Comments on: From the Desk of Sean Williams, Author of STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED and STAR WARS: FATAL ALLIANCE

By: Shawn Speakman

Shawn Speakman — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:53:01 +0000

I don't believe Fatal Alliance is out in digital form yet either. And sadly for your friend, Random House titles haven't hit iBooks/iPad yet, for whatever reason. I have an iPad so it sucks for me too. haha Yet it will happen eventually. In the meantime all we can do is read the books we do have at hand. Hope you find something worthy! I'm wrapping up The Name of the Wind right now and am really happy with it. Then I might even read Tim Zahn's first books. That will be fun!

By: Lee Hughes

Lee Hughes — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:57:18 +0000

@Shawn thanks for the reply, I understand that books from the back catalogue would take time to convert, but as long as they will appear eventually I’m happy. I was talking with 2 friends last night who are Starwars lit fans and they were both saying they have both bought e-readers (iPad and Sony eReader) thinking they could just buy the majority of Starwars books in eBook format but were disappointed they were not available. They both ended up downloading pirated versions of Starwars eBooks, something I don’t believe in doing, I wouldn’t dream of stealing books from my local bookshop which is essentially what they have done, they said it was the only way they could get digital copies of some books, I told them that doesn’t justify stealing, they think I’m crazy. If I can’t get it in digital then I’ll make do with print until they are. I said I wouldn’t buy another printed book I’ll wait for a Digital copy, but I gave in and bought Fatal Alliance, Force Unleashed 2 and Vortex today as I have nothing left to read (I just finished Brandon Sandersons Towers of Midnight from The Wheel of Time series and felt that some Starwars was needed!). I read that Fatal Alliance was available in Digital Copy but I can’t find it anywhere, I’ve googled checked amazon, fictionwise, kobo on iPad, iBooks and others but can’t find it anywhere.

By: Shawn Speakman

Shawn Speakman — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:04:04 +0000

It takes time to convert previously written books to an ebook format, believe it or not. And since the Star Wars catalog is so vast, releasing them all at once will take time. I’m sure Del Rey will get there. As editor in chief Betsy Mitchell said a few weeks ago, they are working on the conversions so it is merely a matter of time. That means patience is required by you all. Cheers.

By: Lee Hughes

Lee Hughes — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:08:17 +0000

Almost the end of 2010, and guess what, STILL NO EBOOK VERSIONS OF NEW STARWARS BOOKS. A lot of people had an ereader of some kind for xmas and I bet a lot of them are disappointed that 1 – a lot of books out there are only available in print format 2- those that are available are insanely expensive, sometimes more expensive than the print version! I have been reading ebooks for 9+ years and have always bought the print versions of books too, especially star wars books, but I won’t be buying any more print the minute all books are available in digital format. If I think this way other people surely do too, so could this be a factor in the slow uptake on making digital copies available? Hopefully it will just be a matter of time, with the millions of kindles, nooks and iPads being used to download ebooks without having to have a decent knowledge of computing, these devices have brought ebooks to the public, it’s about time the Literature and Publishing industry caught up with technology and make print and digital copies of books available side by side. Sorry about the rant, I’m just annoyed I cant find digital copies of some of the latest Starwars books such as Fatal Alliance, when the books are written in digital format 99.9% of the time.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:11:34 +0000

Now that this is the ebook forum, I’ll throw my vote in for Kindle. I have a great desire to read this book, but I won’t get it until I can read it on my Kindle.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:52:45 +0000

I hate to keep harping on what everyone else is saying, but one of the deciding factors in me buying a nook was that the Fate of the Jedi books were available on ebook. I kind of figured that the format would be available for all new star wars books. Like many of those above, I won’t buy printed books anymore. I can find this book used for $11 but that’s not the point, I love the convinience of my nook and don’t want to give that up.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:58:08 +0000

Upvoting for ebooks

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:10:05 +0000

I, too, have the same problem. There are so many SW books yet to read but not available digitally. The first thing I did when I got my Kindle over a year ago was to look into buying the books I had been holding off to buy for it. I was sadly disappointed. All I can find are the books in series that I already have in paperback. On a good note. I have found many other non-SW books to read instead on my Kindle. I’d rather my money go to SW books but if they don’t want my money, I guess I’ll have to read other things.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:48:23 +0000

+100 on the eBook formats. Ironic that a publisher of sci-fi isn’t more technology-convenient.

I won’t buy any more books, especially hardbacks. . .

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:06:23 +0000

I am also looking for the ebook form of many Star Wars books for my Nook. I am a bit disappointed that they are not available anywhere.