I've noticed that books I've bought in aquamarine have been republished in silver, so I think they are moving the collection over to the new colours.
― Navek Rednam (Navek Rednam), Saturday, 1 October 2005 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link
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I love that the Amazon link here still works.
Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).
― thomp, Monday, 3 August 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
"This item is not eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping"
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 3 August 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't know what to make of the merger talks with Random House. Reminiscent of the consolidation that happened when the music industry collapsed. I'm not sure P3@rs0n sees much of a future in physical fiction sales or is 100% sure of the revenue model for digital going forward.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Friday, 26 October 2012 07:27 (eleven years ago) link
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/news-corporation-is-said-to-bid-for-penguin/?hp
ugh
― j., Sunday, 28 October 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
it'll be really nice to add the collected works of ayn rand and friedrich hayek to the library of Penguin classics
― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Sunday, 28 October 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, there are at least three Rand books in the Penguin Modern Classics library already!
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
haha, really?
ok not to get all fahrenheit 451 but that library could probably be cut down in size a little
― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
Deal with BMG has been done. 53% stake sold, 47% retained. Will be called Penguin Random House.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Monday, 29 October 2012 08:33 (eleven years ago) link
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― set the controls for the heart of the congos (thomp), Monday, 29 October 2012 09:42 (eleven years ago) link
really gutted they decided against Random Penguins
but yeah this isn't great
― Polly Toynbee OK (Noodle Vague), Monday, 29 October 2012 11:16 (eleven years ago) link
I suspect the Murdoch leak and the rumour of a 75% stake going over to BMG (via the FT, which is owned by the same company as Penguin) was to make this look like a less awful option. In fairness, it could have been a lot worse. It's very difficult to say how much of an impact this'll have on the running of Penguin or the books that it carries. The deal still has to be ratified by the competition authorities and the integration isn't really expected until late 2013. No details have been released at this stage.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Monday, 29 October 2012 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
Does anybody know what the asking price was when this was initially posted. Looking at what it says now & its a couple of thousand nearly so I'm assuming that isn't the same figure.
― Stevolende, Monday, 29 October 2012 12:01 (eleven years ago) link
sorry, bit out there. actually $13,400.00 which makes it sound like even less of an offer. Surprised that a marketplace seller would do something like that, is it cheaper to buy the titles individually? Just seems a meaningless figure when it's that high, doubt if anybody would avail of the offer.
― Stevolende, Monday, 29 October 2012 12:04 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know. You often hear of rich people buying books by the yard to make their houses look better. I can see the appeal of having 1100 of the "greatest books in history" as a ready-made library. It's almost certainly a big saving on the individual RRPs but probably not a massive one on the Amazon prices.
I would be willing to listen to offers in the region of $10,000 for my collection of 800 or so, btw.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Monday, 29 October 2012 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, the conversation overlapped for a second there and I thought Stevolende was saying that Penguin was bought out for $13,000, and I was all, "B-b-but we could've bought them out!"
― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Monday, 29 October 2012 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
it was like medium four digits i think.
― set the controls for the heart of the congos (thomp), Monday, 29 October 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
xpost, me too. ILX Penguin!
― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Monday, 29 October 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
Two of the largest book publishers -- Penguin, home to Patricia Cornwell and Nora Roberts, and Random House, which publishes E.L. James and George R.R. Martin --
― abanana, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
why pic.twitter.com/2Efw46T7Nc— Hannah Gais (@hannahgais) July 28, 2018
Horrible.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Saturday, 28 July 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
on several levels
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 29 July 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
why
money of course. his only value is the human centipede of fanboys who follow him.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 29 July 2018 00:22 (five years ago) link