"lost symbol" not as ebook

[delphidb96]

Originally Posted by ThR

According to this news form german "Buchmarkt" featuring an article of the NYT, the new Dan Brown bestseller will not make its way to ebook-readers until 5 million paperbacks are sold.

"the lost symbol" will be released at 09/15. At 09/16 we will find it as pirated ebook in the internet. Wanna bet?

The ONLY sane response is to [do some act which MR insists I cannot post here - thus rather than vent my spleen I have inserted this 'safe' comment to explain why I've deleted my original post]. AND [Oops! Can't let 'the chilluns' know what I want to have 'the publishers' be reminded of'] the publishers and everyone else that [I figure everyone with even half a brain can figure this out, but we cannot state such ideas, even as part of a 'rant' or 'vent'].

Derek

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by ThR

According to this news form german "Buchmarkt" featuring an article of the NYT, the new Dan Brown bestseller will not make its way to ebook-readers until 5 million paperbacks are sold.

"the lost symbol" will be released at 09/15. At 09/16 we will find it as pirated ebook in the internet. Wanna bet?

The only NYT article I can find about this says they haven't decided yet when the ebook will be released (it's an article about when to release ebooks). Not that it won't be released at the same time, but just that they're weighing options (which any business will do).

I'm sure the darknet version will be out no later than the next day (if not before the official release) regardless of the status of an official release.

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by ThR

According to this news form german "Buchmarkt" featuring an article of the NYT, the new Dan Brown bestseller will not make its way to ebook-readers until 5 million paperbacks are sold.

"the lost symbol" will be released at 09/15. At 09/16 we will find it as pirated ebook in the internet. Wanna bet?

I'm betting you'll be able to find pirated versions on 9/14.

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Considering HP was also available next day... I think you're spot on.

Next day? I saw news reports about HP eBooks being available BEFORE the release date.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Next day? I saw news reports about HP eBooks being available BEFORE the release date.

Well, those I don't trust being the real ones

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Well, those I don't trust being the real ones

They were; a handful of stores had accidentally sold a few copies a few days before the release date. It's also possible that some bookstore employee grabbed one to copy.

The one that hit the web strongly wasn't OCRd at all--it was jpg photographs of someone holding the book open; the pages were almost unreadable, and the person's fingers could be seen holding the pages. That made it very unlikely to be a forgery.

Any pre-release text version would've been ignored as a probable fake. (There was a fanfic that was set in Harry's 7th year that was being passed around as the final book, but people who keep up with fanfic could either identify the story, or recognize the fanfic tropes that made it unlikely to be real.)

[JSWolf]

And the first electronic copy of Harry otter #7 was a badly typed in copy that used those photos as the source.

[Sweetpea]

It is a nice example of how much people will do to get that book without having to pay the HB pice...

But I'm afraid most publishers won't see the light until they're underground and a younger generation has taken over (the generation that has grown up with the concept of electronic books)

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

It is a nice example of how much people will do to get that book without having to pay the HB pice...

Exactly. The more restrictions publishers put in place, the more motivation they are providing for people to get around them.

[Sweetpea]

Time to dig this one up:

https://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b93274/?si=0

All a storm in a glass of water!

[brecklundin]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Exactly. The more restrictions publishers put in place, the more motivation they are providing for people to get around them.

Yup...prohibitions simply have never worked...you can even look at the original owners manual for some members of the human race...the first prohibition failed in Eden...been the same over and over ever since. It is always going to fail when law dictates people must refrain from their very nature...in this case curiosity and adventure or even just a sense of controlling one's own world. Work within human nature in your business model and you will come out the other side as a winner.

heck, if I was a publisher I would have my own darknet site that seemed to offer every danged one of the company's works a week or so before they hit the shelves...and I would charge for the ability to download as well as gather all the marketing data one could about the visitors...it will not harm the HB sales at all and would be a big resource for the business likely either turning a small profit or at least covering it's overhead...leaving the profits being the demographic data gathered.

Ever wonder if any publishers have already done something like this?

[sassanik]

Its available for pre-order at Fictionwise, though only in ereader format as of 8/11


Amy

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by sassanik

Its available for pre-order at Fictionwise, though only in ereader format as of 8/11


Amy

Maybe that's why I posted the link to the book on Fictionwise...

[Sweetpea]

The story continues!

eBook Description: We're sorry. Due to an error, this title is not available for pre-order at this time. We will update this page when we have more information available.

[Mr. Goodbar]

Originally Posted by sassanik

Its available for pre-order at Fictionwise, though only in ereader format as of 8/11


Amy

It was available for preorder, but not anymore. That lends a little credibility to the original post.