Anyway, for those reading along, here's what Ace wrote:

“Weird.

Like I was trying to say, it's not the limited editions as current that I'm worried about in any way.

It's more like I wonder if a book that might have been a limited edition with extra features, etc., will now be relegated to a basic e-book. Like a Special Edition DVD vs. a bare-bones one, for lack of a better comparison offhand.

I'm weighing that against my interest in seeing new authors published (which DB says this will help), and yet a concern that new authors who might have earned an LE by virtue of their writing will lose out and be “relegated” to an e-book because they lack the name or reputation for sales power in this new way of life.

I'm sure it was a difficult decision for Shane and his crew.”

Okay, gotcha. I don't know. I think of it more that it may very well open the door wider for limited editions.

Shane is going to save money by going digital, thus allowing more money to maybe introduce more new authors, or more LEs from the established authors. (Or, in your analogy, more special editions).

I wish I hadn't deleted it, but in one of my emails from Delirium, it was mentioned how well “The Girl in the Woods” digital edition sold (I think it blew out 100 copies real quick), and that's such a fantastic sign.

I really believe ebook readers are the way of the future, and I have to be honest, before I bought one I wouldn't have thought it. But now that I own one, yeah, this is the future.

Like I was trying to say, it's not the limited editions as current that I'm worried about in any way.

It's more like I wonder if a book that might have been a limited edition with extra features, etc., will now be relegated to a basic e-book. Like a Special Edition DVD vs. a bare-bones one, for lack of a better comparison offhand.

I'm weighing that against my interest in seeing new authors published (which DB says this will help), and yet a concern that new authors who might have earned an LE by virtue of their writing will lose out and be “relegated” to an e-book because they lack the name or reputation for sales power in this new way of life.

I'm sure it was a difficult decision for Shane and his crew.

http://www.deliriumbooks.com/site_news/focusing...

I see no reason to worry about Limited Editions at this point, especially when the founder of the company is saying as much.

And also, the e-book exclusives not only mean the end of some TPBs, but probably decrease the chances of authors' work becoming LEs, if you know what I mean.

Like, I can't quite say it how I mean, but it seems like on the downside, you have to really be good or established to get an LE now, otherwise you get relegated to the e-book and not get the chance for an in-depth treatment. But, on the upside, a book that might have been rejected entirely now might get an e-book.