10-15-2010, 07:11 PM | #61 |
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hubby is a DTB author with a large US based publisher. Would be well known if I posted the name, which I won't. He agreed to digital rights publication in the contract, he could also have declined if he wanted. He was able to insert special clauses in the contract, like the final say on the design of the cover. He writes business books so it is important for us to get the branding right. But the book has never been published in ebook version because the publisher has never done it.
I am happy to buy any book I read but do insert a USA address to get access to all books I can. I buy drm books but that is hardly an issue anymore with software that floats. I only share books with people on my account. |
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10-15-2010, 07:24 PM | #63 |
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That is what Amazon thinks I just treat it like a pbook and use all rights I feel entitled to -- but not more. Easy enough. Except even Amazon don't think it is "temporary" and even they allow you to legally have 6 people read 6 copies simultaneously. So in some ways even with DRM you have rights you don't have with a paper copy. Anyway, you don't like it, just spend your money elsewhere. If I feel an ebook is too expensive, I just read something else.
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The most common is how difficult it is to install the applications on the computer and register the device to the application so you can purchase an ebook or download a book from the library. Amazon has done a good job of removing the initial frustrations but for them the most common issue will be when people want to buy a new device or borrow a book from the library. |
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10-15-2010, 07:52 PM | #65 | |
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You can't borrow library books with a Kindle. See, that's my point: DRM doesn't get in the way of the Amazon experience. It delivers what it sets out to do, seamlessly. That's why DRM doesn't get in the way and why the vast majority of Amazon Kindle users don't care a fig for DRM arguments. (I'm speculating.) Until Amazon goes bust, this notion of "you don't own your book" doesn't apply. That is fear-mongering about what might happen in the future. Folks who are really concerned about that are welcome to back up copies to their PC (easily done with the PC version of the Kindle app if you want it) or unDRMed if that's your pleasure. The frustrations with desktop apps, syncing a device to Adobe software, etc all belongs to the ePub camp. Properly installed, it works pretty well -- including borrowing library apps. The only time I have had problems with Kobo in this regard is using it with Calibre directly. Calibre is not a Kobo app and Kobo can't be responsible if you muck about under the hood. (Note: This is not a slight against Calibre and the fine folks programming there but the software is a work in progress and Kobo can'tbe blamed if things go bump in the night.) |
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10-15-2010, 08:54 PM | #67 | |
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If people are having problems it's probably because they haven't taken the time to read what it is they are supposed to do & followed the instructions. If you haven't done something, it stands to reason you just might need some directions to help you do whatever it is as easily as possible. |
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10-15-2010, 09:12 PM | #68 | |
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Like I said, they probably didn't take the time to read what needed to be done, or had different expectations on what THEY thought the software shoud do.
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About authors selling worldwide rights:
It doesn't make any sense to sell worldwide rights to a publisher whose distribution is solely in the USA (or elsewhere). If they aren't going to translate the book and if they don't have sales reps making the rounds of bookstores in, say, Belgium, why would you sell them Belgian rights? Of course, that's the old print model. With ebooks, it makes more sense to sell language-based rights. Unless a publisher is going to translate the book into, say, Korean, why sell them the Korean language rights? On the other hand, with maybe a million Koreans in the USA, you wouldn't want to limit Korean language sales to Korea. Anyone should be able to buy in any geographical area, and they should be able to buy in the language of their choice. All the author would control would be to whom he/she sells the language rights. |
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10-15-2010, 10:20 PM | #73 | |
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But if the customer is a computer illiterate, then yeah there just might be a problem. In which case, either learn how to use a pc or stick with paper. Or it just might be I jumped into the Ereader market at just the right time. I NEVER try to be the 1st one on the block to buy new technology, that's just asking to be the ginuea pig for the company. I always wait until they have worked most of the bugs out before I buy. I want to get a backlit reader/tablet, but I'm waiting it out since there are too many complaints about the current crop. Last edited by cfrizz; 10-15-2010 at 10:23 PM. |
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'Taken the time' is just the point, it wastes that amount of time for people continually completely unnecessarily. |
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