On 12/28/2010 11:08 AM, Jan wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
      
   I didn't order them, just was curious about the possible value if any.    
   But I don't recall seeing the word "excerpt" before now.  If it was    
   there, I missed it.  Perhaps if the title started with "Excerpt from    
   ..." it would be more obvious.  Oh well.   
      
   What I was actually looking for was a book about theater makeup that I    
   saw somewhere, which used G'Kar and some other B5 characters as examples.   
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