I originally started buying the books with Jhereg which only came out in paperback. So, for continuity sake I would like to complete the set in paperback. As far as anal-retentiveness, all my paperbacks are in a database listed by author, publisher and series number. This comes in handy when you are trying to remember which book comes next when you re-read them. By the way, showing how much attention I pay I never noticed any maps in the paperbacks I bought. Were the maps only in the hardcover editions? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Brust" <skzb at dreamcafe.com> To: <Beldarrin at aol.com>; <Starshadw at aol.com>; <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:11 AM Subject: Re: Map and RPGs > At 11:45 PM 6/4/2002 -0400, Beldarrin at aol.com wrote: > > > > > >~ Steph (who, by the way, is also waiting for "Issola" to come out in > >paperback, > > It is taking Tor a *long* time to bring out the paperback. This is because > the hardcover has been selling extraordinarily well, and they aren't stupid. > > To be honest, I have mixed feelings about this. I like the idea of the > books being available as cheaply as possible as quickly as possible. I'm > all for libraries and used book stores. > > On the other hand, paperback sales (for everyone, not just me) have been > catastrophic since the jobbers and wholesalers have all bought been > up. Writers a lot better than I am have had to get day jobs. The only > reason I have been able to continue writing full time is because, for some > reason (I think Tor has something to do with it), my hardcover sales took > off just about the same time as the paperback market collapsed. > > So, as I say, I have mixed feelings. I really hate the idea of having to > get a day job, but I'm not entirely happy with asking people to pay > hardcover prices. > > So my tentative conclusion is: I'll write them, and let Tor worry about > selling them, and let the readers do as they think best. > > Anyway, those are my thoughts on the paperback delay, in case anyone is > interested. > > >