you and the publishers are not only wrong, but in the publishers' case, possibly terminally wrong.
Actually, I'm not wrong, you're looking in the wrong places for the wrong thing. And then you go off to mention Asimov? No surprise you've missed the point that publishers have to make to remain afloat...
If you read what he wrote, you will see that he was talking about Asimov _at the beginning of his career_. Nowadays Asimov is recognised as one of the greats, but at the time he was just another struggling author.
It's fucking *Asimov*! No shit it doesn't take strong arm techniques to keep authors like Asimov profitable but what do you do about the other 99.9% of what sits on the shelf at your local Borders? What about non-pleasure reading? Or are you telling me that the books I find on The Pirates Bay are all non-sales anyway? That's a joke of an excuse.
And don't get me wrong, free samples? Sure, that can move books but how do you sell something if all of it is available for free? I'm not saying that the model doesn't work for some under certain circumstances but it doesn't work with the current numbers of the market. That's the difference.
If you think this, you are mistaken. Baen have been running a very successful experiment for years. After disccions with Jim Baen, Eric Flint started the Free Library and put some of his books up. When he received his next royalty statement he noticed that receipts for the books he had put up _increased_. If you read his "Prime Palavers" he gives a good explanation of why DRM will fail for boos, as it has for RIAA and MIAA.
And have you ever noticed that videos in support of the War on Terror are mysteriously removed by YouTube? They like the terrorists more than their own people.
This is being done by Sky, that channel with such great programmes, such as..... mmmm..... Simpsons repeats, Star trek repeats...
Have they actually made anything worthwhile before? I believe "Hex" was original to Sky. Modern urban fantasy with a witch (student in university) fighting demons.
OK, it was an inferior Buffy...
NAEB are a buying club for the Bookeen Cybook Gen 3. From reviews, this appears to be the best of the bunch. We nearly have the site set up. (USPS have changed their rules, so it's taking a little longer than expected.)
http://www.naebllc.com/
We at NAEB tried to get a sub-$100 device. Unfortunately, the e-ink screen costs more than $100 itself. The device we settled on is the Bookeen Cybook Gen 3, and our bulk buying power allows us to offer a device for $315 which is almpst the sane as the Bookeen Deluxe model, the only differences being a 1G SD card instead of 2G and no spare battery. www.naebllc.com
A friend of mine - who is a CPO in the US Navy - says this:
It isn't just benefiting pilots. For firefighting on ships or the wearing of gas mask, no longer are you a hindrance when you must done them and lose the glasses because you can't get a good seal.
The tactical benefits of having the majority of people that fight not > wearing glasses is evident, and becoming more evident every year.
Chief Dragon Lady
Baen Books agree with you. Jim Baen has a policy of releasing complete books in open electronic formats. See Baen Webscriptions. eBooks released by Baen are priced considerably cheaper than paperbacks ($15 for a complete month's release, which may be 5 or 6 books) Individual eBooks are slightly more expensive at $5 or $6.
Another inovation of Baen Books is the Free Library where complete eBooks can be downloaded at no cost. (Free Library)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlbvxd0Q10
you and the publishers are not only wrong, but in the publishers' case, possibly terminally wrong. Actually, I'm not wrong, you're looking in the wrong places for the wrong thing. And then you go off to mention Asimov? No surprise you've missed the point that publishers have to make to remain afloat...
If you read what he wrote, you will see that he was talking about Asimov _at the beginning of his career_. Nowadays Asimov is recognised as one of the greats, but at the time he was just another struggling author.
It's fucking *Asimov*! No shit it doesn't take strong arm techniques to keep authors like Asimov profitable but what do you do about the other 99.9% of what sits on the shelf at your local Borders? What about non-pleasure reading? Or are you telling me that the books I find on The Pirates Bay are all non-sales anyway? That's a joke of an excuse. And don't get me wrong, free samples? Sure, that can move books but how do you sell something if all of it is available for free? I'm not saying that the model doesn't work for some under certain circumstances but it doesn't work with the current numbers of the market. That's the difference.
If you think this, you are mistaken. Baen have been running a very successful experiment for years. After disccions with Jim Baen, Eric Flint started the Free Library and put some of his books up. When he received his next royalty statement he noticed that receipts for the books he had put up _increased_. If you read his "Prime Palavers" he gives a good explanation of why DRM will fail for boos, as it has for RIAA and MIAA.
Can't have the peons knowing how to defend themselves ...
I have had trouble when my ISP changed my IP number (I'm on a dynamic IP but my router insists it is static ...)
And have you ever noticed that videos in support of the War on Terror are mysteriously removed by YouTube? They like the terrorists more than their own people.
NAEB are a buying club for the Bookeen Cybook Gen 3. From reviews, this appears to be the best of the bunch. We nearly have the site set up. (USPS have changed their rules, so it's taking a little longer than expected.) http://www.naebllc.com/
We at NAEB tried to get a sub-$100 device. Unfortunately, the e-ink screen costs more than $100 itself. The device we settled on is the Bookeen Cybook Gen 3, and our bulk buying power allows us to offer a device for $315 which is almpst the sane as the Bookeen Deluxe model, the only differences being a 1G SD card instead of 2G and no spare battery. www.naebllc.com
A friend of mine - who is a CPO in the US Navy - says this: It isn't just benefiting pilots. For firefighting on ships or the wearing of gas mask, no longer are you a hindrance when you must done them and lose the glasses because you can't get a good seal. The tactical benefits of having the majority of people that fight not > wearing glasses is evident, and becoming more evident every year. Chief Dragon Lady
You might want to look into the efforts of Bob Kerr from the Edinburgh Linux Users Group in getting Scottish libraries to carry the OpenCD.
Try reading Baen books. (You can even sample them for free - whole books are available at Baen Free Library)
The political opinions of the authors run the gamut from Socialist (Eric Flint) to slightly right of Attila the Hun (John Ringo, Tom Kratman).
Two books that you might enjoy are Freehold (Mike Williamson) and A State of Disobedience (Tom Kratman)
Another inovation of Baen Books is the Free Library where complete eBooks can be downloaded at no cost. (Free Library)
Check out the actions of Bob Kerr in Scotland. He has arranged for a copy of the Open CD to be available at every public library in Scotland.
The easiest cure for IE troubles is to nuke it off your system. I use Mozilla instead.
I think 1633 by Eric flint and David Weber deserves to be at the top of this list.
I think this comment is a perfect example of trolling.