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Doctorow: Ebooks Neither E Nor Books

Posted by michael on from the words-of-wisdom dept.

xanderwilson writes "Author Cory Doctorow has released his paper/speech for the O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference this year into the public domain. A very interesting read about his experience with Magic Kingdom (which he is soon re-releasing under a more lenient Creative Commons license), the failure of e-books, and filesharing as a tool for creators."

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  1. Re:This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. by TechBCEternity · · Score: 4, Funny

    see you're missing the point

    the article is free but the word wrapping is offered as a premium service.

  2. Re:This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indeed, I just cut and pasted it into KWrite and it looks great.

    Then I really got into the spirit of the thing:

    I printed it and read it on paper.

    KFG

  3. Re:REALLY hi-res... and also the Mac by Anaphiel · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...my eyes instantly started tearing up.

    Funny, that happens to me every time I have to use a PC too.