S.C.E. Novels

[Masiral]

S.C.E. books were ahead of their time, since they were originally released as e-book novellas. I believe if there were a series like this now, it would be more successful since people have e-readers now. I enjoyed them, but had to buy the paperback reprints back then. Of course, now I would just be able to purchase the ebook.

Once again, we have a user who is indulging in the curious habit of thinking that, just because they're interested in reading something, it qualifies them to assert from their armchair that it will be profitable for the publisher.

I think they make a good point - an eBook only series would be more profitable now than it was back then, simply because more people have e-readers. I think the resurgence of ST eBooks is a fairly good indication of that.

 

[Idran]

S.C.E. books were ahead of their time, since they were originally released as e-book novellas. I believe if there were a series like this now, it would be more successful since people have e-readers now. I enjoyed them, but had to buy the paperback reprints back then. Of course, now I would just be able to purchase the ebook.

Once again, we have a user who is indulging in the curious habit of thinking that, just because they're interested in reading something, it qualifies them to assert from their armchair that it will be profitable for the publisher.

If you provide reasoning for a claim, it isn't an assertion, it's an argument. You can disagree with the argument, but the poster you quoted didn't assert it.

I believe if there were a series like this now, it would be more successful since people have e-readers now.

 

[Stevil2001]

S.C.E. books were ahead of their time, since they were originally released as e-book novellas. I believe if there were a series like this now, it would be more successful since people have e-readers now. I enjoyed them, but had to buy the paperback reprints back then. Of course, now I would just be able to purchase the ebook.

Once again, we have a user who is indulging in the curious habit of thinking that, just because they're interested in reading something, it qualifies them to assert from their armchair that it will be profitable for the publisher.

If you provide reasoning for a claim, it isn't an assertion, it's an argument. You can disagree with the argument, but the poster you quoted didn't assert it.

I believe if there were a series like this now, it would be more successful since people have e-readers now.

Also, he's doing nothing more than echoing assertions series editor Keith R.A. DeCandido has made from his own armchair.

 

[C. Cole-Chakotay]

I bought the paperback editions of the SCE series and really enjoyed them. I have an ereader but prefer physical books.

 

[vegaslover62]

Then would it be permissible to ask that next time somebody makes an assertion like that, to at least qualify it with some statistics? Because it looks kinda narcissistic without them.

 

[Idran]

Then would it be permissible to ask that next time somebody makes an assertion like that, to at least qualify it with some statistics? Because it looks kinda narcissistic without them.

Whoever says it next time almost definitely won't have seen this post, so it'd probably be more effective to just ask for statistics at the time it happens than to ask now for the future.

But the person you quoted still didn't claim "it would be more popular now because I like it". They claimed "it would be more popular now because more people have eBook readers", which isn't narcissistic at all. (And there being more people with eBook readers now is undeniably true, considering that SCE was cancelled before the Kindle, the first significant dedicated eBook reader, was released.) But the fact that they liked the series wasn't presented as the reason why it would do better, or even a reason. Again:

I believe if there were a series like this now, it would be more successful since people have e-readers now.

 

[trampledamage]

Then would it be permissible to ask that next time somebody makes an assertion like that, to at least qualify it with some statistics? Because it looks kinda narcissistic without them.

No, this is an informal discussion forum - we don't require back-up statistics.

Feel free to argue with the points a person is making, please stop attacking the person who's making the points.