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I made a deal with her though. While we're in Aruba on the beach she's allowed to read (in return, she can't use a computer the entire week). She's a very fast reader, so she'll knock out a huge section of it on the plane regardless. Oh, she's that excited about it |
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If you can't find an email contact address, use snail mail. An actual printed letter on paper can have impact email can't, and a letter to the CEO of a publisher stating you refuse to buy electronic editions saddled with DRM and absurdly priced may provide a wake up call. ______ Dennis |
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07-31-2008, 05:16 PM | #36 | |
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I only know about them because my sister is a big fan and lent all the books she had (the first three) to my wife. Jason |
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07-31-2008, 05:21 PM | #37 | |
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There is quite a lot of media out there that costs more initially, then in a year or two comes out in a cheaper version. I've seen that with books, DVDs, CDs and such. It doesn't happen across the board, but it does seem to happen. So, there might be a cost for being one of the first to get a book. Personally, I don't have a problem with that. I'm usually behind enough that I can afford to wait. Jason |
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07-31-2008, 07:53 PM | #38 |
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I think in the case of hardcovers, both factors come into play (cost of production and market value due to newness). I just think the ebooks should only take the latter into consideration.
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07-31-2008, 08:51 PM | #39 | |
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08-01-2008, 07:47 AM | #40 |
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I finished all 3 of the Twilight series Kindle ebooks inside a week and have been waiting a month for the last book. I will not pay the $14 price of a printed book and hope Amazon will put it at $9 but if not I just will have to wait till the price goes down. I'll check it out of the library if I find it there. Now if I find a paperback at one of my flea markets for $5 I will get it.
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08-01-2008, 08:33 AM | #41 | |
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Let's say you are a publisher of DRM filled eBooks. People stop purchasing them because they don't want the DRM. Now you don't look at sales and say they don't sell because of DRM. Nope. You look at sales and say they just don't sell. So you give up on eBooks. Who then loses out. Not you the publisher. We the consumer lose out. What we need to do is still purchase, but let the publishers know we do not want DRM. Even if we didn't purchase eBooks with DRM or the equivalent pBook version, we are still to small a group to have a major enough effect on these books. So the only thing we really can do to not shoot ourselves in the foot is to email the publishers and tell them we don't want DRM. |
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08-01-2008, 10:00 AM | #43 | |
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I used to not buy DRMed eBooks, and I would email the publisher to tell them explicitly that I hadn't bought such-and-such a book because of the DRM. Since the Mobipocket de-DRM script appeared, I have bought several DRMed eBooks. I should send the publishers another note, saying that I've bought the books despite the DRM, not because of it. Paul |
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DRM music wasn't a problem because we could purchase CDs free of DRM and convert the music. We cannot do that so easily with pBooks to eBooks.
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08-01-2008, 11:32 AM | #45 |
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It's only 10:30 and I've already read two articles about the ebook delay this morning:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrob...d=oid%3A654582 <--- I thought this headline was hilarious http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6583476.html My favorite line from the Chronicle article: "But then I guess the publisher of a book about vampires knows at least a little something about sucking." |
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