Pay What You Like Ebook - Page 2

Blue Tyson · 04-28-2009, 11:16 PM

Yeah, I got the book. (gmail)

Great, topical looking title, too.

Moejoe · 04-28-2009, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

OK. Has anyone actually received a link to get the book? I chose to pay zero, so I could see if (a) I wanted to read the book (and the author was reasonably literate and (b) if I could convert the epub for the Kindle. i tried two different email addresses (both mailinator based, as I don't need more spam) and have yet to receive a link.

Any others?

I got my link within seconds (on a gmail account).

garygibsonsf · 04-29-2009, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

OK. Has anyone actually received a link to get the book? I chose to pay zero, so I could see if (a) I wanted to read the book (and the author was reasonably literate and (b) if I could convert the epub for the Kindle. i tried two different email addresses (both mailinator based, as I don't need more spam) and have yet to receive a link.

Any others?

Hmm. I did get a link, but I paid for it (after reading the PDF preview).

kyliedork · 04-29-2009, 12:39 AM

yes, i hope this idea catchs on

Blue Tyson · 04-29-2009, 03:03 AM

I did try converting the epub one - did nothing in Mobipocket Desktop Reader - even installed Calibre and it did do it, took about 10 minutes or so.

garygibsonsf · 04-29-2009, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue Tyson

I did try converting the epub one - did nothing in Mobipocket Desktop Reader - even installed Calibre and it did do it, took about 10 minutes or so.

I tried converting the book to Sony LRF from epub in Calibre, but with limited success - every paragraph began with a hanging indent! If anyone knows how to fix that, let me know.

garygibsonsf · 04-29-2009, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I've just had a look at the .epub I downloaded and it's fine, working TOC, readable text, front cover in place. Well put together overall (no right justification, but that's not a big thing for me).

What exactly is wrong with your copy?

I find the lack of right justification really annoying; admittedly that's a matter of taste, plus the margins (as it displays on my Sony Reader) are very close to the edge of the screen. The default text size is tiny, but setting the text size to medium makes it look even worse. Put it this way; it makes me feel like I've bought an expensive device that can now accurately simulate the appearance of barely-formatted text output on an Eighties-period laser printer. Epub's just not a winner for me. I've tried converting it to lrf, but get huge hanging indents on most paragraphs.

The point of an ereader device for me is to accurately simulate the appearance of a professionally designed printed page, and that's what I can't get with epub.

koland · 04-29-2009, 09:27 AM

Thanks, Switched to a gmail account and got the link.

They are apparently blocking all the mailinator.com addresses (although everything seems to go thru, you get nothing in email).

Kris777 · 04-29-2009, 04:14 PM

I just downloaded this book in ePub format. They have the link
"I read the book for free and now I want to pay." so if will like this book I will pay for it.
It will be good to have more books like this one available. If 1,000,000 people will download it for free and just 10% will pay for it - they will sell 100,000 eBooks that is really not bad.

fugazied · 04-29-2009, 08:12 PM

I think the model doesn't work as well for books, because with music you know pretty quickly if you are willing to pay for it, and the bands have large recognition.

Because books take so long to digest it might be trickier. Hopefully it works for the author!

Blue Tyson · 04-30-2009, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kris777

I just downloaded this book in ePub format. They have the link
"I read the book for free and now I want to pay." so if will like this book I will pay for it.
It will be good to have more books like this one available. If 1,000,000 people will download it for free and just 10% will pay for it - they will sell 100,000 eBooks that is really not bad.

Yes, seems to be planned out pretty well. I've read bits and pieces, looks pretty good, so the 'pay later' option is useful.

kelly1010 · 05-01-2009, 01:51 AM

I got a couple other books this way. I don't remember what site it was from, could very well have been this same site. I have yet to read them, but it doesn't matter because I opted to pay ZERO!!

04-29-2009, 03:03 AM	#20
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	I did try converting the epub one - did nothing in Mobipocket Desktop Reader - even installed Calibre and it did do it, took about 10 minutes or so. Last edited by Blue Tyson; 04-29-2009 at 03:16 AM.

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04-28-2009, 11:16 PM	#16
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Yeah, I got the book. (gmail) Great, topical looking title, too.

04-29-2009, 12:39 AM	#19
kyliedork Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 106 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: kindle	yes, i hope this idea catchs on

04-29-2009, 09:27 AM	#23
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	Thanks, Switched to a gmail account and got the link. They are apparently blocking all the mailinator.com addresses (although everything seems to go thru, you get nothing in email).

04-29-2009, 04:14 PM	#24
Kris777 Banned Posts: 1,767 Karma: 2520493 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Nexus 7, jetBook-Lite, jetBook mini, Toshiba Thrive, JETBOOK COLOR	I just downloaded this book in ePub format. They have the link "I read the book for free and now I want to pay." so if will like this book I will pay for it. It will be good to have more books like this one available. If 1,000,000 people will download it for free and just 10% will pay for it - they will sell 100,000 eBooks that is really not bad.

04-29-2009, 08:12 PM	#25
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	I think the model doesn't work as well for books, because with music you know pretty quickly if you are willing to pay for it, and the bands have large recognition. Because books take so long to digest it might be trickier. Hopefully it works for the author!

05-01-2009, 01:51 AM	#27
kelly1010 Book Addict! Posts: 533 Karma: 1070 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CA Device: Sony PRS-505, iPod Touch, Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi	I got a couple other books this way. I don't remember what site it was from, could very well have been this same site. I have yet to read them, but it doesn't matter because I opted to pay ZERO!!

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