| Wintersmith [message #257976] |
Mo, 17 April 2006 19:35 |
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Not sure if anyone here is interested, but Wintersmith is listed
on amazon.co.uk, including the cover.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385609841/
Anke
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #257982 ] |
Mo, 17 April 2006 19:49 |
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Also Sprach Anke:
> Not sure if anyone here is interested, but Wintersmith is
> listed on amazon.co.uk, including the cover.
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> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385609841/
I certainly am.
Yay! A cover!
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Dave
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"[Wolverine]'s in every book. I think he just joined
the JLA, and for some reason he's in the revised
Penguin edition of Little Dorrit." -Joss Whedon
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258099 ] |
Mo, 17 April 2006 23:52 |
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Anke <anke.wehner [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure if anyone here is interested, but Wintersmith is listed
> on amazon.co.uk, including the cover.
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385609841/
Sold as a bundle with a Tom Holt book, I see.
Regards,
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*Art
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258102 ] |
Di, 18 April 2006 00:09 |
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Arthur Hagen wrote:
> Anke <anke.wehner [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not sure if anyone here is interested, but Wintersmith is listed
> > on amazon.co.uk, including the cover.
> >
> > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385609841/
>
> Sold as a bundle with a Tom Holt book, I see.
>
> Regards,
> --
> *Art
Now my question is why do they feel the need to made buying a Pratchett
more attractive? Or is it that they have an overstock of Tom Holt? :-)
Mindi
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258105 ] |
Di, 18 April 2006 00:18 |
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In article <1145311742.822610.75810 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au says...
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> Arthur Hagen wrote:
> > Anke <anke.wehner [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Not sure if anyone here is interested, but Wintersmith is listed
> > > on amazon.co.uk, including the cover.
> > >
> > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385609841/
> >
> > Sold as a bundle with a Tom Holt book, I see.
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > *Art
>
> Now my question is why do they feel the need to made buying a Pratchett
> more attractive? Or is it that they have an overstock of Tom Holt? :-)
At a guess, purely automated. The computer has spotted a common pairing
of Pratchett and Holt and offers it as a bargain. It is the sanma shstem
as "peoplw who bought ... also bought ...". Is the sum of the two prices
any greater than the two prices separately?
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258178 ] |
Di, 18 April 2006 09:51 |
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Alec Cawley wrote:
> In article <1145311742.822610.75810 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
> mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au says...
>> Arthur Hagen wrote:
>>> Anke <anke.wehner [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Not sure if anyone here is interested, but Wintersmith is listed
>>>> on amazon.co.uk, including the cover.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385609841/
>>> Sold as a bundle with a Tom Holt book, I see.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> --
>>> *Art
>> Now my question is why do they feel the need to made buying a Pratchett
>> more attractive? Or is it that they have an overstock of Tom Holt? :-)
>
> At a guess, purely automated. The computer has spotted a common pairing
> of Pratchett and Holt and offers it as a bargain. It is the sanma shstem
> as "peoplw who bought ... also bought ...". Is the sum of the two prices
> any greater than the two prices separately?
And I would not (without impugning either author) have described this
Tom Holt book as an ideal companion for this Terry Pratchett Boot as the
audiences are intended to be entirely different.
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258196 ] |
Di, 18 April 2006 11:32 |
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Mark Foweraker wrote:
> Alec Cawley wrote:
> > In article <1145311742.822610.75810 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
> > mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au says...
> >> Arthur Hagen wrote:
> >>> Anke <anke.wehner [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Not sure if anyone here is interested, but Wintersmith is listed
> >>>> on amazon.co.uk, including the cover.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385609841/
> >>> Sold as a bundle with a Tom Holt book, I see.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> --
> >>> *Art
> >> Now my question is why do they feel the need to made buying a Pratchett
> >> more attractive? Or is it that they have an overstock of Tom Holt? :-)
> >
> > At a guess, purely automated. The computer has spotted a common pairing
> > of Pratchett and Holt and offers it as a bargain. It is the sanma shstem
> > as "peoplw who bought ... also bought ...". Is the sum of the two prices
> > any greater than the two prices separately?
>
> And I would not (without impugning either author) have described this
> Tom Holt book as an ideal companion for this Terry Pratchett Boot as the
> audiences are intended to be entirely different.
I've looked at this before... and the 'perfect partner' deals don't
save any more money than buying them indivudually on amazon - I think
its all just part of their general recomendations system.
As for a connection between Holt and Pratchett... I think Holt
referenced terry in one of his books... although it might have been
Robert Rankin...
Rob
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258200 ] |
Di, 18 April 2006 11:54 |
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Also Sprach robcraine:
> As for a connection between Holt and Pratchett... I think
> Holt referenced terry in one of his books... although it
> might have been Robert Rankin...
