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clownmagic New user Fallsview, NY 41 Posts |
I see Derren Brown's book selling for hundreds of dollars on ebay. Is his material that good that it merits that cost, or are the books out of print and hard to find?
With so many good books on mentalism I cant see how his books merit those costs other than them being scarce. |
ThomasBerger Special user 593 Posts |
I sold my copy of Absolute Magic without hesitation
once the price went thru the roof. You touched on the reasons in your post. The reason many people subscribe to yachting magazines, or private island paradise and getaways is the same... they are buying a dream. Tom |
John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12938 Posts |
How much for Absolute Magic now? I'll sell my copy.
J |
bigplumbz Regular user 127 Posts |
Well put Thomas. Good read and interesting ideas, but not a 'book of effects', and like Gucci, Prada etc...whilst it may look pretty, you are paying for the name.
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Vir_Lucis_Ex_Deus Regular user 165 Posts |
Unfortunately, you'll also notice there are people on eBay selling his books in .pdf format...i keep reporting them, they keep coming back. Why eBay doesn't ban the accounts is beyond me - very disappointing.
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Andreas S. New user Germany 60 Posts |
I always had the impression, that reading a book from Derren Brown is like watching a show from Derren Brown. It is truly entertaining, but if I want to learn something on an issue, I read other books.
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Davit Sicseek Inner circle 1818 Posts |
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Unfortunately, you'll also notice there are people on eBay selling his books in .pdf format...i keep reporting them, they keep coming back. Why eBay doesn't ban the accounts is beyond me - very disappointing. Possibly because you aren't the rights owner, so are in no position to make a claim of infringement. Incidentally, I just looked at ebay now... I don't see anyone selling PDFs of Derren Brown books... maybe they got sick of hearing from you
Send me the truth: davitsicseek@gmail.com
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LLL Inner circle 1574 Posts |
The Ideas in the books are good ones, the only problem is that now the books have been so exposed, that the material is pretty much available to anyone for the right price, It kind of loses the appeal. These books frequently appear on ebay as physical and pdf format, the circulation is proably massive amongst usergroups too.
The whole idea of what I perform is that it is a mystery to the people I've been hired to entertain. My usual audience 25 - 35 year olds .. They all have there own ideas about what Derren does, my job now is to show them something that they don't know about or can explain. Andy I doubt I would use material from the books now unless I could disguise it so much that no one would even have the slightest clue of the method anyway.
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
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Waters Inner circle 2508 Posts |
While I thought the material was impressive, it was always the essays that were most beneficial. I don't think the folks rushing to find pirated copies of either are particularly concerned with things like character (performance and otherwise) and notions like impact, power and compromise.
Sean |
Sting New user 73 Posts |
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On 2009-01-19 17:39, Waters wrote: Indeed and on those matters I think Derren is highly persuasive in his writing. But of course the price of his books on ebay can't be soley accounted for by the material inside it, it is obviously inflated because of the novelty of having Derren Brown as the author. So non-magicians/mentalists will rush to buy them. |
Vir_Lucis_Ex_Deus Regular user 165 Posts |
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On 2009-01-19 17:16, Davit Sicseek wrote: Actually, everyone has the right to report bootleg goods that's why eBay lets you do it. Unless Derren Brown has been marketing .pdf versions that I haven't heard about? Glad to see they've stopped selling them |
Davit Sicseek Inner circle 1818 Posts |
In my experience, eBay ignore those notifications. Maybe if they get a large number of them they will do something. On the other hand, if you are the rights owner and file a VeRO claim, the auction will be gone almost immediately, and on the 3rd VeRO claim they lose their account.
Send me the truth: davitsicseek@gmail.com
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LukePreston Regular user 138 Posts |
Someone told me that eBay had ceased allowing the selling of any and all electronic format material. Probably ********.
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