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Damn you JMS!
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PillowRock
Regular
OK, now I'm curious about some of the details of the commerce of the buying and selling of these books.
Will one have to remember to go to their web site every two weeks or so and place another order for the lastest one?
Will you be able to enter a "subscription" at the beginning, where they charge your credit evey two weeks (or once a month for two volumes)?
Will you *have* to do a subscription to the get 15th volume? Or will they cross-reference all of the a la carte orders and ship you 15 when you have ordered all of the other 14?
And is $29 the "out the door" price that you actually pay? Or is that the "before shipping" price? And will paying for the shipping make it more economical to have them shipped 2 or 3 at a time?
Will one have to remember to go to their web site every two weeks or so and place another order for the lastest one?
Will you be able to enter a "subscription" at the beginning, where they charge your credit evey two weeks (or once a month for two volumes)?
Will you *have* to do a subscription to the get 15th volume? Or will they cross-reference all of the a la carte orders and ship you 15 when you have ordered all of the other 14?
And is $29 the "out the door" price that you actually pay? Or is that the "before shipping" price? And will paying for the shipping make it more economical to have them shipped 2 or 3 at a time?
Jan
Regular
You know pretty much everything we do at this point. I've been assuming that there'd be some kind of subscription but I don't know anything about e-commerce at all.
As JMS said, they're still working out the details. I wouldn't even count on the $29/39 prices yet if I were you. We'll find out when the website goes live, sometime in October as JMS said.
Jan
As JMS said, they're still working out the details. I wouldn't even count on the $29/39 prices yet if I were you. We'll find out when the website goes live, sometime in October as JMS said.
Jan
PillowRock
Regular
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that i thought there were more answers to be had at this point. Just that I was immediately curious about how those things would eventually turn out. 
macmaccaman
Member
Oh man... I want this. I would have prefered Sinclair to go the distance so its a must have to see what coulda been!
sleepy_shadow
Regular
I've only known of B5 since 1998, and started participating online somewhat later.
It's been a while, I notice. :eek
It's been a while, I notice. :eek
GaribaldisHair
Regular
First off, the positive. This is great news ... superb even.
However, the only items I am really interested in are in the free 15th volume. Seems a shame that I have to spend over $400 that I don't really have on stuff that I don't really want in order to get the bits that I do really want.
Such is marketing in the 21st Century I guess.
However, the only items I am really interested in are in the free 15th volume. Seems a shame that I have to spend over $400 that I don't really have on stuff that I don't really want in order to get the bits that I do really want.
Such is marketing in the 21st Century I guess.
Jan
Regular
As of this morning, you can go to www.babylon5scripts.com and sign up to get an email as soon as it goes live.
Jan
Jan
vacantlook
Super Moderator
I love it: "the <u>moment</u> we launch."
hypatia
Regular
First off, the positive. This is great news ... superb even.
However, the only items I am really interested in are in the free 15th volume. Seems a shame that I have to spend over $400 that I don't really have on stuff that I don't really want in order to get the bits that I do really want.
Such is marketing in the 21st Century I guess.
Yea, that is a rather annoying bit of all of this. Like when a famous musician puts one new song on a "Platinum Collection of Greatest Hits".
darth_librarian
Regular
I'd actually give a minor organ to find out what BABYLON PRIME was all about... given that B5 was the last of the Babylon stations. I wonder how close it was to Crusade's idea...
Or maybe it transformed into a big red truck!!
Or maybe it transformed into a big red truck!!
Shaal Mayan
Regular
Good news I signed up .As I am likely to forget .
We_Are_One
Member
"The people who called us liars, accused us of calling jms a liar, said we were stupid, couldn't read, and were just big ol' poopy-heads for not admitting that we were wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG in suggesting such a thing."
Poopy-heads?! You realize of course this means war!
Poopy-heads?! You realize of course this means war!
GKarsEye
Regular
Crimeney!!!!
ok ok I want them. Well I at least want to read it all, I just dunno if I'm willing to part with music money to buy all of this stuff.
FWIW, I always contended that Sinclair was originally intended to go the distance simply due to logic: who the hell replaces THE major hero character? Ok, surprises is one thing, but not the #1 dude, no way.
The one thing I argued with people is that he and Delenn were gonna hook up, which JMS denied but I don't believe him.
ok ok I want them. Well I at least want to read it all, I just dunno if I'm willing to part with music money to buy all of this stuff.
FWIW, I always contended that Sinclair was originally intended to go the distance simply due to logic: who the hell replaces THE major hero character? Ok, surprises is one thing, but not the #1 dude, no way.
The one thing I argued with people is that he and Delenn were gonna hook up, which JMS denied but I don't believe him.
