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Posted 27 April 2012 - 12:25 AM

Hey guys & girls, i just joined the forum so go easy on me Posted Image. Anyways, i'm planning on buying Gardens of the Moon soon and reading it for the first time, so please no spoilers. I am planning on buying the entire series for the Kindle. My question is, Amazon seems to sell both a TOR and a Transworld (Bantam) version. Which is better? Which is more typo/error free? which has better formatting in your opinions? Here are the links to the different versions of the books. You can see a sample just by clicking on the links below. Any help from you Malazan experts would be GREATLY appreciated. :thumbsup:


Gardens of the Moon (TOR)
Gardens of the Moon (Transworld/Bantam)


Deadhouse Gates(TOR)
Deadhouse Gates(Transworld/Bantam)

Memories of Ice(TOR)
Memories of Ice(Transworld/Bantam)
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 05:49 AM

I would like to know this as well. I have purchased the last three books on Kindle, but I've heard that some of the earlier ones have some terrible formatting and typo problems.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 09:10 PM

I am currently reading Deadhouse Gates from Transworld, and everything reads perfectly as far as I've seen. Same with Gardens of the Moon.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 11:17 PM

View PostHeart of the Fallen, on 27 April 2012 - 09:10 PM, said:

I am currently reading Deadhouse Gates from Transworld, and everything reads perfectly as far as I've seen. Same with Gardens of the Moon.


Did you buy them from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk? Just curious.
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Posted 29 April 2012 - 04:26 PM

No one reads these books in digital format? :)
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Posted 29 April 2012 - 05:43 PM

I've buy all of the books in the digital format, and start my re-read on my kindle. For the moment, I've got only one problem:
- In "Midnight Tides" there's no separation between paragraph. You known, when the POV change. It's a little confusing by moment.
- Concerning the other book of the serie (GotM, DG, MoI, HoC) no problem so far.
- I've not re-read the remaining books, so wait and see :).
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Posted 29 April 2012 - 10:41 PM

View PostGeoffray, on 29 April 2012 - 05:43 PM, said:

I've buy all of the books in the digital format, and start my re-read on my kindle. For the moment, I've got only one problem:
- In "Midnight Tides" there's no separation between paragraph. You known, when the POV change. It's a little confusing by moment.
- Concerning the other book of the serie (GotM, DG, MoI, HoC) no problem so far.
- I've not re-read the remaining books, so wait and see :).


Do you have the TOR or Transworld Digital Version?
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 08:23 AM

I've got the Amazon kindle version, so I don't really known. Random House version? It's possible? Because it's the name I've on the first page.
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 10:30 PM

View PostGeoffray, on 05 May 2012 - 08:23 AM, said:

I've got the Amazon kindle version, so I don't really known. Random House version? It's possible? Because it's the name I've on the first page.


Well, i got tired of worrying about this and returned my Kindle. 75% off the Kindle books that were on my wishlist were reported with errors, typos, formatting issues, and things entirely missing. So... Screw it. When the publishers pull their damn heads out of their asses and realize the move to digital is inevitable, then maybe they'll actually start putting a little care into their ebooks and proofreading them. For now, i'm not going to waste my time. I have not once read the Malazan series, so if i were to buy it on Kindle, who's to know if someone typo'd name isn't going to confuse me later on?

Before they fixed up Game of Thrones, the kindle version stated "Princess Elia of Dome" instead of Dorne. In the Hyperion books by Dan Simmons the "Sea of Grass" is Sea of Crass. Remember, i'm reading these for the first time, and if someone hadn't pointed out those mistakes i would never have known, and it could change my understanding of things.

I've gone with the book club editions of the Malazan series. Screw you TOR! I vastly prefer the digital copy of the book to the physical, but not until it's fixed. I'll give the publishers 10 years to pull their shit together and fix their older books. The leaders of these kinds of companies are usually too old or to stubborn to learn a new trick easily.

Sorry about the little rant...
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