Comments on: Interesting times…. http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: asiah http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 asiah Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:54:52 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-1186 pat my name is asiah and have commented on different spots on your blog but I've meant to do it here.<br /><br />I am 11yrs old girl in australia my brother and I have read it my dad is going to read it and I just wanted to say we both can't wait to read the next book but take your time cause a master piece takes time!!!! <br /><br /><br />I also agree with anonymous is there any possible way we could get a name made by us or a name of ours in the book even though the draws fin cause I just found your book this year and read it on the holidays but I wish I found it sooner for the draw!!!! <br /><br />So is it possible???<br /><br />From Asiah Cahntelle Hatcher I ♥ The Name of the Wind ☺ ☺ ☺ ☻ ☻ ☻<br /><br />P.s you pronounce my name like the continent Asia but with a sighlent (h). pat my name is asiah and have commented on different spots on your blog but I've meant to do it here.

I am 11yrs old girl in australia my brother and I have read it my dad is going to read it and I just wanted to say we both can't wait to read the next book but take your time cause a master piece takes time!!!!

I also agree with anonymous is there any possible way we could get a name made by us or a name of ours in the book even though the draws fin cause I just found your book this year and read it on the holidays but I wish I found it sooner for the draw!!!!

So is it possible???

From Asiah Cahntelle Hatcher I ♥ The Name of the Wind ☺ ☺ ☺ ☻ ☻ ☻

P.s you pronounce my name like the continent Asia but with a sighlent (h).

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Anonymous Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:46:51 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-1185 pat is there still a possiblility that people could get name in the book cause I just found your web a few 2 weeks ago but i would have loved to get my name or a name i made up in your book as a possiblity. Even though you've got most of it done. pat is there still a possiblility that people could get name in the book cause I just found your web a few 2 weeks ago but i would have loved to get my name or a name i made up in your book as a possiblity. Even though you've got most of it done.

]]> By: Jessi http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Jessi Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:18:51 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-1177 Dear Patrick, (can i call you Patrick or do you prefer Pat? hmm one to ponder...)<br /><br />Anyway Dear......(please insert preferred name here)<br />My name is Jessi, I live in New Zealand, and I basically just wanted to comment on the fantastically entertaining (and informative) blog that you have created. <br />I didn't realize that there was going to be a sequel (until today when I read your Blog) and was just happy to walk away from the great book you gave us.<br /><br />So basically after waffling (mmm waffles)on about nothing to you when I'm sure you have better things to do I just wanted to express my gratitude to you for deciding that you give enough of a crap to write a second AMAZING book!!<br /><br />Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,<br /><br />good luck with the editing (i helped on a New Zealand Novel recently, so I can appreciate how much work you're doing right now)<br /><br />Have a fantastic February 28!<br /><br />From your now adoring Fan, <br /><br />Jessi Reilly,<br />New Zealand Dear Patrick, (can i call you Patrick or do you prefer Pat? hmm one to ponder…)

Anyway Dear……(please insert preferred name here)
My name is Jessi, I live in New Zealand, and I basically just wanted to comment on the fantastically entertaining (and informative) blog that you have created.
I didn't realize that there was going to be a sequel (until today when I read your Blog) and was just happy to walk away from the great book you gave us.

So basically after waffling (mmm waffles)on about nothing to you when I'm sure you have better things to do I just wanted to express my gratitude to you for deciding that you give enough of a crap to write a second AMAZING book!!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,

good luck with the editing (i helped on a New Zealand Novel recently, so I can appreciate how much work you're doing right now)

Have a fantastic February 28!

From your now adoring Fan,

Jessi Reilly,
New Zealand

]]> By: Michael http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-15024 Michael Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:06:03 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-15024 Pat, I know YOUR heart is in the right place, but it makes me cringe every time you speak of politics. Every station leans a certain way...Fox News and CNN are the most neural, with each leaning either way. NBC, on the other hand, is a joke. I know it's easy to take the common route and try to act "cool" by making fun of Fox, but if you actually were informed(which you already said you weren't), you would see things differently. Pat, I know YOUR heart is in the right place, but it makes me cringe every time you speak of politics. Every station leans a certain way…Fox News and CNN are the most neural, with each leaning either way. NBC, on the other hand, is a joke. I know it’s easy to take the common route and try to act “cool” by making fun of Fox, but if you actually were informed(which you already said you weren’t), you would see things differently.

