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Old 09-20-2011, 03:25 PM   #1
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That is a wonderful idea... and would be nice to do it with ebooks too.
This is a wonderful idea... and would be nice to do it with ebooks too.

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Old 09-20-2011, 03:59 PM   #2
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It would never work with ebooks, because it would amount to putting the files out on a public server, like the pirate sites. Digital files are not the same as physical objects.
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Old 09-20-2011, 04:10 PM   #3
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It would never work with ebooks, because it would amount to putting the files out on a public server, like the pirate sites. Digital files are not the same as physical objects.
I was thinking about real physical places where to exchange the ebooks. It is not only the book transfer but also the appropriation and use of public space in such a great and civilized way that fascinates me. Imagine, having the street like it was a bit of a division of your home... a bookshelf in the street! Amazing! Can you think of anything nicer to add to a street?

Besides, these bookshelves gather people, in some way or another. I also like that.

Of course DRM would be an issue, at least until they allow a certain number of transfers for a single file.
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Old 09-20-2011, 05:39 PM   #4
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Somewhere on the high floors of a New York city publishing complex, an executive just hyperventilated in anxiety over the thought of "Readers Sharing Books!!!!!!"

Really, I guess it is a nice thought but to me one of the biggest advantages of eBooks is not having to go somewhere to buy them. I'm an American Suburbanite. We don't wander city streets.
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Old 09-20-2011, 05:45 PM   #5
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^LOL.

I always liked the cozy bed and breakfasts that encourage you to leave a book and take a book.
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I don't think handing out free German books is such a great idea.
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Here in Vancouver, we have a bustling garbage-picker community. I can't see any such thing working here because it would get cleaned out by those trying to make a few bucks at the used book stores. Perhaps it is only the Germans with their strong sense of what is proper that can pull this off.
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Old 09-20-2011, 08:23 PM   #8
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We do a similar thing at our University club - bring in some unwanted books and share them in a little library. Not so much a one for one swap as just sharing books around. The comments about "scavengers" are probably all too true, this might only really work in a small community or a club. As for e-books, DRM is going to kill this idea so the best method is probably to work with Project Gutenberg or similar to get out-of-copyright books into public use.
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Old 09-20-2011, 08:47 PM   #9
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As someone who travels extensively, and often stays in small guest houses, I can say that every one of them has ALWAYS had several shelves of books for its guests to take and leave... Many different languages, genres, conditions, etc., but always 3-4 filled shelves. And that's ALL it takes to maintain the library.

To do the same with e-books would require a dedicated computer (or two; Mac and PC) with great anti-virus protection, someone to maintain it, someone to to be sure that there were no books still protected by copyright, etc., etc., etc.

While a nice idea, the implementation would be horrendous!


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