Comments on: REVIEW: ebook weekly: samhain publishing, ltd review

By: Crissy

Crissy — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:18:40 +0000

Hi All,

I just wanted to drop in and say that we’ve made a move and fixed the issue of how long it takes the site to load. I hope y’all will stop by this week and check out our celebratory back online sale and see how much better the site moves.

I really appreciate feedback, the constructive as well as the positive, so please let me know if you have trouble with anything. We’re planning more improvements in the coming months and would love input to add to the wish list.

Thanks for the review of Samhain and MBaM! We appreciate your taking the time to look us over and write about us.

Yours truly,

Crissy

By: Jayne

Jayne — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:32:51 +0000

That’s good to know Charlene. I just need to start buying my books from them at 7am when I wake up. ;)

By: Charlene

Charlene — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:35:55 +0000

Speed on the shopping cart and download might be affected by time of day and what day you’re shopping. I shopped for and downloaded four books this weekend and found the whole process very fast.

By: Keishon

Keishon — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:37:03 +0000

I do have a problem with the loading of the cart when checking out. It takes forever to load the page which is frustrating. Otherwise, I do enjoy Samhain publishing books very much. I did know that the two businesses were separate because on the page it says/shows other merchant/clients.

Just sayin.

By: Angie

Angie — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:47:14 +0000

Samhain and My Bookstore and More are two seperate businesses, thus, why MBaM sells more than just books. It’s the “more” part, like you said. Samhain is the publisher, and we don’t sell books, we just publish them :)

My Bookstore and More, while affiliated with Samhain (obviously) is a seperate entity and now carries, and will continue to carry, other books besides those from Samhain Publishing. Did that clear it up or make it even more confusing?

By: Jayne

Jayne — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:10:25 +0000

Yeah Jane, what is it with the other things sold through My Books and More? I guess those are the “More.” Very weird. Let’s all see if someone at Samhain can explain it all.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 14:08:59 +0000

Karen and May, I didn’t think that the pages at Samhain took long but that cart (My Books and More)….shesus….I could have gotten a good start on reading WAR AND PEACE while waiting for those pages to load. To be fair, I did make my purchase around noon on Friday and perhaps that is the busiest time of the week for them but still if I had to deal with that often, I would get upset.

On a postive note, the dl was very quick and without incident this time unlike the first purchase I made from them in April.

By: May

May — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:42:52 +0000

You guys aren’t the only ones.

Which is why I still haven’t picked up the books I’ve been eyeing–I’ve been having internet issues to boot. Sigh.

By: Karen Scott

Karen Scott — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 12:12:11 +0000

I too love Samhain, but is it me, or do their pages take an awfully long time to load?