Hi all,
If interested, you can sign my petition:
[url]http://www.petitiononline.com/hpebook/petition.html[/url]
Regards,
Byron Collins
Kentucky, USA
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Hi all,
If interested, you can sign my petition:
[url]http://www.petitiononline.com/hpebook/petition.html[/url]
Regards,
Byron Collins
Kentucky, USA
In article <CjAsb.30$gI2.178854@news.abs.net>,
"Byron Collins" <bcollins@clarksville.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> If interested, you can sign my petition:
>
> [url]http://www.petitiononline.com/hpebook/petition.html[/url]
>
> Regards,
>
> Byron Collins
> Kentucky, USA
>
>
>
>
>[/color]
Why bother really. A day after the release of OoTP I got a digital copy
off IRC. It was a text file but this can be easily made into an ebook.
XT wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <CjAsb.30$gI2.178854@news.abs.net>,
> "Byron Collins" <bcollins@clarksville.com> wrote:
>[/color]
[snip][color=blue]
>
> Why bother really. A day after the release of OoTP I got a digital
> copy off IRC. It was a text file but this can be easily made into an
> ebook.[/color]
Because, eBook is a legitimate medium format that we want authors and
publishers to support for those of us who have handheld devices. It would
be great to have a legally purchased, authorized and complete eBook format!
What a convenient way to read these wonderful books!
--
E. Meyers
"Only through black and white principles can
a man distinguish between good and evil." - Mr. A.
___
"EBM" <emeyers@syix.com> wrote in message
news:1068760837.211718@jaguar.syix.com...[color=blue]
> Because, eBook is a legitimate medium format that we want authors and
> publishers to support for those of us who have handheld devices. It would
> be great to have a legally purchased, authorized and complete eBook[/color]
format![color=blue]
> What a convenient way to read these wonderful books![/color]
But a pain in the arse if you've already bought the hardback (which I do
'cause its always nicer to read on paper) and want to have a nice portable
electronic version for rereading in work (on tea breaks, of course).
Would be nice if you got the ebook free (copy protected if necessary) when
you bought the hard copy. Happy to support the authors and keep them
writing, but don't want to end up out of pocket paying for the same book
several times.
>It would[color=blue]
> be great to have a legally purchased, authorized and complete eBook[/color]
format![color=blue]
> What a convenient way to read these wonderful books![/color]
Is there a convenient electronic way to read books? I must be missing
some technology, reading 10 page long .pdfs on a standard computer is a
complete nightmare.
rms
"rms" <rsquires@flash.net> wrote in message
news:CDptb.29584$bI.2414@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...[color=blue][color=green]
> >It would
> > be great to have a legally purchased, authorized and complete eBook[/color]
> format![color=green]
> > What a convenient way to read these wonderful books![/color]
>
> Is there a convenient electronic way to read books? I must be missing
> some technology, reading 10 page long .pdfs on a standard computer is a
> complete nightmare.
>[/color]
The electronic display doesn't replace the printed page, and it's no fun
in bed either. Maybe a future technology will have paper-thin
displays. They might be called laminascreens.
("I read it on my lamina in bed last night.") The sheets
could be bound like a book and downloaded.
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:06:44 GMT, "JimC" <noSpam@myPlace.com> wrote:
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>
>"rms" <rsquires@flash.net> wrote in message
>news:CDptb.29584$bI.2414@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...[color=green][color=darkred]
>> >It would
>> > be great to have a legally purchased, authorized and complete eBook[/color]
>> format![color=darkred]
>> > What a convenient way to read these wonderful books![/color]
>>
>> Is there a convenient electronic way to read books? I must be missing
>> some technology, reading 10 page long .pdfs on a standard computer is a
>> complete nightmare.
>>[/color]
>
>The electronic display doesn't replace the printed page, and it's no fun
>in bed either. Maybe a future technology will have paper-thin
>displays. They might be called laminascreens.
>("I read it on my lamina in bed last night.") The sheets
>could be bound like a book and downloaded.[/color]
I'd prefer an eyeframe-mounted heads-up display.
Don
"JimC" <noSpam@myPlace.com> wrote in message
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>
> "rms" <rsquires@flash.net> wrote in message
> news:CDptb.29584$bI.2414@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...[color=green][color=darkred]
> > >It would
> > > be great to have a legally purchased, authorized and complete eBook[/color]
> > format![color=darkred]
> > > What a convenient way to read these wonderful books![/color]
> >
> > Is there a convenient electronic way to read books? I must be[/color][/color]
missing[color=blue][color=green]
> > some technology, reading 10 page long .pdfs on a standard computer is a
> > complete nightmare.
> >[/color]
>
> The electronic display doesn't replace the printed page, and it's no fun
> in bed either. Maybe a future technology will have paper-thin
> displays. They might be called laminascreens.
> ("I read it on my lamina in bed last night.") The sheets
> could be bound like a book and downloaded.[/color]
[url]http://www.nature.com/nsu/030922/030922-10.html[/url]
"JimC" <noSpam@myPlace.com> wrote in message
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>
> "rms" <rsquires@flash.net> wrote in message
> news:CDptb.29584$bI.2414@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...[color=green][color=darkred]
> > >It would
> > > be great to have a legally purchased, authorized and complete eBook[/color]
> > format![color=darkred]
> > > What a convenient way to read these wonderful books![/color]
> >
> > Is there a convenient electronic way to read books? I must be[/color][/color]
missing[color=blue][color=green]
> > some technology, reading 10 page long .pdfs on a standard computer is a
> > complete nightmare.
