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Originally Posted by ebookpirate
But they're getting sneaky. They'll offer a book for $15 in every ebookfile except mobipocket which will be for $5. Like there's a chance i'll EVER download mobipocket or any other proprietary software!! Forgetaboutit!! I'd rather pay more for a more open format like Microsoft's LIT.
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LIT is "more open" because it has been easily cracked. It certainly wasn't
designed as open.
You can crack Mobi, too, and one of the other folks here wrote an app to do it.
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performers from Homer to shakespeare made a living not from copyright but from selling tickets, getting patrons, performing at events or castles or fairs. Today's "artists" before the mp3 era (hello, rolling stones) just want to collect and sit on their collective a***es.
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The Stones still get out on the road and play.
I know a chap who is doing something like you suggest. His band has a couple of major label and a batch of indie label releases. They have a following, and make their living touring. He'd like you to buy their CDs, but if you rip them and share them with friends, he's cool with that, too: the more people who hear the music, the more will go to see them when they play.
It's turning the industry model upside down. Before MP3s, that album was the product, and you played gigs to promote the album. Now we are seeing the albums promoting the gigs.
But meanwhile, how does that model translate for an author of
books?
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in my humble opinion, i think the best way for authors/publishers to collect is to give away their books for free or cheap and insert advertisements in them. That way, everyone benefits.
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I'm not sure the pool of ad dollars is big enough. And if that's doable at all, it will be major publishers who can implement it. Smaller independent and folks self-publishing will be frozen out. They won't be able to attract advertisers. Advertisers place ads where they think the ads will generate sales, and be seen by a sufficient number of viewers interested in whatever it is they advertise.
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Dennis