Rankin may well have referenced Pterry as well, but Holt
certainly has; Faust Amongst Equals features a damned soul
whose punishment for meeting authors and saying how much he
liked their *earlier* work is to read the earlier works for
eternity. "It's the bit where the tourist meets the wizard. I
used to like that bit."
--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
"[Wolverine]'s in every book. I think he just joined
the JLA, and for some reason he's in the revised
Penguin edition of Little Dorrit." -Joss Whedon
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258228 ] |
Di, 18 April 2006 15:08 |
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On 2006-04-18 02:51:37 -0500, Mark Foweraker <markfoweraker [at] hotmail.com> said:
> And I would not (without impugning either author) have described this
> Tom Holt book as an ideal companion for this Terry Pratchett Boot as
> the audiences are intended to be entirely different.
Amazon would. "Funny-ish authors from Britain" for $200, Alex.
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258242 ] |
Di, 18 April 2006 16:41 |
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"robcraine" <robcraine [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1145352742.003103.187130 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> As for a connection between Holt and Pratchett... I think Holt
> referenced terry in one of his books... although it might have been
> Robert Rankin...
Well, all 3 are on my "must buy new books on sight" list. Actually they
*are* that list.
Paul
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258404 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 20:00 |
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Mark Foweraker <markfoweraker [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> Alec Cawley wrote:
> > In article <1145311742.822610.75810 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
> > mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au says...
> >> Arthur Hagen wrote:
> >>> Sold as a bundle with a Tom Holt book, I see.
> >>>
> >> Now my question is why do they feel the need to made buying a Pratchett
> >> more attractive? Or is it that they have an overstock of Tom Holt? :-)
> >
> > At a guess, purely automated. The computer has spotted a common pairing
> > of Pratchett and Holt and offers it as a bargain. It is the sanma shstem
> > as "peoplw who bought ... also bought ...". Is the sum of the two prices
> > any greater than the two prices separately?
>
> And I would not (without impugning either author) have described this
> Tom Holt book as an ideal companion for this Terry Pratchett Boot as the
> audiences are intended to be entirely different.
They are both writers of large numbers of humorous fantasy novels. Yes,
this is like pairing Orwell with Lafontaine because they both wrote a
book involving animals and moral lessons, but when did reason ever stop
a salespitch?
Richard
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258415 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 20:57 |
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In article <4445325c.639359 [at] news.xs4all.nl>, raltbos [at] xs4all.nl says...
> Mark Foweraker <markfoweraker [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Alec Cawley wrote:
> > > In article <1145311742.822610.75810 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
> > > mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au says...
> > >> Arthur Hagen wrote:
> > >>> Sold as a bundle with a Tom Holt book, I see.
> > >>>
> > >> Now my question is why do they feel the need to made buying a Pratchett
> > >> more attractive? Or is it that they have an overstock of Tom Holt? :-)
> > >
> > > At a guess, purely automated. The computer has spotted a common pairing
> > > of Pratchett and Holt and offers it as a bargain. It is the sanma shstem
> > > as "peoplw who bought ... also bought ...". Is the sum of the two prices
> > > any greater than the two prices separately?
> >
> > And I would not (without impugning either author) have described this
> > Tom Holt book as an ideal companion for this Terry Pratchett Boot as the
> > audiences are intended to be entirely different.
>
> They are both writers of large numbers of humorous fantasy novels. Yes,
> this is like pairing Orwell with Lafontaine because they both wrote a
> book involving animals and moral lessons, but when did reason ever stop
> a salespitch?
My point is that it is, IMO, purely automated. The software has detected
a large number of people have bought both Pratchett and Holt, and
therefore offers that pairing. No salesman came within miles of it, only
a large database. And certainly no reason (a concept not usually
associated with either salesmen or databases).
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258421 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 21:48 |
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:57:48 +0100, Alec Cawley wrote:
> My point is that it is, IMO, purely automated. The software has detected
> a large number of people have bought both Pratchett and Holt, and
> therefore offers that pairing. No salesman came within miles of it, only
> a large database. And certainly no reason (a concept not usually
> associated with either salesmen or databases).
I'd go along with this - it reminds me of how I went into W.H.Smiths
around Xmas time and New year, to buy their 3 for the price of 2 PTerry
paperbacks. Each time I got to the cash desk, the cashier serving me would
just look at the books I was buying and ask if I also wanted to buy a copy
of the new Harry Potter Novel - aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!
All the best
Sofie
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| Re: Wintersmith [message #258467 ] |
Do, 20 April 2006 00:09 |
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Alec Cawley:
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> At a guess, purely automated. The computer has spotted a common pairing
> of Pratchett and Holt and offers it as a bargain. It is the sanma shstem
> as "peoplw who bought ... also bought ...". Is the sum of the two prices
> any greater than the two prices separately?
Much like Google Groups listing alt.books.tom-holt as "related to"
AFP, then.
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