tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post5884518787615906428..comments2023-05-13T08:06:53.033-04:00Comments on Prettier Than Napoleon: How I read eBooks, and how I'd like to buy themAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11792206117772893217noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-25365169844962519612010-02-04T13:43:30.644-05:002010-02-04T13:43:30.644-05:00As someone who has the Chip Kidd coffee table book...As someone who has the Chip Kidd coffee table book on his coffee table, I appreciate the design elements of a physical book, though as someone with limited space, I recognize the advantages of e-books Amber mentions. I am more concerned that Amazon seems to want to play Wal-Mart here, using its market clout as a distributor to dictate terms to suppliers. In fact, it's worse, given that Karlhttp://www.claudepate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-22208749056018009482010-02-04T02:41:25.256-05:002010-02-04T02:41:25.256-05:00An interesting sideline from this dispute: I am an...An interesting sideline from this dispute: I am an author and my book, THE MYSTERY OF LEWIS CARROLL, was launched the day that Amazon removed the option to buy new Macmillan books online. So my book, published in the US by a division of Macmillan, was only available through third party sellers. These tend to be free copies sold off by recipients, so none of them count against my earnings. I Jenny Woolfhttp://www.jabberwock.co.uk/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-49155007079845160202010-02-03T04:51:43.314-05:002010-02-03T04:51:43.314-05:00Why is cover art so awful anyway? Aren't ther...Why is cover art so awful anyway? Aren't there plenty of starving artists in the world?Nick Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-62791021000453955572010-02-02T13:48:01.673-05:002010-02-02T13:48:01.673-05:00Hell, I look forward to downloading books from the...Hell, I look forward to downloading books from the <i>author's</i> website.<br /><br />(Not that I suggest they ditch editors and proofreaders; just that there's no need to have a giant publishing company involved to have either, at least if you're an <i>established</i> author and either have some money already to pay them, or can cut a deal for "N% of sales until M dollars"Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-31541063944177501502010-02-01T16:47:12.770-05:002010-02-01T16:47:12.770-05:00A few publishers are now offering ebook bundles. ...A few publishers are now offering ebook bundles. I noticed one was offered with a Ruby textbook I bought recently ($10 for the ebook). Of course, in that market they are competing with the ORA Bookshelf.<br /><br />As for digital copies of DVDs/Blurays, y'all know that relatively simple software exists to rip it to your hard drives, right? I mean, if you actually believe that you don'Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-84932782890854164092010-02-01T15:04:00.646-05:002010-02-01T15:04:00.646-05:00I've noticed the same thing Tom mentions w/ DV...I've noticed the same thing Tom mentions w/ DVDs, and I like his idea. I buy very few books for Kindle (although I downloads lots of freebies; currently re-reading "Vanity Fair" on my iTouch), but most of what I buy are books I already own but aren't immediately accessible, because they're in TX and I'm in NY.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-11559292880543235752010-02-01T13:22:59.149-05:002010-02-01T13:22:59.149-05:00(Terminology here not my strong suit so forgnive m...(Terminology here not my strong suit so forgnive me) I've started to notice more DVDs and/or blu-rays having a digital copy of the movie included that I can import into iTunes and watch without the DVD or on my iPod. I do own a Kindle but avoid buying the e-books in certain cases because, like Ambac, I want to own the physical copy of the book. I'd like to see a bundle where I can buy Tom Collinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-89460906707154170382010-02-01T09:58:28.034-05:002010-02-01T09:58:28.034-05:00I've discovered that I'm willing to pay cl...I've discovered that I'm willing to pay close to on-the-shelf pricing for products bought online simply for the convenience of not having to go drive to a store. However, this only arrives at a point when the online store can address my buying needs better than a physical store. <br /><br />Also, and this is very important, the effort made in purchasing a book (or any intellectual Nick Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-154672209032477552010-02-01T01:26:23.734-05:002010-02-01T01:26:23.734-05:00I think Amazon was dumb trying this now, when eboo...I think Amazon was dumb trying this now, when ebooks are such a tiny percent of what people read. (As opposed to when it happened with iTunes and the youth market was already listening to so much music digitally that iTunes might even have saved the RIAA. I haven't downloaded a song illegally since.) Amazon's not in a position to save publishing because there's not a significant PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-39455573049806072852010-01-31T17:35:24.658-05:002010-01-31T17:35:24.658-05:00I have only been semi-following this issue (i.e. j...I have only been semi-following this issue (i.e. just glancing at the drama-queen pronouncements of Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing) because I don't have an eBook reader and don't plan on buying one, but I didn't realize Amazon had also pulled sales of physical books. That really is war.<br /><br />Count me in the DRM-makes-it-prohibitive camp. What now must be 8 or 9 years ago I bought Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097613583141006228noreply@blogger.com