Sorry to disappoint you, but Baen Books (www.baen.com) has been doing simultaneous
ebook/hardcover release for quite some time now.
In fact, the ebook has generally hit the bricks
about two weeks ahead of the hardback. Open
formats, too, so if you don't like what he
serves, you can reformat.
Or any other "ML" sport, for that matter. Why pay
anything (including time spent listening to ads)
to watch a bunch of overpaid, overmuscled, arrogant lunkheads of the same types who made
High School such hell for most of us?
With the single exception of "Dr. Strangelove" Kubrick didn't do a single film that was worth watching more than once, and except for Dr. S and 2001, none of his films are worth watching even once. Having Spielberg do it might be an improvement, but he's gotten so big-headed with his status as an 'auteur' that I'll wait for somebody I trust to go see it first.
The besetting sin of Western Civilization for at
least the past hundred and fifty years has been
the ongoing effort to upgrade Envy from a mortal sin to a sacrament. Apparently Mr. Brin agrees
with the upgrade.
I don't understand the fuss the reviewer makes about web-available sample chapters. Baen Books has been doing that for over a year now. In fact, Jim Baen has gone even farther with what he calls "Webscriptions." For $10/month, you can download full, copy-edited HTML copies of what he's publishing that month. That works out to $2.50 a novel, which is *CHEAP*. I've been stuffing the HTML into my Palm Vx and carrying them around to read.
Out of curiosity, I clicked on the link, and got "You do not have permission, etc." Did these jerks take it down *BEFORE* somebody sued them down to their belly-button lint for entrapment and invasion of privacy?
I notice some interesting things about the "kerbspec.exe" download. There are specific mentions in the file of "installation" and since I ran the program, my firewall has blocked at least two attempts by my system to contact Microsoft, *NONE* of which I initiated. There's also something funny about my task list, including something called "robot" which I have no knowledge of putting there. Any input on this?
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Sorry to disappoint you, but Baen Books (www.baen.com) has been doing simultaneous ebook/hardcover release for quite some time now. In fact, the ebook has generally hit the bricks about two weeks ahead of the hardback. Open formats, too, so if you don't like what he serves, you can reformat.
Or any other "ML" sport, for that matter. Why pay anything (including time spent listening to ads) to watch a bunch of overpaid, overmuscled, arrogant lunkheads of the same types who made High School such hell for most of us?
I haven't forgotten Full Metal Jacket. G_d hasn't been that merciful to me.
With the single exception of "Dr. Strangelove" Kubrick didn't do a single film that was worth watching more than once, and except for Dr. S and 2001, none of his films are worth watching even once. Having Spielberg do it might be an improvement, but he's gotten so big-headed with his status as an 'auteur' that I'll wait for somebody I trust to go see it first.
The besetting sin of Western Civilization for at least the past hundred and fifty years has been the ongoing effort to upgrade Envy from a mortal sin to a sacrament. Apparently Mr. Brin agrees with the upgrade.
We *finally* can at least argue as to whether a worse film than "Plan 9 from Outer Space" has been made!
I don't understand the fuss the reviewer makes about web-available sample chapters. Baen Books has been doing that for over a year now. In fact, Jim Baen has gone even farther with what he calls "Webscriptions." For $10/month, you can download full, copy-edited HTML copies of what he's publishing that month. That works out to $2.50 a novel, which is *CHEAP*. I've been stuffing the HTML into my Palm Vx and carrying them around to read.
Out of curiosity, I clicked on the link, and got "You do not have permission, etc." Did these jerks take it down *BEFORE* somebody sued them down to their belly-button lint for entrapment and invasion of privacy?
No, I'm *NOT* trying to be funny. I wish I were.
I notice some interesting things about the "kerbspec.exe" download. There are specific mentions in the file of "installation" and since I ran the program, my firewall has blocked at least two attempts by my system to contact Microsoft, *NONE* of which I initiated. There's also something funny about my task list, including something called "robot" which I have no knowledge of putting there. Any input on this?