In the Tall Grass by Stephen King & Joe Hill

The product description for this book wasn't honest, and that kind of ticks me off. The way it's listed on Amazon, it looks like you're going to get a novella-length story written by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill. There is no mention of the fact that the last 25% of the eBook's length is taken up by teaser chapters from King and Hill's forthcoming novels (at the time), Doctor Sleep and NOS4A2, respectively. When the advertisements stuffed into the back amount for 25% of the page count, it...
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Published on October 26, 2014 07:32
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message 1: by David (new)
Oct 28, 2014 02:27AM

David Brian I agree with all of that. I had exactly the same thoughts.


message 2: by Gregor (new)
Oct 28, 2014 03:55AM

Gregor Xane Chicanery.


message 3: by David (new)
Oct 28, 2014 05:23AM

David Brian Let's be honest. Mr. King is one of those authors whose Ebooks tend to be priced at the higher end of the spectrum.

This doubtless is more to do with the publishing house, rather than the author himself. The old 'supply and demand' argument can be used to justify high prices (not to say everyone accepts such justification), but if you are going to charge then at least give decent content.

I think I paid 1.99(British) for this, and yes, I felt short-changed.


message 4: by Gregor (new)
Oct 28, 2014 06:13AM

Gregor Xane I think folks would have paid the same price for 40 pages, really. What comes across as an artificial inflation of the page count with adverts is what I don't like here.


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