Comments on: Level 26: Dark Origins http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/level-26-dark-origins/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rod Lott http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/level-26-dark-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-64625 Rod Lott Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:32:03 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=9719#comment-64625 Good point! Marketing synergy! Good point! Marketing synergy!

]]> By: greenman http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/level-26-dark-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-64624 greenman Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:23:03 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=9719#comment-64624 I'm reading Level 26 right now. My problem with the "digi-novel" part of it is being forced to sign up a membership at a social networking site (with or without a screen-name) just to see the "bridges." I bought the book, that's supposed to part of the experience and I don't want to jump through hoops to get it. I don't want emails about forthcoming projects, special offers, the latest exciting news in the author's life, to chat about how I feel about the novel, none of it. Just the "bridges" please, without hassle. So far I have managed to avoid MySpace, twitter, classmates.com, etc. and I dislike being rooked into joining some site in order to get access to these extra parts. No doubt I'm being a crank about it, a Luddite or whatever, but privacy is already difficult enough in an online world and I resent having to give contact information in order to gain access to material that was promised with the purchase of the book. I don't want to join the Level 26 Club, the Mickey Mouse Club, or the Hair Club, thank you very much! Oh, and get off my lawn! ;-) I’m reading Level 26 right now. My problem with the “digi-novel” part of it is being forced to sign up a membership at a social networking site (with or without a screen-name) just to see the “bridges.” I bought the book, that’s supposed to part of the experience and I don’t want to jump through hoops to get it. I don’t want emails about forthcoming projects, special offers, the latest exciting news in the author’s life, to chat about how I feel about the novel, none of it. Just the “bridges” please, without hassle. So far I have managed to avoid MySpace, twitter, classmates.com, etc. and I dislike being rooked into joining some site in order to get access to these extra parts.

No doubt I’m being a crank about it, a Luddite or whatever, but privacy is already difficult enough in an online world and I resent having to give contact information in order to gain access to material that was promised with the purchase of the book. I don’t want to join the Level 26 Club, the Mickey Mouse Club, or the Hair Club, thank you very much!

Oh, and get off my lawn! ;-)

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