• 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?
9 comments:
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!
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
I completely agree. It is very annoying.
http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2013/09/musing-mondays_23.html
I have not come across this, but yes if I had i would not be happy! :) Geez people be honest about these reissues!!
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/
I haven't ran across reprints though but what I think about it, it is seemingly unfair and it's a waste of money.
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/
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/
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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