I suspect this will change if Apple can say look we have 50 million people with Apple TVs, do you want to port the HBO app to the TV and sell them a subscription directly. Could open up a new world where I can watch HBO shows on my my iPad without a cable subscription, but a HBO subscription instead. All Apple needs is a large enough User base that HBO does not care if it pisses off the cable companies.
It will happen. The Apple model for TV is a good one and HBO/Cinemax will be the pioneers. Once the damn breaks it won't be just Apple, Microsoft will be right there too. Direct TV will lose the biggest because they don't provide connectivity (Even their Internet service is just a white label on another service). I am sure the FTC will ultimately have to take action to force the carriers/cable companies to not charge absurd penalties for Internet service alone.
Sweet that was the high-cost no sale device that took HTC out of profitability and will drive them to bankruptcy. I am sure a lot of people will be wanting to follow that trend.
You don't know a lot about price fixing or the DOJ do you? They are really reaching. They essentially have to redefine price fixing and collusion to even try to make their case. When (if) this gets to court, it will be fun to watch the DOJ try and rewrite some fairly well established laws.
It would have to be a lot more. I have Prime at Amazon too, so shipping is not an issue, but if the ebook is just a dollar or two more than the new physical copy, I would never consider the physical book.
I hate used books (well MPBs anyway), well made books are ok used if they were treated well.
They do indeed. I often wishlist new releases and watch the price drops. Sales will determine when the price will drop, but they usually drop as sales taper off. If it is something I really want to read, I will get the pre-order and pay the $14.99 or whatever, otherwise I will wait till it comes down.
I read 3-4 novel length books a week. I also travel often. I would never go back to reading physical books.
If it weren't for the BS about not being allowed to sell books cheaper through other sources, then it might not be such a big deal. I think that is where Apple might get some blame. It should also be noted that Apple is trying to force retail outlets like Target from carrying the Kindle. Seems pretty anti competitive to me.
Are you high? Amazon is trying to leverage Target and Best Buy as showrooms and then have people order their products on-line. Target does not like this behavior so they don't want to sell Amazon's product anymore.
What does that have to do with Apple? Even a little?
I have also been using ereaders about 10 years as well. I agree that while prices may have climbed slightly, availability of titles has skyrocketed. Nearly all new releases can be bought electronically the day the hardcover drops. This was very rare when Amazon controlled the market.
As a side note. I never by from iBooks. The Amazon store is a much better option. The books work on the iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Mac, PC, anything with a web browser, etc...
iBooks and the Kindle App (or your Kindle) also have the free books. There are other apps as well. Noteworthy books in the public domain are fairly easy to find electronically now.
This is the part many people seem to overlook. Editing a book is hard , time consuming work. It is purely a manual process that has to be performed by skilled intelligent people.
I occasionally read the self published books on Amazon (kindle). While some are entertaining, they are often pretty painful to read.
Be real. If you have seen 100 0-0 matches, only two of them were remotely interesting. Only one of them would be interesting to someone who is not a fanatic.
Fox and the other networks all colluded to drive SonicBlue into bankruptcy the last time someone tried to do this. It is not actually surprising they would try again. It worked.
I am 100% positive they have no desire at all to go to court. They hope they can get enough over content providers involved that the weight of the lawsuit will either cause dish to step down or collapse. I am fairly certain if this case were to go to trial there is no chance at all Fox would win.
I was a big replay TV fan. I had one of the original showstoppers and was going to upgrade to the unit with the auto skip feature. The hope was when SoncBlue bought the company they might have the resources to fight the lawsuits. If I recall correctly, they could not afford to defend the law suits and ultimately sold out all of their technology to DirecTV after filing bankruptcy.
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I suspect this will change if Apple can say look we have 50 million people with Apple TVs, do you want to port the HBO app to the TV and sell them a subscription directly. Could open up a new world where I can watch HBO shows on my my iPad without a cable subscription, but a HBO subscription instead. All Apple needs is a large enough User base that HBO does not care if it pisses off the cable companies.