]]> By: Dudley Dawson http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-15025 Dudley Dawson Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:18:28 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-15025 Hey! Cthulhu isn't fear-mongering bullshit! <br /><br />Though he is, probably, the only thing in the world that's more representative of cosmic evil than Fox News. Hey! Cthulhu isn’t fear-mongering bullshit!

Though he is, probably, the only thing in the world that’s more representative of cosmic evil than Fox News.

]]> By: Selenio http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-15026 Selenio Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:23:14 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-15026 Fred Hicks (RPGs publisher and interesting person) has some interesting words about this Amazon/McMillan affair written in his <a href="http://www.deadlyfredly.com/2010/02/everyones-talking-about-it/" rel="nofollow">Deadly Fredly blog</a>.<br /><br />My particular thinking is that e-books should cost about the same price as a paperback. 50% of the hardback edition tops. At least this is what my logic dictates. Obviously I'm no publisher and I don't have the required knowledges and information to make a statement about it.<br /><br />But that said, it's obvious that what Amazon can't do is what it has done. Specially the way it has done it.<br /><br />I believe this is one of those cases in which both contenders are right and at the same time none of them are.<br /><br />Selenio. Fred Hicks (RPGs publisher and interesting person) has some interesting words about this Amazon/McMillan affair written in his Deadly Fredly blog.

My particular thinking is that e-books should cost about the same price as a paperback. 50% of the hardback edition tops. At least this is what my logic dictates. Obviously I’m no publisher and I don’t have the required knowledges and information to make a statement about it.

But that said, it’s obvious that what Amazon can’t do is what it has done. Specially the way it has done it.

I believe this is one of those cases in which both contenders are right and at the same time none of them are.

Selenio.

]]> By: Hannah http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-15027 Hannah Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:35:22 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-15027 I just cant believe the price of university text books! I payed $150 for my textbook last year, wasn't even allow to cite or reference it in my report, and couldn't sell it back the next year because... get this right... there was a new cover :| <br /><br />In a way I think publishing companies do need a bit of a shake up, but it sucks how authors have to deal with the ripple effect after. Not to mention what's the dealio with this iPAD thingy? For some reason I'm against it but don't really know why. Can anyone provide me with the pros and cons of this iPAD device so I can properly formulate an opinion? lol I just cant believe the price of university text books! I payed $150 for my textbook last year, wasn’t even allow to cite or reference it in my report, and couldn’t sell it back the next year because… get this right… there was a new cover :|

In a way I think publishing companies do need a bit of a shake up, but it sucks how authors have to deal with the ripple effect after. Not to mention what’s the dealio with this iPAD thingy? For some reason I’m against it but don’t really know why. Can anyone provide me with the pros and cons of this iPAD device so I can properly formulate an opinion? lol

]]> By: tymbrimi http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-15028 tymbrimi Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:56:39 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-15028 @Wafaa:<br /><br />I think it is clear that the price should be determined by the OWNER of the item, not necessarily the producer.<br /><br />If Amazon pays Macmillan their asking price for the ebooks (which Macmillan rightly gets to set as long as they own them), then Amazon should be the new owner and have the right to determine at what price they want to sell them. @Wafaa:

I think it is clear that the price should be determined by the OWNER of the item, not necessarily the producer.

If Amazon pays Macmillan their asking price for the ebooks (which Macmillan rightly gets to set as long as they own them), then Amazon should be the new owner and have the right to determine at what price they want to sell them.

]]> By: Wafaa http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-15029 Wafaa Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:38:50 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-15029 As an outsider's viewpoint, it seems pretty logical to me that setting the price of a product is a right reserved by the producer of this product. Whether the product is worth the price they set, is something to be determined by the free market and supply and demand.<br />On the other hand, Amazon is perfectly free to choose what to sell.<br /><br />Either way, I personally make an effort to stay away from products with proprietary software, and pick ones without. As an outsider’s viewpoint, it seems pretty logical to me that setting the price of a product is a right reserved by the producer of this product. Whether the product is worth the price they set, is something to be determined by the free market and supply and demand.
On the other hand, Amazon is perfectly free to choose what to sell.

Either way, I personally make an effort to stay away from products with proprietary software, and pick ones without.

]]> By: fergusons blog http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/interesting-times/comment-page-1/#comment-15030 fergusons blog Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:39:57 +0000 http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/?p=316#comment-15030 An interesting take on this at huffpost:<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonce-gaiter/amazon-to-e-book-publishe_b_446205.html<br /><br /><br />Dan An interesting take on this at huffpost:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonce-gaiter/amazon-to-e-book-publishe_b_446205.html

Dan

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