tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post938457704005576434..comments2024-03-29T05:07:06.873-04:00Comments on Pimp My Novel: Poll is the New BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-51419864185600542612022-04-30T05:53:10.036-04:002022-04-30T05:53:10.036-04:00Cloud Computing Training In Noida<a href="https://public.flourish.studio/story/1369911/" rel="nofollow">Cloud Computing Training In Noida</a>Aptron Noidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058071516332054928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-82655328992858019962012-06-05T18:47:57.376-04:002012-06-05T18:47:57.376-04:00Ugh, typo! "I *CAN* use them whenever and whe...Ugh, typo! "I *CAN* use them whenever and wherever I wish"...not "can't". Grr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-12495227033315047012012-06-05T18:46:40.310-04:002012-06-05T18:46:40.310-04:00I can't stand them. They're slippery, hard...I can't stand them. They're slippery, hard to hold, don't feel like a book, don't look like a book, and aren't a book. I need a real book. We have 700+ books in this house...none of them require a battery to work. A book light? Sometimes, yes. But no batteries. I can't use them whenever and wherever I wish. And as stated: e-readers are POINTLESS. I have a laptop. A cell phone. I don't need an e-reader. In short, no, NEVER buying one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-42147752520921499212011-03-02T00:24:34.995-05:002011-03-02T00:24:34.995-05:00What's cramping my style? My love for used boo...What's cramping my style? My love for used book stores. Nothing like the smell of musty paper and missing corners on the cover. Books are also under $5, generally, so well within my college-student budget. I also find a shelving unit overflowing with books pretty dang awesome.KThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04143205007252199289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-4729011203316307222011-03-02T00:24:00.331-05:002011-03-02T00:24:00.331-05:00- DRM. If I buy a book, I want to be able to lend ...- DRM. If I buy a book, I want to be able to lend it, re-sell it, and contorl who has access to it. I don't want to make copies of it and sell those for profits, but I do expect to be able to treat my property as my property.<br /> - International, universal access. I want to download a book the same time my friends in the US and UK do. I want to pay the same prices as them. And I want to be able to change / destroy my e-reader and re-download them later in a universally accessible file format.Pip Hunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149841053548845887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-987458777293870132009-12-28T00:48:03.281-05:002009-12-28T00:48:03.281-05:00I love reading paper books and that has always bee...I love reading paper books and that has always been more interesting than reading e-books. Thanks for the post. I loved reading it.<br /><a href="http://www.zoombits.co.uk/computer-accessories/ssd-hard-drives/transcend-32gb-2.5inch-ide-(ssd)-solid-state/18667" rel="nofollow">32gb ssd drive</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-57670313795840801102009-11-21T21:04:25.417-05:002009-11-21T21:04:25.417-05:00The price is beyond my reach, but of greater conce...The price is beyond my reach, but of greater concern would be the price of the books. I am a library user, not a book buyer, because I often can't tell whether I'm going to like a book until I'm partway into it. I don't want to spend $9.99 or more on something I give up on in chapter 4.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078734750672800452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-36199068081370551842009-11-15T18:31:53.335-05:002009-11-15T18:31:53.335-05:00I read fast (on the order of 1,000 wpm) and I'...I read fast (on the order of 1,000 wpm) and I've not seen an e-reader with enough words on the screen at one time. Nor do I want to scroll as I read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-50114448984122878572009-11-14T09:48:44.697-05:002009-11-14T09:48:44.697-05:00They are just plain wrong.