> >[/color]
>
> The electronic display doesn't replace the printed page, and it's no fun
> in bed either. Maybe a future technology will have paper-thin
> displays. They might be called laminascreens.
> ("I read it on my lamina in bed last night.") The sheets
> could be bound like a book and downloaded.
>[/color]
Unless he is planning on printing out all the pages,probably use up his ink
cartridge,and as most ink cartages are aroud $30 spend way more on the book
than he needs to.
"Persival" <nomail@blabla.com> wrote in message
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>
> "JimC" <noSpam@myPlace.com> wrote in message
> news:UWttb.23612$UQ7.2230@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...[color=green]
> >
> > "rms" <rsquires@flash.net> wrote in message
> > news:CDptb.29584$bI.2414@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...[color=darkred]
> > > >It would
> > > > be great to have a legally purchased, authorized and complete eBook
> > > format!
> > > > What a convenient way to read these wonderful books!
> > >
> > > Is there a convenient electronic way to read books? I must be[/color][/color]
> missing[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > some technology, reading 10 page long .pdfs on a standard computer is[/color][/color][/color]
a[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > complete nightmare.
> > >[/color]
> >
> > The electronic display doesn't replace the printed page, and it's no fun
> > in bed either. Maybe a future technology will have paper-thin
> > displays. They might be called laminascreens.
> > ("I read it on my lamina in bed last night.") The sheets
> > could be bound like a book and downloaded.
> >[/color]
>
> Unless he is planning on printing out all the pages,probably use
> up his ink cartridge,and as most ink cartages are aroud $30 spend
> way more on the book
> than he needs to.
>
>[/color]
Thought of that. An "L-book", once programmed, retains its text
semi-permanently, eliminating the need for most hard copies. The
idea is to develop a cheap technology comparable to the cost of
manufacturing books. One might have as many L-books as
a person has ink-printed books ("I-books") in his library, or
one might have two or three L-books like ballpoint pens say, as
a convenience. Downloading should be no more time-consuming
than fetching a book off the shelf. The important thing is
that the L-book reduces the cost of manufacture to almost
nothing leaving remuneration to the author and
publisher as the main costs. Collected knowledge isn't free.
Expositors were always paid. Well, weren't they? -:)
I don't think this new technology would cause more logorrhea than we
experienced with the spread of word processors. It's more akin to
Gutenberg's movable-type printing, probably the most important
development in the dissemination of knowledge to date.
"JimC" <noSpam@myPlace.com> wrote in message news:<UWttb.23612$UQ7.2230@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>...
[...]
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> > > The electronic display doesn't replace the printed page, and it's no fun
> > > in bed either. Maybe a future technology will have paper-thin
> > > displays. They might be called laminascreens.
> > > ("I read it on my lamina in bed last night.") The sheets
> > > could be bound like a book and downloaded.
> > >[/color]
> >
> > Unless he is planning on printing out all the pages,probably use
> > up his ink cartridge,and as most ink cartages are aroud $30 spend
> > way more on the book
> > than he needs to.
> >
> >[/color]
>
> Thought of that. An "L-book", once programmed, retains its text
> semi-permanently, eliminating the need for most hard copies. The
> idea is to develop a cheap technology comparable to the cost of
> manufacturing books. One might have as many L-books as
> a person has ink-printed books ("I-books") in his library, or
> one might have two or three L-books like ballpoint pens say, as
> a convenience. Downloading should be no more time-consuming
> than fetching a book off the shelf. The important thing is
> that the L-book reduces the cost of manufacture to almost
> nothing leaving remuneration to the author and
> publisher as the main costs. Collected knowledge isn't free.
> Expositors were always paid. Well, weren't they? -:)
>
> I don't think this new technology would cause more logorrhea than we
> experienced with the spread of word processors. It's more akin to
> Gutenberg's movable-type printing, probably the most important
> development in the dissemination of knowledge to date.[/color]
A touching bit of techno-optimism. Considering all the trouble
with the downloading and sharing of illegally-copied digitally
recorded music caused by Napster and the like, it's a fair bet
that if electronic books ever became technologically viable
and widely disseminated, illegal downloading of such books
would quickly become extremely widespread. The sharing of
illegally downloaded college textbooks alone would probably
be immense. Today, textbooks cost much more in the US than
in Europe, which is already causing many US college students
to order their textbooks from abroad. Think of all the new
possibilities electronic books would provide for circumventing
high retail book prices. Electronic books would probably spell
disaster for the book publishing business.
>Electronic books would probably spell[color=blue]
> disaster for the book publishing business.[/color]
Agree. I don't know what to do about it either. On the other hand,
perhaps it would lead to less large book contracts, and more
"performance-based" (sorry to use that republican term) small payments
directly to the authors. Recall that IBM or whatever tv ad about how whoever
wants to be published can be.
rms