Who's Your Author? discussion

I have found myself recently enthralled with amazon's boxed sets



Sometimes they are like novellas where it is essentially a short story but sometimes they are closer to novels.

I like them because of the price and I feel like I can read new authors.
I was wondering if anyone reads these and if they have any recommendations for ones which are a great value.

A lot of the boxed sets are also available for the Nook. I preordered Taming the Vampire in September and it is now on my Nook. I like these box sets for the same reasons you do.

Tina wrote: "A lot of the boxed sets are also available for the Nook. I preordered Taming the Vampire in September and it is now on my Nook. I like these box sets for the same reasons you do."

I ordered Taming the Vampire about the same time :-)

I think if you are looking to for all the books and the price is right it's a great deal to get the series. But my fear is that I won't like book #1 and then I'm out the money on the rest of them.

I find a lot of them are $0.99US which makes them about $1.32 for me. Very cost effective if I'm looking for specific stories.

I've usually got to check which stories are in them against my lists cause I've frequently got a lot of them then I've got to weigh up do I need it & the price.

Darcy wrote: "I think if you are looking to for all the books and the price is right it's a great deal to get the series. But my fear is that I won't like book #1 and then I'm out the money on the rest of them."

I can understand your hesitation with regard to box sets of a series, or part of a series, especially if the sets are expensive. But, a box set of books by different authors, for $.99 or $1.99 is a good, fairly inexpensive way to sample an author and/or series. Also, I have found that sometimes it is a very inexpensive way to get a story or novella in a series I have already started or wanted to try. Sometimes you just pay $.99 or $1.99 for several books when it costs much more for just one of the individual books in the set.

Sandra wrote: "I find a lot of them are $0.99US which makes them about $1.32 for me. Very cost effective if I'm looking for specific stories.

I've usually got to check which stories are in them against my lists ..."

I have to do the same thing because it is very easy to end up with duplicates. That is one of the reasons I am happy I snatched up Taming the Vampire. It has new stories/novellas by several authors from series I already read.

Yep, I picked up as well. It's got a lot of authors I already read & these are all new stories. Win - win.