Peter Beagle Audiobooks
May. 19th, 2009 07:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellenkushnerHow much would you pay to hear
Peter S. Beagle read you
The Last Unicorn or A Fine & Private Place
aloud?
Yeah. I know.
There are also sample free downloads. And lots more stuff.
ADDED: Some folks have commented that they've had trouble with this site. See![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
connorfc's comments, below, on what's going on & how to contact him directly for satisfaction.
Peter S. Beagle read you
The Last Unicorn or A Fine & Private Place
aloud?
Yeah. I know.
There are also sample free downloads. And lots more stuff.
ADDED: Some folks have commented that they've had trouble with this site. See
connorfc's comments, below, on what's going on & how to contact him directly for satisfaction.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2009-05-19 11:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-20 12:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-20 12:05 am (UTC)I also have this -amazing- cassette of him performing songs and filk and who knows what, live. I wish I had the necessary tools to convert it to CD. If you can scare up a copy, I highly recommend it. (If I had anyway to duplicate it, I'd bring you a copy to WisCon.)
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Date: 2009-05-20 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-20 12:11 am (UTC)Actually, I found it! It's this one, apparently recorded at BayCon in '86.
It's pretty great.
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Date: 2009-05-20 01:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-20 01:05 am (UTC)I thought it hadn't come through yet, since the site seemed to indicate download links weren't available yet. Now I can listen on the plane tomorrow!
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Date: 2009-05-20 01:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-20 01:19 am (UTC)Thanks for the heads up. I've emailed him -- surely it'll get sorted sometime. :)
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Date: 2009-05-20 01:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-20 07:43 am (UTC)Couldn't find an email address on the site, so I gave up.
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Date: 2009-05-20 02:27 pm (UTC)customersupport at conlanpress dot com
connor at conlanpress dot com
I hope that helps, if you decide to try again.
Solving uour problem
Date: 2009-05-20 02:59 pm (UTC)The standard email address for Conlan Press is contact@conlanpress.com, and it is directly clickable on the CONTACT page of our website. (Just look for the word CONTACT at the top of every page except for those in the shopping cart.)
That said, please email me directly (connor@conlanpress.com) with your shipping address, so I can tell you how to make it work with the shopping cart. We've handled over a thousand overseas orders in the last 3 years, so I'm sure there's a way to do this.
-- Connor Cochran
Re: Solving uour problem
Date: 2009-05-20 03:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-20 03:05 pm (UTC)helping out
Date: 2009-05-20 03:02 pm (UTC)-- Connor Cochran
Re: helping out
Date: 2009-05-20 03:09 pm (UTC)You guys are doing great work!
Re: helping out
Date: 2009-05-20 06:37 pm (UTC)My husband bought me the Last Unicorn CD audiobook with Two Hearts way back in May 2005. I remember there were delays, and we were in touch with you for a while, but then we didn't get any more updates--or audiobooks, or Two Hearts.
I fully understand that you're a one-man operation trying to do good, but you can probably understand that I am less than thrilled with Conlan Press.
Have you really been having production delays for the last four years?
Re: helping out
Date: 2009-05-20 08:07 pm (UTC)We've been regularly updating people through both THE RAVEN (Peter's email newsletter) and THE CONLAN PRESS (our email newsletter) and the UPDATES page at www.conlanpress.com itself. It sounds like you haven't seen any of that material, which concerns me.
The reason for the delay is that Peter faced an enormously difficult family crisis after his mother died, and to deal with the fallout from that crisis he had to borrow a lot of money. I wound up loaning him most of my life savings, which was the money that I had set aside to cover the difference between sales income and actual publishing costs on the LAST UNICORN audiobook and the collector's hardcover TWO HEARTS. Peter and I are both working very had to replace the loaned money so we can proceed as originally planned, but it is taking a long time because (a) it was a lot of money; (b) the crisis, despite everyone's efforts, isn't over yet and has continued to drain Peter's resources; and (c) Peter has been having a hard time getting certain parts of the publishing world and film world to pay him what they owe him.
But we're both working hard to fill this financial gap, and we will ultimately succeed.
Meanwhile, anyone who wants to stop waiting and get a refund should just ask. We've done that for about 20 customers so far. Everyone's money is safe in the bank and can be refunded at any time.
-- Connor Cochran
Re: helping out
Date: 2009-05-21 12:05 am (UTC)Re: helping out
Date: 2009-05-21 12:26 am (UTC)In the last three years we have delivered more than 15,000 Beagle-related products to more than 8,000 customers. I have shipped out another 300+ orders in just the last week. Lots of happy fans there.
This one problem we've had was caused by a serious problem in Peter's life that no one could have predicted in advance. The vast majority of CP customers understand this and have made clear that they are willing to wait longer in order to get something special at a very low price. Those that aren't willing to wait only have to ask for a refund and they'll get it. This is how we keep everyone as happy as possible under the circumstances.
I don't know your actual name so I can't look you up in the customer database and ascertain your status. If you are unhappy and want a refund, please email me directly at connor@conlanpress.com.
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Date: 2009-05-20 03:27 pm (UTC)And nothing ever came. Conlan was having some difficulties, we understood, we waited and waited and waited, and kept corresponding, and then--nothing.
I think we gave up after about a year and a half of trying to get the audiobook of The Last Unicorn and Two Hearts out of Conlan.
I love Peter S. Beagle's work, but I was really really disappointed with Conlan and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
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Date: 2009-05-20 06:29 pm (UTC)Connor replies to complaints thread, above:
We're still having technical difficulties with sending out the whole mass of free downloads of A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE (as a thanks to those people still waiting on our delayed LAST UNICORN CD audiobook with TWO HEARTS). But one at a time is doable. Just email me at connor@conlanpress.com with your original order name/number and I'll send you the download link.
-- Connor Cochran
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Date: 2012-02-21 05:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-20 08:16 pm (UTC)My sincere apologies for the delay. And again, anyone can ask for a refund at any time. Happy to do that.
-- Connor Cochran
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Date: 2009-05-20 06:41 pm (UTC)-MadCatfromMars
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Date: 2009-05-20 06:43 pm (UTC)-MadCatfromMars
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Date: 2009-05-21 06:48 am (UTC)