shmup book?

[Zeron]

So I was checking Play.Com UK then searched for Raiden Fighters then some books which were called Raiden Fighters showed up, the seller according to Play.com is http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/?a_aid=ptbdaf

Just search some random shmup or company and there will be a book about it is this somekind of joke or??

They are all from 2010 also

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... n-Fighters
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... Cave-Games
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... cess-Games
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... rcade-Game
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... -Co.-Games
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... plan-Games
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... ikyo-Games



It just seems so damn shady...

[ZOM]

Very weird indeed; Amazon Japan has them up with same ISBN number listed with a 2010/05 release, yet in isbndb those numbers don't exist.

[sven666]

wierd, theyre only €17 tho, ill put an order in and let you guys know..

ed: ordered one, well see what it is when it shows up i guess..

[nZero]

Very weird indeed; Amazon Japan has them up with same ISBN number listed with a 2010/05 release, yet in isbndb those numbers don't exist. :?

It might be a publish-on-demand book cobbled together from internet sources that nobody's actually ordered a copy of yet, then.

[Zeron]

Here are some more, though the Raiden ones are really expensive
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... rin-Naruto
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... /Raiden-IV
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... ghters-Jet
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... ers-Series
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... Fighters-2
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... den-Series
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... 6/Jeu-Cave ( french book?)
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/97 ... 3883/Taito

[raigon50]

I doubt it, but could they be some kind of fan-fic? The thought of a fan-fic based off a shmup sounds very unlikly, but.... I dunno...
I'm probably way off. It does sound like some sort of weird scheme.

[Zeron]

I doubt it, but could they be some kind of fan-fic? The thought of a fan-fic based off a shmup sounds very unlikly, but.... I dunno...
I'm probably way off. It does sound like some sort of weird scheme.

182 page fanfiction of Raiden Fighters



Must be alot of political drama about taking down that dictatorship and what influenced them to just launch 1 ship instead of a army.

[nuskool]

Well... it says they are created by Books, LLC. Quick google for that name brings up the following:

What is "Books LLC"? Publisher?
I have noticed they have compiled some articles from Wikipedia and have published them as books...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 435AAQ1Fds

[ZOM]

What is "Books LLC"? Publisher?
I have noticed they have compiled some articles from Wikipedia and have published them as books...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 435AAQ1Fds

Oh god...

Very weird indeed; Amazon Japan has them up with same ISBN number listed with a 2010/05 release, yet in isbndb those numbers don't exist.

It might be a publish-on-demand book cobbled together from internet sources that nobody's actually ordered a copy of yet, then.

Looks pretty much like it.

[sven666]

finally got the book and its indeed a copy of wikipedia printed, 97 pages of text.

quality of the book is quite nice tho (it was €17 incl shipping!), would be awesome to actually have them print something worthwile.

some pics of it

[Zeron]

finally got the book and its indeed a copy of wikipedia printed, 97 pages of text.

quality of the book is quite nice tho (it was €17 incl shipping!), would be awesome to actually have them print something worthwile.

some pics of it

That sure is one longass name for a book, sorry for making you waste money on that,,,,,

[dunpeal2064]

finally got the book and its indeed a copy of wikipedia printed, 97 pages of text.

quality of the book is quite nice tho (it was €17 incl shipping!), would be awesome to actually have them print something worthwile.

some pics of it

Nice wallpaper xP

[BPzeBanshee]

I heard on a blog somewhere that there was going to be a Broken Thunder book, at least it seemed like they were going to put some effort into it, but this....

17 euros could go a long way better, but thanks for giving the warning.

[NTSC-J]

At least the cover is nice!

[originalz]

The hell, it's just Wikipedia articles? How is that even legal?

[sirmax]

Because Wikipedia is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 and the GNU Free Documentation License which gives you the right to copy the articles and use them commercially. All you have to do is to give credit to the original authors and grant everyone the right to do the same with your work.