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jshriver
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Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« on: Nov 17th, 2013, 12:41am » |
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Is the PDF still available somewhere?
When I went to the page it auto forwards to the amazon page. I did buy the book, but a pdf would be nice so I could load it on my Kindle.
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Fritzlein
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #1 on: Nov 17th, 2013, 9:41am » |
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If I remember correctly, Jean wanted the PDF to be available for download in perpetuity, Omar didn't want it to be available at all, and they compromised by making it available for a finite time. But don't rely on my memory; Jean and Omar would be the ones who know.
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #2 on: Feb 18th, 2014, 7:30am » |
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I'd like to buy the ebook, it's a pity it's not possible 
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chessandgo
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #3 on: Feb 18th, 2014, 4:24pm » |
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If you'd like that the pdf be made available, I'd suggest you contact Omar at arimaa_game@yahoo.com
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Ail
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #4 on: Feb 25th, 2014, 5:40am » |
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I've been trying to get the book but shipping from the US costs more than the book itself and I couldn't find it anywhere else. 
Why does Omar decide about the availability of the PDF and not the author of the book?
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Fritzlein
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #5 on: Feb 25th, 2014, 8:52am » |
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on Feb 25th, 2014, 5:40am, Ail wrote:| I've been trying to get the book but shipping from the US costs more than the book itself and I couldn't find it anywhere else. |
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The book is print on demand, so this can be easily remedied. It is a matter of checking a couple of boxes in the distribution channels to allow Amazon EU and Amazon UK to sell it, and to choose a price in pounds and euros. It's pretty silly to print in the US and fly it overseas instead of printing it out locally and shipping by ground.
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #6 on: Feb 25th, 2014, 9:55am » |
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It isn't listed in Amazon.de so I tried Amazon.com.
Will try Amazon.uk, since that's closer and thus probably cheaper to ship.
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chessandgo
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #7 on: Feb 25th, 2014, 11:35am » |
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Do you mean that I can make it available on amazon.eu Fritz?
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Fritzlein
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #8 on: Feb 25th, 2014, 11:52am » |
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on Feb 25th, 2014, 11:35am, chessandgo wrote:| Do you mean that I can make it available on amazon.eu Fritz? |
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I think so. You published through CreateSpace, like I did for Beginning Arimaa, right? On the Member Dashboard when I log in to CreateSpace, I click on the book title to get to the Project Homepage, where it has a sequence of steps Create > Setup > Review > Distribute > Sales & Marketing. In the Distribute tab there is a Channels link, which allows you (or at least allowed me) to select Amazon Europe as a channel.
That option wasn't available when I first published, which baffled me, but at some point I got an alert about it. My recollection is that the only hoop I had to jump through was picking a list price; after that the sales just started trickling in automatically. Hopefully it will be as easy for you.
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #9 on: Feb 25th, 2014, 5:19pm » |
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on Feb 25th, 2014, 11:35am, chessandgo wrote:| Do you mean that I can make it available on amazon.eu Fritz? |
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Do it! 
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chessandgo
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #10 on: Feb 26th, 2014, 9:37am » |
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Thanks a lot Fritz! Arimaa Strategies and Tactics will be available on amazon.eu and .uk within a week, at 8 euros, or £7.05.
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #11 on: Feb 27th, 2014, 1:14pm » |
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Great news!
It now is available on amazon.de!
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Fritzlein
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #12 on: Feb 27th, 2014, 3:30pm » |
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on Feb 27th, 2014, 1:14pm, Ail wrote:Great news!
It now is available on amazon.de! |
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After you read it, Ail, I urge you to consider writing a review for Amazon.de. I believe that for my book there are no reviews except the ones you can borrow from Amazon.com; a German-language review would be awesome.
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chessandgo
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #13 on: Feb 27th, 2014, 3:59pm » |
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Nice, it seems available in all european national amazon websites. A search of arimaa on amazon.fr yields interesting results. I'm first, yay (sorry Fritz ^^), and there's obviously Beginning Arimaa, but there are also:
http://www.amazon.fr/Arimaa-Noelene-Aoide/dp/6139332559/
(huh? What's that?)
... and a ton of books with subtitles listing several games including arimaa in different languages ... all with a flower on the cover. Huh? Source wikipedia? By Mr and Ms wikipedia?
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Re: Arimaa Strategies and Tactics
« Reply #14 on: Feb 27th, 2014, 6:56pm » |
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Interesting.
I already have your book, I think I payed a bit more for it.
What I found is the following: (searching on amazon.fr)
"The Indispensable Gaming Guide", a book which reviews some boardgames, including Arimaa. (The author gives Arimaa 4 out of 5 stars, you can read the review as free preview)
I also found papers of conference reports.
The "book" which you were linking has a german cover, but I couldn't find it on amazon.de
It says in the bottom-right corner:
"Up-to-date. This book uses Wikipedia as source".
I have no idea what is in the books with the flowers as covers.
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