Is it just me, or is this really annoying? (Am I missing something?)
Having all the books in a series match on your bookshelf is a lovely thing. Not always possible, obviously, especially if you start buying a series when part of it is out in mass market and then future books come out in hardcover and you really want to buy them ASAP. (Relevant only if you prefer paperbacks, as I do.) There are marketing decisions and cover art changes and different availability by edition and all those things, and I get that.
But.
I read Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver last week, and I enjoyed it. (It's only the second book of hers I've read, the other being The Scorpio Races.) So I thought, hey, I'll be revolutionary and buy the series rather than reading them through the library and then buying them (and thus winding up with copies I might never actually read myself, since I don't reread a lot).
It turns out that the books are getting a new paperback edition in May, and the cover art is lovely, so I decided to wait for that. (Behold: Shiver, Linger, Forever.) Again: paperback edition. New, matching cover art. Art that does not seem to appear on any hardcover editions.
And then in June, a companion novel is coming out. (Sinner.) Its cover art matches the new editions of the trilogy. It's being released right on their heels. There is no hint, as far as I can see, that it is not designed to go with those books.
So naturally, it's a hardcover. And sure, it's the first edition, so it's a good sign that it's getting a hardcover release, etc. etc. But unless I'm really missing something (and if I am, I'll be pleased to find out I'm wrong!), there is literally no way for it to actually be part of a matched set.
I think this is bugging me more than is warranted, but it just seems bizarre. -_-
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But.
I read Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver last week, and I enjoyed it. (It's only the second book of hers I've read, the other being The Scorpio Races.) So I thought, hey, I'll be revolutionary and buy the series rather than reading them through the library and then buying them (and thus winding up with copies I might never actually read myself, since I don't reread a lot).
It turns out that the books are getting a new paperback edition in May, and the cover art is lovely, so I decided to wait for that. (Behold: Shiver, Linger, Forever.) Again: paperback edition. New, matching cover art. Art that does not seem to appear on any hardcover editions.
And then in June, a companion novel is coming out. (Sinner.) Its cover art matches the new editions of the trilogy. It's being released right on their heels. There is no hint, as far as I can see, that it is not designed to go with those books.
So naturally, it's a hardcover. And sure, it's the first edition, so it's a good sign that it's getting a hardcover release, etc. etc. But unless I'm really missing something (and if I am, I'll be pleased to find out I'm wrong!), there is literally no way for it to actually be part of a matched set.
I think this is bugging me more than is warranted, but it just seems bizarre. -_-
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