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Old 10-23-2014, 11:29 AM   #31
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In response to this article, I'm going to buy an ebook from Amazon today.
I just bought Pawn of Prophecy for my Kindle.

http://www.amazon.com/Pawn-Prophecy-...wn+of+prophecy
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Old 10-23-2014, 12:03 PM   #32
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I thought "Codex" referred to Felicia Day.

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Old 10-23-2014, 01:06 PM   #33
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So Bezos is actually forcing publishers to produce/sell these fake ebooks? No wonder they're struggling so mightily then. I guess I just assumed the publishers were free to stop producing ebooks and return their focus to real books any time they wanted.
You know, I was thinking the same thing!
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Old 10-23-2014, 01:08 PM   #34
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I thought "Codex" referred to Felicia Day.

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I thought it was that skull that Jor-El stole from Krypton.
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Old 10-23-2014, 04:50 PM   #35
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It's that lack of precision that always makes me ask someone, "what real book are you reading, as opposed to any pseudo-ebook travesty you may have perverted your eyes with?"

It also annoys me to no end when someone says they watched a movie, but then it turns out that they just watched some fake "movie" on Netflix rather than hauled out a projector and reels.
Don't get me started on how sound has perverted the movies.
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Old 10-23-2014, 07:09 PM   #36
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Amazon sells....just about everything including "real" books. They just do it better.

I thought publishers had two goals: screwing the authors and screwing booksellers.
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Old 10-23-2014, 07:19 PM   #37
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Old 10-23-2014, 07:35 PM   #38
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I assure you, I'm not reading a software license. I've read software licenses, and they look considerably different. If it is a license, then what is it a license for? The book, that's what. The rights you have may be different for a paper book vs. an e-book, but they are both still books.

Don Quixote is a book.
I read Don Quixote on my Kindle.
Therefore, I read a book.

I didn't read a codex, but I did read a book.
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Don Quixote is a book.
I read Don Quixote on my Kindle.
Therefore, I read an ebook.

NEXT!
A book is a format
A book contains written thoughts
Therefore I read formatted written thoughts in a book

An ebook is a format
An ebook contains written thoughts
Therefore I read formatted written thoughts in an ebook
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Old 10-23-2014, 08:22 PM   #39
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The "Codex Alera" is Six Books and I have read it several times.

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Old 10-24-2014, 08:50 AM   #40
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The "Codex Alera" is Six Books and I have read it several times.
I listened to it. Is t still a "real" book or not?

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Old 10-24-2014, 08:52 AM   #41
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Old 10-24-2014, 09:06 AM   #42
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I have been a bibliophile for most of my 66 years. I love books, hard copies, and generally hard cover. I have quite an assortment of classic fiction, bios, histories, and religious books.

I had no interest in ebooks in any format until getting my first 'smart phone' a couple of years ago, I took advantage of the google books, and kindle apps. Not only the savings in $ for the public domain freebies, but the savings in living space. The portability.

Now having just set up my first bona fide ereader yesterday, a Kobo H2O, I wouldn't be surprised if in the coming years I divest myself of a large part of my physical library, and go digital for all but certain beloved hard copies. YMMV.
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Old 10-24-2014, 09:34 AM   #43
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A book is a format
A book contains written thoughts
Therefore I read formatted written thoughts in a book

An ebook is a format
An ebook contains written thoughts
Therefore I read formatted written thoughts in an ebook
I've never read anyone's thoughts. I have read the words they have written as a result of thoughts, but their actual thoughts are forever unavailable. Thoughts are mental activity. A book is a format according to one definition. It's not usually the appropriate definition. If someone asks you how many books you have read over the past year, they probably aren't asking you how many paper books you have read. If you only read e-books, and answered "zero", they would probably assume you don't read. Such an answer only leads to confusion, which indicates that defining a book as a format isn't the best definition.
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I've never read anyone's thoughts. I have read the words they have written as a result of thoughts, but their actual thoughts are forever unavailable. Thoughts are mental activity. A book is a format according to one definition. It's not usually the appropriate definition. If someone asks you how many books you have read over the past year, they probably aren't asking you how many paper books you have read. If you only read e-books, and answered "zero", they would probably assume you don't read. Such an answer only leads to confusion, which indicates that defining a book as a format isn't the best definition.
Gee so reading other peoples thoughts doesn't come naturally to you .....

I read written thoughts, and often in the format of a book or an ebook. (Although right now I've been reading your written thoughts in the format of a post on MR )
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