I think of ebooks as modern paperbacks, i.e. inexpensive ways to build one's personal library, and I like to occasionally note book sales that might be of interest to readers of this blog. I noticed this week that the Amazon Kindle ebook version of Philip K. Dick's Valis trilogy (VALIS, The Divine Invasion, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer) is about $2 right now, cheaper than many cups of coffee. (If you don't want to give your money to Amazon, you can also get it as an ebook for $2 from Barnes and Noble.)
Dick is an example of a classic science fiction writer whose books often go on sale as ebooks; I've noticed that Philip Jose Farmer, Poul Anderson and Clifford Simak books, for example, are also often cheap. I recently took advantage of a similar sale to buy and read Dick's Flow My Tears the Policeman Said when it also sent on sale for about $2; it's back up to $14 now. I thought it was one of Dick's best books.
4 comments:
Great books!
Yes great books, bit I'd disagree about ebooks being "inexpensive". The ones Ive checked out recently ( all non-fiction) are almost the same in digital as in print). Damn ripoff.
Hi Tony, ebooks very often are too expensive. This is particularly true of books by academics. But I watch for sales and most of the time I don't pay very much for an ebook.
I seldom pay more than 2.99 for ebooks, unless it is something I really, really want.
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