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hermes · 05-30-2011, 10:53 PM

Taming wrote: "Chapters does not have a digital bookstore. Chapters owns a majority interest in Kobo, which is a separate company."

Thank you for enlightening me (no sarcasm intended)

More: "I assume you are saying that Kobo does not have an adequate selection in your particular subject areas."

Correct. Enough to keep me busy but not enough compared to other vendors and not enough to start (or end) there.

More: "You may not be aware that many books are still not (and may never be) available in digital format."

Thank you for enlightening me and others

More: "Digital book rights are negotiated book by book, author by author, and country by country."

It's the 'country by country' part that is sometimes problematic for me. I do not live in any one place. In my experience there are ways around this differing markets matter - and travel is one of them, at least for hard copy. For example, at Kolkata's excellent January bookfair a vendor was selling, in 2001, CD versions of National Geographic for a pittance compared to the same product in USA. At the same fair I picked up a superb atlas of the Indian Ocean for a fraction of what the same huge book would sell for in Canada (not that it would be available at all actually) Oops, I am starting to froth at the mouth when I think about second-hand 1950s trash subject books purchased at the book stall market in Dhaka! Yes, the reality is that there are many gems that just NEVER will be digitized. And thank Zeus and Santa Claus for that.

But these treasures cannot be searched as easily and they sure as heck can't go in my backpack which is why I sold them all In Chiang Mai (for a pittance of course). There is a downside to having no 'real' library. Boo hoo.

I understand the need to organize royalties or whatever according to markets. I just try to work around them to maximum advantage.

More: "If you cannot buy a digital book at either Amazon, Kobo, or from the publisher's website, chances are the rights are not available. The exception to this would be indie books."[/QUOTE]

Ah.

05-30-2011, 10:53 PM	#5
hermes non-techy Posts: 110 Karma: 50586 Join Date: May 2011 Location: wherever I can afford to get laid and eat vegetarian Device: Sony pocket edition and Kobo touch both died - looking at Kindles	I may not be aware? I might not even be conscious Taming wrote: "Chapters does not have a digital bookstore. Chapters owns a majority interest in Kobo, which is a separate company." Thank you for enlightening me (no sarcasm intended) More: "I assume you are saying that Kobo does not have an adequate selection in your particular subject areas." Correct. Enough to keep me busy but not enough compared to other vendors and not enough to start (or end) there. More: "You may not be aware that many books are still not (and may never be) available in digital format." Thank you for enlightening me and others More: "Digital book rights are negotiated book by book, author by author, and country by country." It's the 'country by country' part that is sometimes problematic for me. I do not live in any one place. In my experience there are ways around this differing markets matter - and travel is one of them, at least for hard copy. For example, at Kolkata's excellent January bookfair a vendor was selling, in 2001, CD versions of National Geographic for a pittance compared to the same product in USA. At the same fair I picked up a superb atlas of the Indian Ocean for a fraction of what the same huge book would sell for in Canada (not that it would be available at all actually) Oops, I am starting to froth at the mouth when I think about second-hand 1950s trash subject books purchased at the book stall market in Dhaka! Yes, the reality is that there are many gems that just NEVER will be digitized. And thank Zeus and Santa Claus for that. But these treasures cannot be searched as easily and they sure as heck can't go in my backpack which is why I sold them all In Chiang Mai (for a pittance of course). There is a downside to having no 'real' library. Boo hoo. I understand the need to organize royalties or whatever according to markets. I just try to work around them to maximum advantage. More: "If you cannot buy a digital book at either Amazon, Kobo, or from the publisher's website, chances are the rights are not available. The exception to this would be indie books."[/QUOTE] Ah.