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Did you read through 627k to see how the phrases were used? Impressive.
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Thing is, when I think about renting ebooks rather than buying them, I begin to think that the prices are too high for a whole lot of them. So the publishers obviously aren't thinking that they are renting the books out to us readers. But what if some publisher started renting books out on the basis of how long the reader wanted to keep the book? Say that you could "rent" a book for three weeks for three bucks, or two months for six bucks, after which the book evaporated off your reader. Would you do that? I have to say that personally, I don't care much about keeping my ebooks after I've read them. I know that there are people who find pleasure in rereading books, but I'm always thinking that there's another book that needs its first read. I have reread some books, though, and I believe that I would prefer to have those books in treebook form anyway. So I'd probably rent all my books in ebook format if I could, then purchase the treebook for my keepers. Heck, I can imagine that at some point, it should be possible to buy the treebook directly from the ebook file: "Did you enjoy this ebook? Would you like to have a permanent edition of it, to keep on your shelf and read it again with all the pleasure that a well made book brings to your reading, or as a gift? Click here, and <insert book purveyor> will ship the permanent edition to your doorstep. We'll even credit your purchase with the amount you paid to rent this ebook!" In that context, the problem with DRM for me is just that all books aren't available in a DRMed format my 505 can read. |
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I agree, but who is going to litigate it? We need a harmed customer who has had this happen to them, and then willingness from someone like the EFF to litigate for free. The same applies to ebook DRM issues, text-to-speech issues, etc.
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I must have a thousand books around the house, and there's no way I'll reread many of them. These are just a fragment of the lifetime library of books I have owned, but there are at least a couple of hundred that I could never bring myself to let go. I can't imagine feeling that way about an ebook collection. |
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I'm perfectly aware that my post is mostly a "me too" post, but I haven't seen a lot of reactions to Faenad's very valid post, so I wanted to increase awareness on it. |
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I know from some downloadable audiobook sellers which restrict their use of their audiobooks for 30 years. Well, you could say I'm not interested in using it longer but you could have kids and grandchildren and they could be interested in getting/heritage your stuff. Think about, you would have a world wide protest if your paperback books would burn off after 10 years or your car would explode after 5 years ... everything which is normal in the offline world shouldn't work in the digital work anymore. Personally I only buy ebooks that I can 'deciper' and use with my Iliad. I don't trust shops with uncracked drm because they could act like Amazon. |
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Realistically, how many of your paperback books do you keep for >10 years? I know that with me, I either lose them, or throw them out, or they just fall to pieces if I read them a lot. It's an analogy I've used before, but I'll say it again: a typical eBook costs roughly the same as a takeaway pizza and I regard it like one - I buy the book to enjoy "now"; I don't regard it as a "lifetime investment" any more than I do the pizza. Am I upset that I can only eat the pizza once? No, I'm not.
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My brother has just about every paperback he's bought since the 1970s. I would have more than I do now but I lost quite a few in a couple of moves.
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When we moved to Israel, obviously we could not take all books with us, so most of my father's art books and albums were left behind, but we still brought roughly 700+ books and my father is very proud of his collection. I, in my house in the UK, have 2 bookshelves. They have glass doors to keep books in as good condition as possible (away from dust, dampness etc.). For my books not to fall apart in 10 years time, I buy hardback editions. Slowly, I fill in the book shelves with books I love. All books in the xUSSR where hardback editions, they didn't print paper backs, so they are still in a very good conditions, some are older than me. Loose a book? ![]() |
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