Stay away from my books...They are just plain wrong.<br />Stay away from my books!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-21037679913187364732009-11-13T13:11:08.383-05:002009-11-13T13:11:08.383-05:00Every item listed is a brick in the wall, but it i...Every item listed is a brick in the wall, but it is not the wall.<br /><br />I am old. But with that comes the comfort of the ground that I chose to live on.<br /><br />Get off my lawn or I'll see your parents in JAIL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-32516272183858413812009-11-13T04:53:01.781-05:002009-11-13T04:53:01.781-05:00As other people have said, it's the high price...As other people have said, it's the high price of the individual books, not the reader itself. I get 99% of my books from the library, and when I buy one, it's because I want it sitting on my shelf, to loan to people, to admire, to randomly come across when I'm browsing for something to re-read. I'll pay good money for the occasional really special book for those purposes, but mostly if it's not $2 at a second-hand bookshop, or free at the library, I'm not reading it.<br /><br />I think it's because I read a lot (three novels a week is about average), and if I did all that on an e-reader, it would mean adding around $30 a week to my budget. I can't afford that.RachelHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555521690578491665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-20705226426150504972009-11-13T00:26:25.285-05:002009-11-13T00:26:25.285-05:00I won't by an e-reader for one reason: a paper...I won't by an e-reader for one reason: a paperback will never be obsolete so I can't read it. <br /><br />I don't want the same thing that happens to music to happen to books. I've bought the same song on cassette, CD, and now MP3. I'm not going to buy a book on Kindle, then Uber Kindle, then Ultra Super Uber Kindle.<br /><br />This will happen, so I'll stick with paper. My copy of Catcher in the Rye is still perfectly readable 20 years after I bought it, and I like it that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-42234013929617342272009-11-12T19:52:20.916-05:002009-11-12T19:52:20.916-05:00My netbook fills multiple needs and competes nicel...My netbook fills multiple needs and competes nicely wiht a dedicated ebook reader.Darcy Pattisonhttp://darcypattison.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-1991389942951937602009-11-12T18:59:30.412-05:002009-11-12T18:59:30.412-05:00The high price point, the tactile experience, the ...The high price point, the tactile experience, the inability to flip through books.<br /><br />Hey look! I was brief about something.Raethehttp://melody.byethost8.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-49270866083129017202009-11-12T15:12:14.373-05:002009-11-12T15:12:14.373-05:00All of the above minus the who sees me reading wha...All of the above minus the who sees me reading what. Plus DRM, the price of individual e-books, the availablity of e-books. Also the multi-software device as an e-book reader is too small for me to read comfortably or too large to use casually (i.e. laptop) That is just the short-term, keep me away from e-books, resons. <br /><br />The long-term category of why I refuse to get an e-reader has to do with the fact that I work with data management and e-archiving. The long-term data storage and retrieval options for software in general and e-book software in particular are sub-standard and generally useless. This is due to the nature of proprietary software and planned obsolescence in modern business practices. I have a personal library that I re-read on a regular basis. Some of these books are 20 years old and will be with me until I die. At work, I have archived data from 10 years ago (and more) that I can't retrieve thanks to new and improved electronic media and forced upgrades. <br /><br />When e-books and e-readers attain the durability and long-term accessability that books on paper have, then I'll invest in the technology. After all, I only have so much wall space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-35316519731061956982009-11-12T11:58:51.238-05:002009-11-12T11:58:51.238-05:00I voted "other": my reason is that for $...I voted "other": my reason is that for $9.99 I don't actually feel like I "own" the book (or "book", if that isn't too much quotation abuse). So I guess, high price point, but I mean the price of the books, not the reader.<br /><br />If a reader had access to tons of books and each book would cost me one or two dollars, then I would consider buying one. Or if I could use the reader to borrow a book from the library and read the book that way, I would also consider buying a reader.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923975835078747456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-753764499055071062009-11-12T09:51:25.458-05:002009-11-12T09:51:25.458-05:00I really want one! I have been hinting to the hubb...I really want one! I have been hinting to the hubby that this would be a great Christmas present for me (and a netbook). We'll see what Santa brings.Brandihttp://brandischmidt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-81212115812551430892009-11-12T09:02:28.259-05:002009-11-12T09:02:28.259-05:00I love books.
I love PAPER books.
And, like so man...I love books.<br />I love PAPER books.<br />And, like so many other people, I spend my work day staring at a computer screen. The last thing I want to do is take a computer book to bed with me!<br /><br />E-readers don't smell as wonderful as ink, paper, and leather, either. And besides...what do you do when it fails? And you KNOW it'll fail. A paper book won't.<br /><br />Price, need, everything else as well. I simply don't need it, I don't see the need to spend the money on a "gizmo" when a paper book is a perfectly good, and failproof, alternative.<br /><br />And yeah, I'm a dinosaur. :-)<br /><br />JBJannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06725527285837338560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-83356655937050202932009-11-12T07:28:44.304-05:002009-11-12T07:28:44.304-05:00I haven't really gotten the opportunity to see...I haven't really gotten the opportunity to see and touch and test one out in person yet and I'm not going to make that kind of purchase sight-unseen. Can you also write something about the <a href="http://www.mytechsupportstore.com/" rel="nofollow">Computer support</a>James Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578726057613098328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-73240484202575150482009-11-12T04:38:11.655-05:002009-11-12T04:38:11.655-05:00I picked combination. I like the tactile experienc...I picked combination. I like the tactile experience of reading a book, but I think that would be compensated for by the convenience of being able to transport a lot of books at once. For guidebooks this would be especially useful.<br /><br />The price of the device is putting me off, but it's not that alone. It's more the fact that I'm worried I'll be stuck with a paperweight in a few years. I waited to buy a high-def DVD player until the format war had been won for the same reason. So I'll probably wait until there's a single file format, like the mP3, that's the clear winner.<br /><br />Here's what I want:<br />A universal file format<br />A device that's not tied to one retailer<br />Access to local titles (not currently available with the Kindle International)<br />A website or somewhere that I can back up my e-books so if something happens to my device, I haven't lost my library<br />The ability to download a title via wifi from a bookstore. That way, I can still browse a physical bookstore, then get the book in the format I want while the bookstore still gets money from me.Bronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029635239132926178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-45395308202597957022009-11-12T04:34:47.613-05:002009-11-12T04:34:47.613-05:00Hi Eric,
Alright, here goes.
