To Prologue or Not to Prologue

[swan_tower]

Tor has a long-standing habit of releasing the Prologue to the next Wheel of Time book in advance of the book's actual pub date, as a teaser for what's to come. I read those from (I think) A Crown of Swords through Crossroads of Twilight, then stopped because I wasn't going to touch the series until the end was in sight. And when I came back, I just read the books themselves; no need to play teaser games with the Prologues.

But now, at last, I'm caught up, and the final book hasn't yet come out. So I put it to you, my blog readership:

[Poll #1883074]

Comments

[iopgod.livejournal.com]

I have been suckered in to buying the prologue a couple of times... they have been disappointing, unnecessarily torture inducing, and, given that you get the *whole book* in a couple of weeks anyway, a waste of money.

[aulus-poliutos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would not encourage that shifty practics of getting some extra money out of fans by buying part of a book twice.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Oh -- are they being sold now, rather than released as free teasers?

[iopgod.livejournal.com]

Certainly the previous WoT prologues have been sold (since WH, I think)... not sure what they are doing this time. There are a few free teasers up on Tor.com, but I think they are the first few chapters-proper, rather than the prologue.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Oh, phooey. I didn't know that. (I thought I'd read the WH prologue, but I certainly didn't buy it; maybe I was wrong about the reading.)

Well. I'll have to reconsider, then.