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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by Keith_w   » Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:57 am

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n7axw wrote:I understand the yearning foe snippets, but David did make the comment that due to the length of wait between now and date of publication, time between snippets would be more lengthy and irregular which would mean that our current experience might be the norm. So fellow snippet hounds....brace up! :(

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Maybe we should ask him to post an "oopsie" snippet, ala "Storm from the Shadows"
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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by fallsfromtrees   » Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:46 am

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n7axw wrote:I understand the yearning foe snippets, but David did make the comment that due to the length of wait between now and date of publication, time between snippets would be more lengthy and irregular which would mean that our current experience might be the norm. So fellow snippet hounds....brace up! :(

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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by Randomiser   » Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:34 am

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n7axw wrote:I understand the yearning foe snippets, but David did make the comment that due to the length of wait between now and date of publication, time between snippets would be more lengthy and irregular which would mean that our current experience might be the norm. So fellow snippet hounds....brace up! :(

Don


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I forget, was that before or after he said he might just decide to snippet more of the book? ;)

As posted elsewhere I don't see why he can't post a snippet every ten days and still keep within the first 30% of the book. He might have to shorten the average length a little, but, maybe not too. If he decides to make the posts further apart and irregular that's a marketing decision, which he is perfectly entitled to make, but I can't see what would force him to do so.

As he kindly explained he is away from home right now so a longer gap is perfectly understandable but not a precedent.
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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by n7axw   » Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:55 pm

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Randomiser wrote:
n7axw wrote:I understand the yearning foe snippets, but David did make the comment that due to the length of wait between now and date of publication, time between snippets would be more lengthy and irregular which would mean that our current experience might be the norm. So fellow snippet hounds....brace up! :(

Don


Don
I forget, was that before or after he said he might just decide to snippet more of the book? ;)

As posted elsewhere I don't see why he can't post a snippet every ten days and still keep within the first 30% of the book. He might have to shorten the average length a little, but, maybe not too. If he decides to make the posts further apart and irregular that's a marketing decision, which he is perfectly entitled to make, but I can't see what would force him to do so.

As he kindly explained he is away from home right now so a longer gap is perfectly understandable but not a precedent.


I believe that he did say that he might snippet more of the book in the same post where he announced that publication date for HFQ would be November of 2015.

I think myself that if I were doing the choosing, I would half the length of the snippets and keep the frequency at about the same as it was for LAMA.

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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by USMA74   » Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:00 pm

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Whimper, whimper, whimper. (Sad face) Check each day hoping against recent experience that the MWW has posted again after geologic eons of subjective time. Please sir, may we have another?
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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by Alistair   » Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:36 pm

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Hunger pains- gasp...
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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by Henry Brown   » Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:45 pm

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USMA74 wrote:Whimper, whimper, whimper. (Sad face) Check each day hoping against recent experience that the MWW has posted again after geologic eons of subjective time. Please sir, may we have another?


I think he said that he was taking a 2 week trip to Europe, so the next snippet might be late.
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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by Caliban   » Sun Nov 16, 2014 8:07 pm

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Please...*gasp*... I can feel my synapses drying out...need...another...snippet...please? :cry:
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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by d-eye   » Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:25 pm

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Caliban wrote:Please...*gasp*... I can feel my synapses drying out...need...another...snippet...please? :cry:



He can't post it while travelling, we'll just have to wait till he gets back.
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Re: HFQ snippet request
Post by Caliban   » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:30 am

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d-eye wrote:
Caliban wrote:Please...*gasp*... I can feel my synapses drying out...need...another...snippet...please? :cry:



He can't post it while travelling, we'll just have to wait till he gets back.


Oh, we all know that, just kind of thought he'd maybe get a chuckle at the varied whines and requests. Think of it as a palliative for jet lag...
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