Audible's new proposed royalty structure is a slap in the face to authors, readers who care about them, and exactly opposite of what they promised Brandon Sanderson barely a year ago.

It is an attempt to seize a monopoly by punishing authors until they agree to exclusivity, which would drive Audible's competitors out of the market.

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[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wheel of Time?

[–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Belgariad/Malloreon

It's actually 12 books, but the last two are prequels. They seem to have only remade the first 9 so far, and the last book already had a terrible narrator.

[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow, I have never heard of this series before. It looks like only the new versions are available to buy on Audible and Libro.fm for everything but the last book, which doesn't have a new version (yet). That's rather upsetting to hear that I can't get the originals anymore, at least not easily.

[–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Fortunately if they ever straight up remove them I've still got copies I ripped directly from CDs from the library.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

10- book series

Wheel of Time?

That’s a weird way to spell “14-book-plus-a-prequel series.”

[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’m not sure how many books Sanderson wrote, so I thought maybe someone might only consider the ones written by Jordan, which would put it closer to 10. And it’s the only series I know off the top of my head that has had at least a few of the books rerecorded by Amazon with new narrators (actors from the show) to replace the older narrators. I figured I’d hazard a guess (hence the question mark) and be corrected rather than just ask the question, especially considering the internet’s tendency to enjoy telling someone they are wrong more than answering a question.

Which series do you think it is?

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Oh it was a fine guess, I didn’t need to um ackshually you. I know my wife prefers the new recordings with Rosamund Pike over the old Michael Kramer/Kate Reading versions.

I must admit I always fall into the correcting people trap.

For what it’s worth though, RJ wrote 11 main series books and the prequel, BrandoSando wrote 3. And after reading those three I had to go read everything else BrandoSando wrote. Love that guy‘s worldbuilding and magic systems.

I don’t have a better guess. 😅

[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's all good, I can see now that it was more tongue-in-cheek, I think all those years on reddit just trained me to be defensive online. Plus I like having an excuse to explain myself.

I'll admit I only made it partway through The Dragon Reborn before falling off, which is a shame because it was my dad's favorite book series.

I do love a lot of Sanderson's stuff. Do you have a favorite book/series? I just finished Isles of the Emberdark and I like the way everything is starting to connect to one another so casually while still having standalone stories!

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I literally just finished Isles of the Emberdark today. Loved how Cosmere-aware it felt. Got me excited about the eventual endgame of the Cosmere.

Stormlight Archive has replaced The Wheel of Time as my favorite series, I think. WoT will always have a soft spot in my heart as my first massive hard-magic-system fantasy epic, though.

Which is your favorite?