What I would do if I would publish an ebook.
1. Is the make sure it is a lot cheaper than the paper version, let's face it you don't have to use paper or ink, no storage, no shipping, a lot less manpower. So the price of your ebook should reflect this. I know a lot of publishers don't do this or even make an ebook more expensive than the paper version.
2. Don't put limitations on your clients. No DRM, no exotic formats,... The person who bought your book should be able to enjoy reading it ony any device he or she wants.
3. Make it personal. Every book or magazine (PDF-format) I buy from php|architect has my name, email address and client number on every page. I don't feel like sharing those, but I can read it on every device (windows or linux pc, iPod Touch, Mac) I want to. No DRM, no passwords,...
Just my 2 euro cents.
I just take notice that youtube refuses to remove terrorist movies, but does remove or doesn't allow anti-islam movies like the one by the dutch politician Wilders.
Bunch of hypocrites
Windows 95 finally caught up with the Commodore Amiga 500 (1987). Before that I used a Commodore 64 and I would laugh at the people using DOS and Windows 3.1.
Windows 95 is when I changed to using MS Windows (because of job), but it also took out the joy of computing. Now I am getting it back playing with linux and using a macbook.
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What I would do if I would publish an ebook. 1. Is the make sure it is a lot cheaper than the paper version, let's face it you don't have to use paper or ink, no storage, no shipping, a lot less manpower. So the price of your ebook should reflect this. I know a lot of publishers don't do this or even make an ebook more expensive than the paper version. 2. Don't put limitations on your clients. No DRM, no exotic formats, ... The person who bought your book should be able to enjoy reading it ony any device he or she wants.
3. Make it personal. Every book or magazine (PDF-format) I buy from php|architect has my name, email address and client number on every page. I don't feel like sharing those, but I can read it on every device (windows or linux pc, iPod Touch, Mac) I want to. No DRM, no passwords, ...
Just my 2 euro cents.
Macbook with OS X cold boots in 25 seconds. Put it in sleep mode (battery decreases with 16%/day) and boot in 2-3 seconds
I just take notice that youtube refuses to remove terrorist movies, but does remove or doesn't allow anti-islam movies like the one by the dutch politician Wilders. Bunch of hypocrites
Windows 95 finally caught up with the Commodore Amiga 500 (1987). Before that I used a Commodore 64 and I would laugh at the people using DOS and Windows 3.1. Windows 95 is when I changed to using MS Windows (because of job), but it also took out the joy of computing. Now I am getting it back playing with linux and using a macbook.