1/ Breakability. If...Hi Eric,<br /><br />Alright, here goes.<br /><br />1/ Breakability. If the bag where you shoved your regular book receives a knock, you don't care.<br />2/ Stealability (neologisms ahoy). If someone snatched my mass-market paperback, no huge deal.<br />3/ Lock down. A regular book can't un-print itself at the merchant's whim.<br />4/ Virtual 0 and 1s make very unappetizing Christmas gifts.<br />5/ Dematerialization of contents comes with a loss of perceived value. Since you're getting nothing physical in exchange, shelling out non trivial amounts of cash doesn't seem like a good proposition. Exactly how low are you willing to sell an ebook?<br />6/ If you make the ereader the key product of the deal, I can use my ereader just as well with free stuff from Gutemberg or, heavens forbid, fanfiction.net. For ebooks to work out, ereaders need to be cheap, interchangeable, or in a word: <i>transparent</i>. The real product here is supposed to be the book, remember.<br /><br />Personally, I think the push for ebooks is the publishing industry shooting itself in the foot. In the short run, yeah, you'll be slashing production costs. In the long run you'll be slashing revenue, and there will be no putting that cat back in the bag.<br /><br />Do note that the technical possibility to exchange texts numerically has existed much longer than the possibility to exchange music numerically -- and yet MP3s downloading has taken over in a way book downloading hasn't. Maybe that's something worth thinking of.Balinaresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-20849746514948266382009-11-12T02:14:41.728-05:002009-11-12T02:14:41.728-05:00had to go with other: as a techno-slacker, i have ...had to go with other: as a techno-slacker, i have yet to get an ipod-slash-generic mp3 player (and i weep over the corpses of my discmans). i'm sadly behind on these young folks and all their new fangled technology (okay, i'm 25 and my 50-something year old godmother has had a kindle for about a year already soooo... i guess maybe that's not a good excuse either) anyway, if i can't get pass my love of CD booklets, there's little hope for me giving up books either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-57124176084528392022009-11-12T01:15:16.914-05:002009-11-12T01:15:16.914-05:00It's too expensive, given that it will probabl...It's too expensive, given that it will probably die in a few years, and what if I lose it? If I lose a single book, no big deal, it's not that expensive. If I lose an e-reader, I've lost my entire library at one stroke. It's a serious concern considering I carry books with me all over the place, and would do the same for a reader if I owned one.<br /><br />Also, DRM. I'm not buying anything with DRM on it ever again, so until no DRM is the standard for e-readers, I don't want one. I'm sick of being treated like a criminal when I legally buy books and music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-14903478178680098612009-11-12T01:15:05.638-05:002009-11-12T01:15:05.638-05:00I just can't get past the idea of cuddling up ...I just can't get past the idea of cuddling up in bed with a screen. It just doesn't work. Besides, books smell good. I don't like the look of the new e-readers, the price, especially for normal reading. I actually think for textbooks e-readers would be great, but when I'm reading in bed just for fun, I want a plain old paper book.<br />(http://fromsarahwithjoy.blogspot.com/)Sarah Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185278849400551014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-38849720065147037742009-11-11T23:17:26.119-05:002009-11-11T23:17:26.119-05:00I just don't want one more gadget. I'm wai...I just don't want one more gadget. I'm waiting for the all in one. Probably the rumored tablet by apple because you know they'll get into the fray and they'll probably do it well.shorty411https://www.blogger.com/profile/10682462733301561147noreply@blogger.com