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Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There by Richard Wiseman

Been looking forward to this book for ages and it's coming out on Friday. Can't wait. Check out this article...

http://newhumanist.org.uk/2498/things-t ... -the-night

...and be sure to read the first few replies, too; interesting stuff.

Oh dear, there goes my pocket money - again.....

The paperback is actually out now. I was referring to the Kindle edition when I mentioned Friday above.

Hopefully starting on my copy tomorrow.

Strange, the Kindle version is more expensive than the paperback version..... oh well, there goes another tree.....

Mandrake wrote:Strange, the Kindle version is more expensive than the paperback version.....

If you own a Kindle you'll know this happens quite a lot. Bit of a rip off if you ask me. I don't normally buy pricier Kindle versions but made an exception in this case.

I was given a Kindle for my birthday a few weeks ago and am having great fun, it seems to me that a much better marketing ploy would be to have a price for the printed book, the same for the Kindle version and perhaps both for a quid or so more than the book or Kindle alone.

For freebies and existing MS Word or PDF books/docs I'm using http://calibre-ebook.com/ to convert them to Kindle - very useful !

Replicant wrote:

Mandrake wrote:Strange, the Kindle version is more expensive than the paperback version.....

If you own a Kindle you'll know this happens quite a lot. Bit of a rip off if you ask me. I don't normally buy pricier Kindle versions but made an exception in this case.

Sadly we have to pay VAT on digital books (unlike the big papery things) so that always bumps the price up a little

Ah yes, VAT aka legalised robbery with menaces....

Thanks for the Calibre link. Splendid stuff.

Good, innit!

I'm sure that Richard Wiseman is a perfectly nice guy, but he always seems just a little too pleased with himself for my liking.

Plus he had a go at me on Twitter once. Pffh.

themagicwand wrote:Plus he had a go at me on Twitter once. Pffh.

About what?

Grimshaw wrote:
About what?

The Jack the Ripper Seance I used to run in Covent Garden. He didn't quite get it. He thought it was a spirtualist style event rather than "paranormal entertainment".

themagicwand wrote:

Grimshaw wrote:
About what?

The Jack the Ripper Seance I used to run in Covent Garden. He didn't quite get it. He thought it was a spirtualist style event rather than "paranormal entertainment".

I saw that... he was not too happy with you! he thought you were claiming it was real! I told him the score