also need to renegotiate the rights with the authors, presumably. I doubt ebook rights were included in the original contracts.
And from what I've gathered on the Kindle forums - from people who have worked in publishing - it's not a given that there are electronic files, suitable or otherwise, in existence, for books published even ten years ago.
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June 22nd 11, 18:48
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Psi Cop
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Orlando, FL
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Re: B5 eBooks
In addition, a license fee would need to be negotiated with Warner Bros. So while re-publishing the books might not be as expensive as originally, it definitely wouldn't be cheap.
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June 26th 11, 09:30
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Telepath
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Walnut Creek, CA
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Re: B5 eBooks
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexa
I have a question...are the B5 books any good?
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Yes. Most of them. All the trilogies are amazing.
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