Kundry Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Hi guys and gals,I wanted to oder my copy of this book, but now I am a little confused. I found two different edition on Amazon:http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/0007580916/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A11IL2PNWYJU7Hhttp://www.amazon.it/The-World-Ice-Fire-Westeros/dp/0553805444They cost different And also the number of pages is different ( 288 and 400)!Can someone help me with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F The King Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 It was my understanding that the first one was the UK edition and the second was the US edition. But I thought the only difference was the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Breaker of Chains Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Italy! I just did a cross-country trip there a few months ago!Unless I'm mistaken, the page information is incorrect and needs to be updated. There are 336 pages.The black cover is the UK edition, the red is US. No difference in content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 There could be some differences in how it's printed. The size of the font, I mean, just as an example. That's why I'm checking first how the Spanish edition will be, as the cover will be different. (it's the Iron Throne). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kundry Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thank you all for your kind answers.I am going to buy an English edition, not an Italian one, as I read the series in English and I am not familiar with all the names Italian translators gave to places and people (besides finding some of them really ugly... Winterfell being Grande Inverno = Great Winter...).I will wait, checking the number of pages, and see which one (USA or UK) to buy. My fear is that the "smaller" of them could have a very little font.Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Flandrensis Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Simple reason for more pages in the Italian edition could be that Italian takes more space than English in print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukle Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I have mine on pre-order in Australia, which is only having the black covers shipped. Hopefully the page numbers are not too varied but it's not impossible; it depends on the formatting, size and layout, as well as whether or not they've different editors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaenys_Targaryen Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 If I understand correctly, information has to be the same for one ISBN number, no matter where it is sold. So if one website (Amazon, in this case), gives one page number, but five other online shops give all give another page number, and those five are all the same, then I'd be almost certain that Amazon made a mistake. A similar mistake occured when I wanted to order my book. I just called customer service to make sure. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kundry Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 As raenys suggested, I checked directly on Amazon UK and Amazon US and I saw that the number of pages is the same (336) on both.So it seems that the number of pages on Amazon IT are both wrong (288 and 400!) and I guess the difference in cost is due to the currency change.I've also found out that they are also going to publish the Italian version later on, which I won't buy, and that it's going to be of about 500 pages ('cause Italian is more wordy than English).I'm going to buy the less expensive English edition (US) since now I am sure they are exactly the same.Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost's Shadow Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 There's one difference: The US version doesn't have a dust jacket, but the British one does. PS: Those are NOT cheap! I don't know how long your shipping is, but have you checked Amazon.de or Amazon.fr as other options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondancer Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 @AnneGroell: This was my day today. Turns out it WAS 150 boxes. And everything in them needed signed. @GRRMspeaking http://twitter.com/AnneGroell/status/525037983041601536/photo/1:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kundry Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thank you Ghost's shadow for suggesting it!On amazon.fr the English book actually costs more (€ 41) while on Amazon.de it's cheaper (€ 28) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost's Shadow Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Kundry, great to hear! Moondancer, wow that picture. *lol* How long until he gets cramps from that. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondancer Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 The book is huge. It's almost in range with my NatGeo atlas! I think 150 signed copies is something a pro writer can easily endure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kundry Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Moondancer, I think it was 150 box of books, not 150 books :)I don't know how many books in each box, but supposing at least 10 books the amount it's huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondancer Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Oh. That's different then. Much much different! :D May the cooling gel be with GRRM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annara Snow Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 There's one difference: The US version doesn't have a dust jacket, but the British one does. I As raenys suggested, I checked directly on Amazon UK and Amazon US and I saw that the number of pages is the same (336) on both.So it seems that the number of pages on Amazon IT are both wrong (288 and 400!) and I guess the difference in cost is due to the currency change.I've also found out that they are also going to publish the Italian version later on, which I won't buy, and that it's going to be of about 500 pages ('cause Italian is more wordy than English).I'm going to buy the less expensive English edition (US) since now I am sure they are exactly the same.Thank you Less expensive? The respective Amazon websites say the opposite: British version: http://www.amazon.co.uk/World-Ice-Fire-Song/dp/0007580916/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414156699&sr=1-1&keywords=world+of+ice+and+fire 14.95 pounds = (according to Currency Converter) 18.23 EUR US version: http://www.amazon.com/The-World-Ice-Fire-Westeros/dp/0553805444/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414156750&sr=8-1&keywords=world+of+ice+and+fire 29.98 $ = 23.64 EUR I ordered the British (black cover) version mainly because it takes far less time to ship to where I live, but it also seems over 5 euros cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhaenys_Targaryen Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Seriously.. I paid 33 euros for mine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annara Snow Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Seriously.. I paid 33 euros for mine..It's more expensive when you add shipping costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost's Shadow Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Seriously.. I paid 33 euros for mine.. Mine will be 21.74 €. It's up to 22.95 € now. Free delivery, but when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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