No magic in the Kindle: Three reasons - Page 6

zelda_pinwheel · 12-08-2008, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Do you still own the rights? If so, then a bit of legwork and you could self-pub. A little OCR, some intense tweaking, and a run through HarryT's tutorial and voila! You could publish at Amazon (although our very own Steve Jordan would advise against that,) or on Mobipocket. Or here, if you just want it out there and don't want the Gatesian income that it would bring you.

...or on feedbooks.com, if you just want it out there. (although i believe they are planning to add the possibility to sell content as well, one day)

Andurian · 12-10-2008, 05:01 PM

If aesthetics is relative, then "The Kindle is ugly." is a statement of opinion. Requiring a "I think" in front of it is rather silly.

However, I don't think that aesthetics is completely relative. Our brains evolved to find particular things attractive and other things repulsive. Aculturation can make a difference (you might learn to not like pretty flowers, or to ignore the stench of uncleaned toilets), but I think the baseline is still there.

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12-10-2008, 05:01 PM	#77
Andurian You really should try it! Posts: 57 Karma: 137 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: PRS-500	If aesthetics is relative, then "The Kindle is ugly." is a statement of opinion. Requiring a "I think" in front of it is rather silly. However, I don't think that aesthetics is completely relative. Our brains evolved to find particular things attractive and other things repulsive. Aculturation can make a difference (you might learn to not like pretty flowers, or to ignore the stench of uncleaned toilets), but I think the baseline is still there.