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Originally Posted by Quoth
There is no moral right to free additional content in a different format / media
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I understand (with that «additional») that you mean "you had a tape, you cannot demand a CD-quality file; you had a .avi file, you cannot demand a blu-ray".
Well, in case of books, when you go from publishing printout to file-distributed text (even if rich-text) there is in general a loss of information.
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There should be no penalty for a personal format changed copy for only personal use.
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Of course. Part of this suggestion is that this should be facilitated. Socially progressive activities should.
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There are technical difficulties with a free ebook download. No publisher is obliged to do it even if the technical issues are solved. IMO the only workable solution is a scratch patch on the cover that's a unique one time code. The one time download code system works. The issue is distributing it. If a book is to be scrapped, then the cover is destroyed. Also a tampered scratch patch is obvious and technically easiest place for it is the cover. Maybe on inside to avoid accidental scratch. You scratch the code and you are obligated to pay.
Obviously Online paper sales, or a POS in a bookshop linked to publisher can provide the one time code
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What I have seen up to now is the scratch-patch hidden code inside the book (second or third coverpage), giving access to a web-formatted version of the text.
There is a possibility that someone for theft or vandalism may go around scratching codes. But it would be a very noticeable action (especially if you made the scratch-patch BIG).
It would be safer if the code were produced after purchase - but that would be more complex. Nonetheless, also this is something which has been done - one such implementation is part of the procedure for the purchase of credit cards in supermarkets.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
Why should publishers go to the bother as it's a small market that wants the ebook when they buy the paper?
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I do not believe that it will be a small market. More probably, people are used to make a choice in the alternative terms. If the choice were, when applicable, electronic only or printout+electronic, many would probably use the double format. The second is progressive because it allows for more freedom.
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There is no inherent right to an eBook when you buy paper
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When I buy a book, I am in general interested in its content and with my purchase I mean to acquire a right to access its text. If I have bought a printout, I state a right of any-way text fruition as per your pt. 2. If I were facilitated about it, all the better.
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Amazon will do it before any of the big four do. It is four now?
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Sorry - what are they?