Topic Actions

Topic Search

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 14 guests

Amazon preview text is up.

This fascinating series is a combination of historical seafaring, swashbuckling adventure, and high technological science-fiction. Join us in a discussion!
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by Olegreyowl   » Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:47 am

Olegreyowl
Lieutenant (Senior Grade)

Posts: 62
Joined: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:45 am
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Fubar wrote:I got that as well when I logged out and tried to do it without Amazon knowing it was my account. Seems you have to log into Amazon.com to see the additional pages.

Amazon.co.uk is not even putting up preview text yet. Have not tried other countries, suspect it's the same of up to page 47 at best.

Did notice there is over 100 pages of glossary/people at the end of the book. Would like more detailed maps (fold out maps!) but meh, it's still good stuff.




I only got the first 47 pgs as well. I do have an Amazon account just not a Prime account, plus I haven't ordered anything in a while. I wonder if either of those makes a difference.
Top
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by SHV   » Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:01 pm

SHV
Lieutenant (Senior Grade)

Posts: 50
Joined: Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:32 pm

My last page number is 338 on Amazon preview.

Steve
Top
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by Tararoys   » Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:52 pm

Tararoys
Lieutenant (Senior Grade)

Posts: 76
Joined: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:58 pm

I get random parts from all over the book, like....

Spoiler









I'm surprised nobody on this thread has mentioned the thing with yairley.

*evil smile*
Top
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by thanatos   » Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:10 pm

thanatos
Captain (Junior Grade)

Posts: 324
Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:29 pm
Location: United States

SHV wrote:My last page number is 338 on Amazon preview.

Steve


Consecutively or intermittently?
Top
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by PeterZ   » Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:16 pm

PeterZ
Fleet Admiral

Posts: 6432
Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:11 pm
Location: Colorado

Now I know why the snippets stopped where they did. That was darned good writing.
Top
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by PlaysWithBees   » Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:36 pm

PlaysWithBees
Lieutenant (Senior Grade)

Posts: 86
Joined: Sat May 16, 2015 1:37 am

I was able to get a good sampling across the spectrum of the book including a nice scene involving our favorite "Avenging Son", one with 2 PICAS in action, and something that may (or may not) explain the cover. My favorite was the last line of the book. It reminded me of the wonderful way RFC ended the last one!

(Btw, I was logged in on my account from the web browser, not the app, I am not a Prime member, and I have made a couple of purchases in the last year. For what it's worth)
Top
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by Henry Brown   » Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:45 pm

Henry Brown
Commodore

Posts: 912
Joined: Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:57 pm
Location: Greenville NC

Olegreyowl wrote:I only got the first 47 pgs as well. I do have an Amazon account just not a Prime account, plus I haven't ordered anything in a while. I wonder if either of those makes a difference.


I am not by any means an expert on Amazon's policies. But I do remember before LAMA came out, some forum members got much more lengthy preview texts than others. And from what I remember, they attributed the fact that they got more pages in the "Look Inside" feature to having high value Amazon accounts.
Top
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by PlaysWithBees   » Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:53 pm

PlaysWithBees
Lieutenant (Senior Grade)

Posts: 86
Joined: Sat May 16, 2015 1:37 am

Using the Suprise Me button will also sometimes unearth additional treasures
Top
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by Chyort   » Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:15 pm

Chyort
Lieutenant Commander

Posts: 134
Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:32 pm

Not just amazon has a preview up. Google books has a preview version as well.

From what i recall while playing around with the last book you can actually get different page selections as well by using different browsers. (Firefox, IE, So on and so forth)

*Edit*
Preview with firefox was missing pages 160-162 for me, fired up IE and Tada there they were. So i can confirm that trick still works as well.
Top
Re: Amazon preview text is up.
Post by wingfield   » Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:33 am

wingfield
Lieutenant Commander

Posts: 110
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2015 12:15 am
Location: Melbourne, Australia

emeye wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Hells-Foundations-Quiver-Safehold-David/dp/0765321874

The "Look Inside" option did not show up when searching on Amazon, but it did show up when I followed the google search "hell's foundations quiver preview" results

go figure...

Tararoys wrote:Link please! I can't find the preview text on Amazon's website. Is it something you only get if you preorder the book?


I kept getting a timeout. However, my service has been glacial today, an all too common experience in Australia. All the same, I notice the "THE TURNING OF THE TIDE" teaser on the main webpage.

When I finally got in, I was allowed to get to page 49 before it skipped to the character list.
Top

Return to Safehold