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And AFAIK, the Google Books project is going to be fully browser-based. To function offline, it uses a cached copy, but not one that you download and store like a typical ebook. |
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Yes it's convenient, but...
I don't think the companies who are pushing these concepts of 'cloud computing' have any clue of how much public negative feeling there is about the idea of files being centrally stored and controlled. Microsoft advertise 'join the cloud,' as if that is something that people in general will find an exciting proposal. Businesses maybe, but other than having my diary synched by Google (hypocricy, I know), the falling price of storage media means that owning your own files is still a pretty appealing proposition. |
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Doubled edged sword as are most things. It's great to have books easily available (depending on pricing etc. ) but not so great to have them located somewhere other than your computer/ebook reader. If it's free, the cloud is great. If I pay for it, then I expect to be able to copy it to my device.
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But as long as sanity remains in the Google/AG case, Google Books is no more important than any other store.
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On the other hand, if the publisher gets pressure from the Chinese govt, or US govt for that matter, or religious group, or private individuals in countries with lax libel laws, the publisher will be somewhat better motivated. It won't be 1984, because the future is rarely dystopian in the way writers imagine, just perniciously creepy in a way accepted by most people. |
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There will be paper-versions but no other way of getting them electronically.
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The three big publishers own the entire chain except for the paper mills. Bookstores, distributors, the lot. |
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Again, not that you're wrong, but the translated version of the article doesn't indicate it is an exclusive deal, and I'm not turning up anything else in the news on this. |
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chocolate rations just keep going up.
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So this cloud is going to host the eBooks and then the app will allow you to download them so you can read off-line? I don't see this as a problem if that's what it is. ADE is like that. I download from some server someplace and thn the eBook is on the system for me to read off-line.
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The price of the books is a whole different story... Last edited by tilia; 03-27-2011 at 05:57 PM. |
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It is not a good thing because then you do not have a stable version that you can make references to. If they make a new version with a new version number and make all versions available then it is a good thing.
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