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Originally Posted by slayda
heavyB, I don't see having multiple formats of a book as any different than having two cars, TVs, computers, pairs of shoes, etc. when you can only use one at a time. We each have our reasons & sometimes it's as simple as, "I just want it & can afford it." That's part of why we bought the Sony Reader. We could all have just read pbooks but I'm glad I got mine & may get a second one (for me this time).
I admit that, like it was said in a previous post, I would like to be able to buy the pbook and have the ebook version be a normal part of the purchase. But that hasn't happend yet so I muddle along with what's available & hope for better thinks in the future.
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I respect your point of view on this Slayda and I believe as well the Sony Reader is a luxury not a necessity. If my point was simply about the money, it's arguable about the savings I'm getting by using a Reader instead of reading pbooks only.
My point is entirely principled for sure. It's purely value based, not only a matter of choice. If you want to by 2 copies of the same book, buy 2. If you want to buy it once, read it once and throw it away, great! At least a tree wasn't cut down to do it. Others have said they like both hardback & softcover copies. A fact is clear; no one is forcing us to buy anything. After all, this isn't food, shelter or clothing (although some would lump literature in there no doubt).
Let's be thankful it's not a necessity, for if it was food, I'd have to put it in a sony oven and couldn't give anyone else a bite. If it was clothes, When one of my children grew out of them they're ready for the trash. If it were shelter, there'd not much of a sellers market there.
I'm glad there's all these cool heads out there prevailing on the forums, shrugging their shoulders, glad to have whatever they're willing to let us pay for. If not, I'd problably not have my Sony Reader to put my (partly) illegitimate content on. I too am a cheap wonk and I'm simply saying I don't like my options and I'm doing something about it in my own obsessive way, despite the high blood pressure
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Originally Posted by Cthulhu
Sadly, the only reason iTunes was created was to offer a peace settlement to two warring--and both wrong--camps. I imagine that the RIAA offered content to Apple b/c 10% of 99 cents is better than nothing, their return on Napster & similar sites. iTunes is not some populist movement to free the data of the ears, it is a business solution to an incredibly huge threat.
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Well put Cthulhu, but while I don't know the comparitive numbers between online downloadable sales & CD sales, I do know 10% of over 1 billion of anything (in this case iTune tracks @ .99 cents per) isn't too hard of a comprimise. Am I way off base to think iTunes wouldn't be as popular if you couldn't burn if off to CD? Maybe not. At .99 cents per song, maybe folks don't care. Too bad I can't buy chapters at .99 cents, then maybe I wouldn't care either.
It's been said that Sony reads these forums. That's great and if they are, thanks for showing up Sony! I still hold to my guns and I believe it's a matter of trust. Sony/Publishers: Trust me with what I'm paying for and I'll pay for it.