It will happen. The Apple model for TV is a good one and HBO/Cinemax will be the pioneers. Once the damn breaks it won't be just Apple, Microsoft will be right there too. Direct TV will lose the biggest because they don't provide connectivity (Even their Internet service is just a white label on another service). I am sure the FTC will ultimately have to take action to force the carriers/cable companies to not charge absurd penalties for Internet service alone.
I think the askers point was more that the information can be better conveyed by using tools more sophisticated than a piece of chalk. He is right.
There isn't one. I am not sure what his point was. Perhaps someone stuck in traditional Academia.
And only Samsung is making money on a phone with anything close to the 4/4s. Everyone else is sinking fast.
Sweet that was the high-cost no sale device that took HTC out of profitability and will drive them to bankruptcy. I am sure a lot of people will be wanting to follow that trend.
You don't know a lot about price fixing or the DOJ do you? They are really reaching. They essentially have to redefine price fixing and collusion to even try to make their case. When (if) this gets to court, it will be fun to watch the DOJ try and rewrite some fairly well established laws.
Because the mass market books is a PITA. Because I now buy books within a minute or two of the time I want to start reading them. Because.
It would have to be a lot more. I have Prime at Amazon too, so shipping is not an issue, but if the ebook is just a dollar or two more than the new physical copy, I would never consider the physical book.
I hate used books (well MPBs anyway), well made books are ok used if they were treated well.
They do indeed. I often wishlist new releases and watch the price drops. Sales will determine when the price will drop, but they usually drop as sales taper off. If it is something I really want to read, I will get the pre-order and pay the $14.99 or whatever, otherwise I will wait till it comes down.
I read 3-4 novel length books a week. I also travel often. I would never go back to reading physical books.
Printing the book on paper and distribution are a very small chunk of the publisher's cost.
Safari is a relatively expensive option, I am not sure that is the best example. Save for a chapter or two a month, it is also heavy on DRM.
If it weren't for the BS about not being allowed to sell books cheaper through other sources, then it might not be such a big deal. I think that is where Apple might get some blame. It should also be noted that Apple is trying to force retail outlets like Target from carrying the Kindle. Seems pretty anti competitive to me.
Are you high? Amazon is trying to leverage Target and Best Buy as showrooms and then have people order their products on-line. Target does not like this behavior so they don't want to sell Amazon's product anymore.
What does that have to do with Apple? Even a little?
I have also been using ereaders about 10 years as well. I agree that while prices may have climbed slightly, availability of titles has skyrocketed. Nearly all new releases can be bought electronically the day the hardcover drops. This was very rare when Amazon controlled the market.
As a side note. I never by from iBooks. The Amazon store is a much better option. The books work on the iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Mac, PC, anything with a web browser, etc...
iBooks and the Kindle App (or your Kindle) also have the free books. There are other apps as well. Noteworthy books in the public domain are fairly easy to find electronically now.
This is the part many people seem to overlook. Editing a book is hard , time consuming work. It is purely a manual process that has to be performed by skilled intelligent people.
I occasionally read the self published books on Amazon (kindle). While some are entertaining, they are often pretty painful to read.
Be real. If you have seen 100 0-0 matches, only two of them were remotely interesting. Only one of them would be interesting to someone who is not a fanatic.
No it's not, not ever. Nothing happened.
None of them are as smart as I am either.
Where does that put you?
Also according to Steve Wozniak.. Seriously some of you Jobs haters need to get out of the house more.
This will probably sound a bit cliche, but it compares to nothing else. Television has never known a show like it.
Fox and the other networks all colluded to drive SonicBlue into bankruptcy the last time someone tried to do this. It is not actually surprising they would try again. It worked.
I am 100% positive they have no desire at all to go to court. They hope they can get enough over content providers involved that the weight of the lawsuit will either cause dish to step down or collapse. I am fairly certain if this case were to go to trial there is no chance at all Fox would win.
Interesting post for a moron. Should be rated troll, I guess the moderators did not actually read the text.
I was a big replay TV fan. I had one of the original showstoppers and was going to upgrade to the unit with the auto skip feature. The hope was when SoncBlue bought the company they might have the resources to fight the lawsuits. If I recall correctly, they could not afford to defend the law suits and ultimately sold out all of their technology to DirecTV after filing bankruptcy.