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Just because a company is still in business, does not mean it's successful.
I'm curious as to the DRM vs non-DRM sales as well. However, I think DRM opponents would be surprised. The average book reader typically only reads popular books in the best seller list (hence why they're best sellers). I think you'd be hard pressed to find many electronic versions of those books without DRM. |
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Books or bucks, 10:1 is still 10:1
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What I plan to do at somepoint soon is collect all my ebooks for the Sony and the source books and burn then to CD or DVD and then I'll have them nicely backed up for the future should I ever want to reread them.
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ARRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good grief - my eBooks are probably my most cherished possession. I've got them on two separate hard disks, and on two sets of DVDs, one of which is in my desk drawer at work, in case of fire, etc. |
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Gosh, where do you store all that media?
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That's the great thing about eBooks. Well over 10,000 books, but they use only about 11GB of disk space and can be backed up onto 3 DVDs.
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Still waiting for my iliad so what do I know. If I had a choice between DRM and non DRM I would choose the latter. If a book I wanted to read was only for sale as DRM I would buy it anyway. Selling second hand books? In South Africa you would have to get a table, find a flea market and go sit in the sun all day and sell them yourself. Second hand book stores will give you a credit against another old book but you would never get a cent out of them and the credit is barely worth the trouble. If the book is not worth the effort of storing I will find an adult literacy program and give the books away. I also use some as props when shooting furniture setups (I am a photographer).
Convenience is a major issue for me in the decision to buy an ereader, I expect to pay for that somewhere along the line. !2 years ago I rode a bicycle from Israel to South Africa. In Nairobi I bought a copy of Moby Dick. Love that book. As weight is at a premium when cycling and I had to carry everything on my bike I would tear off the pages as I read them and use them for lighting the evening fire and so on. It was great, I always knew what page I was on and the book got lighter and lighter. When I finished the book it was really finished. It was a great way to read a book that I had no space for. I supose that was a manual self imposed DRM or something. |
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As I'm sure you know, you can now get a copy of Moby Dick from Project Gutenberg. I don't recommend chipping pieces off your iLiad (after it arrives) as you read the book. ![]() |
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I was not sure what to do at the beginning of this thread as far as buying an e reader goes. Harry was very encouraging and with his advice in my mind I was looking at what books were available. When I saw Moby Dick it was a done deal.
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While Moby Dick is available in two versions for the Sony, it is yet to be posted for the Mobi/PRC group. After that great story, I will format the book and post it in Mobi/PRC format for you this weekend.
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