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Alan · 01-03-2008, 03:38 AM

Back to the topic again:

I would go with option 2. Although I never used IRC (and probably never will) and so will never indulge in the depths of the darknet anyway, option 2 sounds to be a good way. You paid the author and the publisher and now make use of their product in your own way. I can see nothing wrong with that.

But I have a far more obvious question: Why are there still so many book titles not available as an ebook? I have the problem, too. I would love to read a three-books series published in 2006/2007 by Tyndale. But the third book is still not available as an ebook. I wrote to Tyndale asking about that but never got an answer.

A publisher can produce an ebook in minutes. I mean, what does it take anyway? The publisher has the text of the book. So he only has to do a little formatting. DRM is done by software or by the bookshop that sells the book over the internet. Compared with an actual paper book there are virtually no costs involved. So why are there still so many books on the market that are not being sold as ebooks? I don't get it. Does anyone?

Alan

01-03-2008, 03:38 AM	#100
Alan Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Cybook Gen3	Back to the topic again: I would go with option 2. Although I never used IRC (and probably never will) and so will never indulge in the depths of the darknet anyway, option 2 sounds to be a good way. You paid the author and the publisher and now make use of their product in your own way. I can see nothing wrong with that. But I have a far more obvious question: Why are there still so many book titles not available as an ebook? I have the problem, too. I would love to read a three-books series published in 2006/2007 by Tyndale. But the third book is still not available as an ebook. I wrote to Tyndale asking about that but never got an answer. A publisher can produce an ebook in minutes. I mean, what does it take anyway? The publisher has the text of the book. So he only has to do a little formatting. DRM is done by software or by the bookshop that sells the book over the internet. Compared with an actual paper book there are virtually no costs involved. So why are there still so many books on the market that are not being sold as ebooks? I don't get it. Does anyone? Alan Last edited by Alan; 01-03-2008 at 03:41 AM.