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Just thinking aloud that I really like today's tech and feel that Jobs and Gates among many others were overall an asset to, rather than oppressors of technology. Sure they may want to control their particular area of the world, but don't most people of extreme wealth and power? Would I be any different? Not saying Jobs was perfect, but on the scale of evil oppressors he rates pretty low in my book. Helen |
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Jobs is gone but his influence in this matter at the time it occurred is important legally and historically. Apple should be held to no less a standard than other companies in this kind of matter. Your book and or rankings of evil oppressors are really immaterial to this matter. |
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All I know is that I am ready to buy an Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, or Penguin Classics ebook at a reasonable price. The publisher set cost for some of our best modern classics is outrageous. $14.99 for an ebook! Does anyone else think that is insane?
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Of course it wouldn't be better without Apple and/or Jobs, because Apple, or some other company or companies would instead be the kings of luxury-priced desktop, laptop, and hand-held computers. |
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The great majority of the Penguin Classics titles are public domain, even in the US. Sometimes the translation used in a Penguin version may be copyrighted, in which case I likely will read the older one. Kerouac novels are available as eBooks from many US public libraries. I don't see the problem with the pricing here. People who can't afford these books have free alternatives, and people who can afford them obviously can afford them. Publishers do make money off the backlist -- and that helps support the publication, mostly at a loss, of large numbers of new books. |
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