03-28-2012, 06:13 PM | #46 |
Wizard
Posts: 3,117
Karma: 9269999
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: UK
Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5
|
Can you still load the HP content onto more than one device ? Via Calibre, for example.
|
03-28-2012, 06:27 PM | #47 |
Tea Enthusiast
Posts: 8,554
Karma: 75384937
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Somewhere in the USA
Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2
|
You can load it from Pottermore to your Nook, Sony, Kindle, and download it to your computer. I think there were a few more options as well.
|
Advert | |
|
03-28-2012, 06:46 PM | #48 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,013
Karma: 19767610
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Nova Scotia Canada
Device: ipad, Kindle PW, Kobo Clara; iphone 7
|
|
03-28-2012, 06:52 PM | #49 |
Cultist
Posts: 195
Karma: 8624438
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: UK
Device: Sony PRS 505, Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo, Kobo Forma, Kindle DX
|
I'm sure that the stores that link to Pottermore take an affiliate cut, and I'd be surprised if they didn't charge for linking to their store accounts.
|
03-28-2012, 07:09 PM | #50 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,013
Karma: 19767610
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Nova Scotia Canada
Device: ipad, Kindle PW, Kobo Clara; iphone 7
|
[QUOTE=CallOfCth'reader;2021247]I'm sure that the stores that link to Pottermore take an affiliate cut, and I'd be surprised if they didn't charge for linking to their store accounts.[/QUOTE
Yes they must . I wonder if they feel it's a bit like making a deal with a devil, due to the lack of DRM, or if they welcome the approach? |
Advert | |
|
03-28-2012, 08:04 PM | #51 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 11,732
Karma: 128354696
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 26 kly from Sgr A*
Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000
|
Money is money and the only ebookstore that (apparently) felt that having total control of the transaction was more important that being able to offer the books to their users was... Apple.
Everybody else was willing to play ball (and take the affiliate cut, whatever it may be--though it's likely less than 30%). |
03-28-2012, 10:14 PM | #52 | |
Connoisseur
Posts: 82
Karma: 1060105
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Device: Kobo Wi-Fi
|
Quote:
|
|
03-29-2012, 12:04 AM | #53 | |
PHD in Horribleness
Posts: 2,320
Karma: 23599604
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: In the ironbound section, near avenue L
Device: Just a whole bunch. I guess I am a collector now.
|
Quote:
There is nothing wrong with that because they fully earned and deserve the ridicule. Without it they won't learn from their stupidity. |
|
03-29-2012, 07:15 AM | #54 | |
Guru
Posts: 895
Karma: 4383958
Join Date: Nov 2007
Device: na
|
Quote:
This is what the movie studios are starting to use on some dvd/bluray and at the cinema, combined with hardware that detects the watermark and disables the audio stream when detected. Idea is, someone pirates a DVD or records a movie at the cinema then try's to play it back on their PS3 it won't work. Unlike other watermarks it won't be a simple byte comparison to remove either. |
|
03-29-2012, 07:32 AM | #55 | |
Guru
Posts: 895
Karma: 4383958
Join Date: Nov 2007
Device: na
|
Quote:
However, they were probably equally aware that people would resist the non-amazon way of downloading the books and in that sense it was important to fit in with the amazon way of delivering the books and be associated with amazon. One other possible reason though, may be that they want people on the pottermore site for the ebooks in the hopes they'll return and make use of the sites other features as and when they're released? Had they just sold direct via amazon without the pottermore redirect, that may not have occurred. That said, it may have simply being (and most likely) money and control, but to be quite honest, if I were in their position I think I'd have wanted the same control and set the site up in a similar way. Although I'd have not bothered with the watermark Last edited by JoeD; 03-29-2012 at 07:37 AM. |
|
03-29-2012, 08:32 AM | #56 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 11,732
Karma: 128354696
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 26 kly from Sgr A*
Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000
|
Quote:
Kobo is already covered through the Adobe link so they probably haven't talked yet. I suspect that will change. |
|
03-29-2012, 09:01 AM | #57 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 11,732
Karma: 128354696
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 26 kly from Sgr A*
Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000
|
Quote:
If Rowling had done this even two years ago, they could have done it without the storefront links/transfers. But at this point the markets they are launching in are already heavily vested in the various walled gardens. So Pottermore does need the ebookstores as affiliate portals. If nothing else, to tell people that Pottermore is (finally!) open for business. On the other side, neither Amazon nor the ePub ebookstores could afford *not* to carry the links as long as at least one of their competitors carried it (bragging rights and all that) so odds are the negotiations were probably evenly matched. Whatever the stores are getting as a cut probably covers their DRM licensing costs (for B&N and Adobe clients) and the storage and management costs as well as reasonable affiliate commissions. I doubt the ebookstores will want too many high-profile authors going this route but they probably aren't too annoyed, either. The biggest long-term effect is the example it sets for other "brand" writers and the extra leverage they will get in their future ebook royalty negotiations with the BPHs. Rowling *chose* to involve her print publishers and give them a cut of the money but all indications are she is happy in her dealings with them. Other authors (and their agents) that aren't quite as happy now have a stick to wave in front of their print publishers. I doubt there will be a flood of Brand author sites like this (most have already signed away their ebook rights) but the precedent has been set and sooner or later somebody else will give it a try. With or without publisher involvement. A worthy experiment, Ms Rowling. |
|
03-29-2012, 11:06 AM | #58 | ||
Guru
Posts: 895
Karma: 4383958
Join Date: Nov 2007
Device: na
|
Quote:
If between authors and retailers a system along the lines of the current account linking but with the option of a single sign on such that Amazon customers could log into various author stores with amazon credentials much like google customers can use their google account to sign into various web services. Amazon would take a cut of any sale that is linked back to their accounts as well as a % for processing the transaction on behalf of the author, customers wouldn't need to sign up to every site and would get the same experience as using their favourite store for book delivery. Authors get more money for direct only sales but can take advantage of the customer base of various retailers but most importantly, they'd have customer lists and could offer additional services on their sites without customers having to make another account, perhaps access to ARC copies etc Probably a pipe-dream, but never say never Quote:
|
||
03-29-2012, 11:28 AM | #59 | ||
Connoisseur
Posts: 82
Karma: 1060105
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Device: Kobo Wi-Fi
|
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
03-29-2012, 11:33 AM | #60 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 11,732
Karma: 128354696
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 26 kly from Sgr A*
Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Am I never to be satisfied with the JetBook Color? | Dulin's Books | Ectaco jetBook | 47 | 03-12-2012 01:52 PM |
Pottermore | carpetmojo | News | 23 | 08-19-2011 08:33 PM |
Satisfied with Unrooted Nook? | Carriebear | Nook Color & Nook Tablet | 20 | 05-03-2011 01:30 PM |
How satisfied are you with Story? | greenapple | iRiver Story | 21 | 06-13-2010 03:23 AM |