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View Poll Results: Reasons you have not paid for a 'donation' book?
I downloaded it but haven't read it yet 43 59.72%
I did not read it because the book is 'not my thing' 7 9.72%
I read at minimum a sample, but the book was not to my liking 18 25.00%
I meant to send a donation but I forgot 7 9.72%
I meant to send a donation but do not use Paypal (or whatever given option) 3 4.17%
Why send money when the author is giving it away for free 4 5.56%
Other 13 18.06%
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Old 02-23-2010, 08:35 AM   #46
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So far, I have not read one free book. Be it a donationware or classics from mobileread library. I even deleted all mobileread library books except two. I have a very long TBR list, over 150 books. So any freebies will have to wait. Wait not because they are freebies but because other books were in the line before them.
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Old 02-23-2010, 11:02 AM   #47
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Um, what is "donationware"? A free book that you agree to pay for and then don't? Please explain
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Old 02-23-2010, 11:08 AM   #48
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Um, what is "donationware"? A free book that you agree to pay for and then don't? Please explain
It's where you make something available for download without charge, but ask for donations from people who get something out of it.

Calibre is made available on this basis.

Some "donationware" has a recommended level of donation that you "should" pay, some leave it open. Some say "donate if you like" while others say "you must donate if you like it".
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Old 02-23-2010, 01:01 PM   #49
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Calibre is made available on this basis.
I would not call Calibre donationware. Calibre seems to me to be opensource software were the option to donate was made available because users asked for it. I think you need the intention to make money and actively tell what you expect on term of donations for it to be donationware.
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I would not call Calibre donationware. Calibre seems to me to be opensource software were the option to donate was made available because users asked for it. I think you need the intention to make money and actively tell what you expect on term of donations for it to be donationware.
You are probably right. The Wikipedia article (although a bit light) suggests that donationware requires the request for a donation.

I wasn't aware that one couldn't donate for calibre at the beginning - I'm a n00b
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Old 02-23-2010, 01:12 PM   #51
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I don't even think I have come across any of those. What sites are they on/popular with? I get Sony freebies and that kind of stuff...
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I don't even think I have come across any of those. What sites are they on/popular with? I get Sony freebies and that kind of stuff...
This thread was in response to one started by Richard Herley, whose web site is here. Richard had made a number of his books available for free download, asking for donations from readers who liked his work. Unfortunately, despite 100,000+ downloads, he only got 144 (IIRC) payments. You can now find his books on smashwords.
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Old 02-24-2010, 12:57 AM   #53
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Hmm....Refuge looks like it could be my kind of thing. I don't mind paying $5, that's cheap! To be honest I don't think they should have donationware books, only because for a lot of people, their list of to-be-read books are so long that by the time they get to it they either forget to donate or they go back to the website and it's maybe changed.

Say what we want about Sony but I like how they do their freebies. For this one month the book is free. After that we will charge you X amount of dollars. A lot of time the free book they offer is the first to a series; there have been plenty of authors I've found and don't normally read but with that first free book I have purchased the entire series (one consisting of 7 books). But I didn't read those books for a couple of months.

I don't know, it just seems the donationware system is incredibly flawed from what I've understood of it. I think we tend to appreciate things more when they are in limited supply or when they are only offered for a limited time.

Looks like I found a new author anyway, lol!
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Hmm....Refuge looks like it could be my kind of thing. I don't mind paying $5, that's cheap! )
It is a great read as are The Penal Colony and the Tide Mill also by Richard Herley
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