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Don't forget to check your local public library. Mine has the audio although not E Vor. books available. Although since I listen to them continuously I finally bought all the audio books too so I wouldn't have to wait for the next one I wanted to be checked back in.
Since I love to reread the entire Vorkosigan saga periodically, I have bought all the books in hard cover. Both abebooks (see Ms. Bujold's link above) and bookdepository.com (which does not charge shipping) should have all the titles between them. Then they are on your shelf whenever you want them!
As a bookseller, I'd ask that you not blame "book vendors" for not having the whole series available. I can only stock what the publishers keep in print! I ordered bunches of CRYOBURN when it was still in print in hardcover, specifically because it included a Baen CD-ROM with e-book copies of just about all the other Vorkosigan titles, and kept re-stocking CORDELIA'S HONOR (the SHARDS OF HONOR + BARRAYAR omnibus) and YOUNG MILES (omnibus of the first two Miles titles) as long as I could get them, but BOTH are now out of print. Now, instead of mass-markets of the "backlist", they're being phased out in favor of trade paperbacks at twice the price which are NOT omnibus editions, so instead of paying $16 ($7.99 x 2) to get the first FOUR Cordelia & Miles titles, it'll now cost $16 EACH ($64) for the same books. :-(
For those seeking used copies, I recommend Biblio.com, which, unlike ABEbooks, isn't an AMazon subsidiary. They have many of the books as cheap as $1 each (listings from thrift shops and charity resellers).
But watch out for the 'cheap' books from thrift shops or even booksellers - they may offer the book for $1 or even less, but then charge $4.99 to ship it to you. That's why I prefer book depository.
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Don't forget to check your local public library. Mine has the audio although not E Vor. books available. Although since I listen to them continuously I finally bought all the audio books too so I wouldn't have to wait for the next one I wanted to be checked back in.
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Since I love to reread the entire Vorkosigan saga periodically, I have bought all the books in hard cover. Both abebooks (see Ms. Bujold's link above) and bookdepository.com (which does not charge shipping) should have all the titles between them. Then they are on your shelf whenever you want them!
As a bookseller, I'd ask that you not blame "book vendors" for not having the whole series available. I can only stock what the publishers keep in print! I ordered bunches of CRYOBURN when it was still in print in hardcover, specifically because it included a Baen CD-ROM with e-book copies of just about all the other Vorkosigan titles, and kept re-stocking CORDELIA'S HONOR (the SHARDS OF HONOR + BARRAYAR omnibus) and YOUNG MILES (omnibus of the first two Miles titles) as long as I could get them, but BOTH are now out of print. Now, instead of mass-markets of the "backlist", they're being phased out in favor of trade paperbacks at twice the price which are NOT omnibus editions, so instead of paying $16 ($7.99 x 2) to get the first FOUR Cordelia & Miles titles, it'll now cost $16 EACH ($64) for the same books. :-(For those seeking used copies, I recommend Biblio.com, which, unlike ABEbooks, isn't an AMazon subsidiary. They have many of the books as cheap as $1 each (listings from thrift shops and charity resellers).
But watch out for the 'cheap' books from thrift shops or even booksellers - they may offer the book for $1 or even less, but then charge $4.99 to ship it to you. That's why I prefer book depository.
