Apple apply for a patent for authors to digitally autograph your ebooks.

wayne2612 · 09-27-2013, 12:46 PM

Don't you find one of the drawbacks with ebooks is when you meet an author you have no book for them to autograph?
It looks like maybe Apple will have an app for that at some point in the future.
I came across this interesting article that describes how it could be implemented.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/...d-music-albums

AnemicOak · 09-27-2013, 12:52 PM

There is already an app for that http://www.autography.com and of course there's http://www.authorgraph.com as another method for signed eBooks.

wayne2612 · 09-27-2013, 04:22 PM

Oh so there is, I never knew about these. Thanks for the info.

kennyc · 09-28-2013, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

There is already an app for that http://www.autography.com and of course there's http://www.authorgraph.com as another method for signed eBooks.

But apple did it FIRST, they INVENTED it!

Canuck_in_Japan · 09-28-2013, 07:23 AM

Maybe I'm old fashioned but a digital autograph just doesn't do it for me. If I were passionate enough to go meet the author then I would probably buy the physical book.

Katsunami · 09-28-2013, 10:38 AM

Meh. Take a white cardboard card and a Sharpie.

Have the card signed. Scan it. Extract the signature and put it onto a cover. Stick the cover into the book, replacing the old one. Done. Takes about five minutes.

Yolina · 09-28-2013, 11:16 AM

I don't care any about getting my books signed so

from me. Though I do have some signed by one author but it's more accidental than anything else (long-ish story there that I will not bore you with!)

If however I really wanted one signed for some reason, then like Canuck_in_Japan, I'd just buy a paper copy.

Katsunami · 09-28-2013, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yolina

I don't care any about getting my books signed so

from me

If however I really wanted one signed for some reason, then like Canuck_in_Japan, I'd just buy a paper copy.

If it's such an epic book that I want to have it signed by the author, I'd buy the hardcover for sure. The only two books I can think of right now are Tolkien (LotR) and Clavell (Shogun), and they're both dead. They died before I first read a work by them.

Mivo · 09-28-2013, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

Maybe I'm old fashioned but a digital autograph just doesn't do it for me. If I were passionate enough to go meet the author then I would probably buy the physical book.

You can be both passionate and modern: Have the author sign the back of the e-reader!

Julius Caesar · 09-28-2013, 09:02 PM

I am sorry but digital signature just doesn't feel the same. First edition and first printing wouldn't feel the same either. eBook just doesn't have the same collectible value as a printed book. It must be tangible in order to have a considerable value among collectors.

AnemicOak · 09-29-2013, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Julius Caesar

I am sorry but digital signature just doesn't feel the same. First edition and first printing wouldn't feel the same either. eBook just doesn't have the same collectible value as a printed book. It must be tangible in order to have a considerable value among collectors.

I agree on the collectible aspect, but surely for some readers that's not what having their book signed is about. It's about the experience of meeting and talking to the author, etc.

HarryT · 09-29-2013, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Meh. Take a white cardboard card and a Sharpie.

What's a "sharpie"?

Pablo · 09-29-2013, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

What's a "sharpie"?

Here you have one:

Canuck_in_Japan · 09-29-2013, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katsunami

If it's such an epic book that I want to have it signed by the author, I'd buy the hardcover for sure. The only two books I can think of right now are Tolkien (LotR) and Clavell (Shogun), and they're both dead. The died before I first read a work by them.

Clavell is dead? OMG I had no idea!

*edit* Oh, 1994. Wow, I really missed the boat on that one! lol

DiapDealer · 09-29-2013, 09:53 AM

I found all the flowcharts/diagrams of the infrastructure involved/invested in making autographs "appear" in digital books quite amusing.

A very long, winding driveway to a rather unimpressive house.

09-27-2013, 12:46 PM	#1
wayne2612 Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 21544 Join Date: May 2013 Location: UK Device: Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, iPhone 6, iPad 3, MacBook Pro with Retina	Apple apply for a patent for authors to digitally autograph your ebooks. Don't you find one of the drawbacks with ebooks is when you meet an author you have no book for them to autograph? It looks like maybe Apple will have an app for that at some point in the future. I came across this interesting article that describes how it could be implemented. http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/...d-music-albums

09-28-2013, 11:16 AM	#7
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	I don't care any about getting my books signed so from me. Though I do have some signed by one author but it's more accidental than anything else (long-ish story there that I will not bore you with!) If however I really wanted one signed for some reason, then like Canuck_in_Japan, I'd just buy a paper copy. Last edited by Yolina; 09-28-2013 at 11:32 AM.

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	There is already an app for that http://www.autography.com and of course there's http://www.authorgraph.com as another method for signed eBooks.

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wayne2612 Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 21544 Join Date: May 2013 Location: UK Device: Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, iPhone 6, iPad 3, MacBook Pro with Retina	Oh so there is, I never knew about these. Thanks for the info.

09-28-2013, 07:23 AM	#5
Canuck_in_Japan Wizard Posts: 1,476 Karma: 14328611 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: Aura, Aura H2O, Kindle PW3	Maybe I'm old fashioned but a digital autograph just doesn't do it for me. If I were passionate enough to go meet the author then I would probably buy the physical book.

09-28-2013, 10:38 AM	#6
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Meh. Take a white cardboard card and a Sharpie. Have the card signed. Scan it. Extract the signature and put it onto a cover. Stick the cover into the book, replacing the old one. Done. Takes about five minutes.

09-28-2013, 09:02 PM	#10
Julius Caesar Addict Posts: 343 Karma: 1510042 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I am sorry but digital signature just doesn't feel the same. First edition and first printing wouldn't feel the same either. eBook just doesn't have the same collectible value as a printed book. It must be tangible in order to have a considerable value among collectors.

09-29-2013, 09:53 AM	#15
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,505 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I found all the flowcharts/diagrams of the infrastructure involved/invested in making autographs "appear" in digital books quite amusing. A very long, winding driveway to a rather unimpressive house.

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