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Monday, September 23, 2013

Musing Mondays September 23, 2013

Musing Mondays (http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/) asks you to muse about one of the following each week…
MusingMondays5• Describe one of your reading habits. • 
Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).

 • Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

Today I am musing on books that are reissued with a new cover and sometimes with a new title.  I ran into one last Tuesday.  It was Deadly Pursuit by Nina Croft and is a Blood Hunter Novel.  It has a 2013 copyright and was listed on Entangled Publishing's email of recommended books.   I like the Blood Hunter books and went to Amazon to check it out. I knew it sounded familiar when I read to blurb then I found that it had been published before and had reviews from 2011.

I know authors want to sell more books but they need to treat their readers fairly.  Say it is a re-print.  If I had purchased this book and then found it was a reprint I would have been very angry.  How do you feel about reprints?   Are authors and publishers trying to fool the readers? 
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 8:03 AM

    Great post, this really annoys me too. I have mistakenly bought a second title of a book I'd read previously and just felt cheated by the author and publisher!

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  2. Lauren BSeptember 23, 2013 at 9:15 AM

    This annoys me no end - it is actually fraud as it tries to convince the consumer that it is a new book when it isn't. Bad form.

    Have a good week.
    Lauren @ The Hottie Harem

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  3. UnknownSeptember 23, 2013 at 10:17 AM

    I completely agree. It is very annoying.

    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2013/09/musing-mondays_23.html

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  4. GregSeptember 23, 2013 at 12:22 PM

    I have not come across this, but yes if I had i would not be happy! :) Geez people be honest about these reissues!!

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  5. Udita BanerjeeSeptember 23, 2013 at 3:51 PM

    Dunno.. this has never happened to me. I have an ancient trusty diary that I write book names into, the ones I've read. Maybe that's why I find it easier to remember names...
    Also, here's mine http://cupandchaucer.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/musing-mondays-september-23/

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  6. Chai @ Like Chai TeaSeptember 23, 2013 at 8:36 PM

    I haven't ran across reprints though but what I think about it, it is seemingly unfair and it's a waste of money.

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  7. Daystarz BooksSeptember 24, 2013 at 6:28 AM

    Haven't encountered this myself but I agree its bad form and I'd feel duped. Here's my musing: http://daystarz.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/musing-mondays-9/

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  8. Daystarz BooksSeptember 24, 2013 at 6:28 AM

    Haven't encountered this myself but I agree its bad form and I'd feel duped. Here's my musing: http://daystarz.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/musing-mondays-9/

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  9. DoingDeweySeptember 25, 2013 at 7:06 PM

    This hasn't ever bothered me, possibly because I don't get e-mail from publishers and possibly because I don't read many long series. For the most part, if I see a re-print at the store, I know it's just a new cover because I know what book it is. But with author's who write longer series with a lot of similar titles, this could definitely get confusing!

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