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Old 08-19-2010, 12:13 PM   #31
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Bummer!
Well Sweden has a general election coming up, I'm sure it will be one of the main issues being brought to the front by far-sighted politicians concerned about their constituents right to education and self-improvement.
Unfortunately, it's not something a national government can do anything about. It's an EU Directive, and all member states have to obey it.
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They can work towards changing that directive, no?
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Old 08-19-2010, 12:49 PM   #33
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True, but I don't think they'd stand much chance of success, unfortunately.
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Old 08-19-2010, 01:47 PM   #34
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To go up against EU bureaucracy you need lots of money, hire a couple of lobbyists to run the case and a hole lot of patience. EU is a money eating machine.
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Old 08-20-2010, 05:46 AM   #35
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If your kommune's bibliotek subscribes to elib or ebib you can get ebooks for nothing (apart from the 40% tax that we all pay!), for either 8 days or 30 days. With ebook prices in DK being what they are I would hope as time goes on that public libraries will really get into ebook lending.
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Except that ebib.dk doesn't have that much of a selection of fiction for adults... I assume it will get better - I hope - with book prices being what they are here.
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True, but I don't think they'd stand much chance of success, unfortunately.
The sad thing is that you are probably right.
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:38 PM   #38
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On the 21st of October the pilot project that's been going on for a year in Norway/Drammen will go from beta to live. I'm not so sure what took them so long since it seems like they're going for the same solution like e-lib in Sweden but I'm glad things are finally starting to happen.
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On the 21st of October the pilot project that's been going on for a year in Norway/Drammen will go from beta to live. I'm not so sure what took them so long since it seems like they're going for the same solution like e-lib in Sweden but I'm glad things are finally starting to happen.
If they are doing something new, IT projects seem to always start from scratch. Or there are innumerable reasons why we can't do it the same way.... That's why it took them so long
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I'm thinking they've been stalling. There's no strong forces to get it in place. Quite the opposite. The publishing industry has probably been lobbying against it from the get go.
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Old 08-20-2010, 05:19 PM   #41
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And here we can see how reluctantly Gyldendal acts around it. They're dipping their toes and finding the water very cold... So to speak

They do need to build up a larger base of works for sale. That's the typical question I get when I show someone my ebook reader; what books can you get for it?
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[QUOTE=KunoK;1061053]This 5 inch reader is being introduced in one of the biggest danish supermarket chains this week. If anyone knows the device under different names, please reply and say which.]

Do you know which format it uses?
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If you look at the attached photo of the advert, it says "epub, txt, html and pdf (no DRM)".
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This 5 inch reader is being introduced in one of the biggest danish supermarket chains this week. If anyone knows the device under different names, please reply and say which.

The ad has a reference to a danish publisher, who is selling ebooks. Here are some prices, which I have converted to dollars:
Stieg Larsson books 15$
Some danish authors unknown here: 20$ - 39$
Don't complain. Same prices over here, in the Netherlands.

Right now, there are 3 Stieg Larsson books for sale, electronically:

1 at €10 ($12,71)
2 at €15 ($19,07)

Most ebooks are priced between €15 and €20. Most paperbacks are priced between €10 and €15.
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Is that in Dutch translation?
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