In article <0001HW.C93F56750029CAEDB02919BF@news.eternal-september.org>, Amy   
   Guskin says...   
   >   
   >>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:31:41 -0500, jjs@xmission.com wrote   
   >(in article ):   
   >   
   >> On 12/27/2010 11:39 AM, Brandon Klassen wrote:   
   >>> As a review for another one of those B5 Kindle items says...   
   >>>    
   >>> "This product is an advertisement for the print version,   
   >>>    
   >>> I should have paid more attention to what I was ordering. This 5 book   
   >>> series put out by J. Michael Straczynski ([...]) is great, one that   
   >>> I'm proud to have on my shelf. When I saw this on the kindle store, I   
   >>> thought it was a great way to have the same information on the go.   
   >>> When I read the title, I thought it was a reformatted/reorganized   
   >>> version of the books I own. It is not. It is a 1000 word excerpt (most   
   >>> of which is taken up by an ad for the real book) that includes just a   
   >>> couple of questions and answers (contractually, they can not publish   
   >>> the entire book as an e-book). It is fine as an ad, but I don't think   
   >>> they should charge for it. Having 5 different versions for sale on the   
   >>> kindle store is especially misleading.   
   >>>    
   >>> Bottom line: Go to the cafe press link and get the real books if they   
   >>> interest you (I'd give them 5 stars for any B5 fan). Stay away from   
   >>> these ads. They aren't worth your money."   
   >>    
   >> I already have the printed version of the 5 books, I was just confused    
   >> by this listing.  Thanks for the info. <<   
   >   
   >I noticed at the link you posted that it says in all caps in the title    
   >listing, "EXCERPT."  I'm curious, did they maybe add that after people    
   >complained?  Was that missing when you ordered?   
   >   
   >Amy   
      
   No, I'm pretty sure that it's been there the entire time.  I remember talking   
   to   
   Captain Jaclyn about it and she wanted to make sure that nobody thought they   
   were getting the entire book for a buck.   
      
   Jan   
      
      
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