Interesting development
U.S. sues Apple, publishers over pricing of electronic books
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The U.S. government filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and various major book publishers Wednesday, saying the publishers conspired with Apple to raise retail electronic-book prices to limit competition.
The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan said the effort was a response to the success Amazon had in selling e-books for just under $10.
I just wish ebooks had a secondary market where I could buy them used.
I wish they had a secondary market where I could SELL them used!
The last Parasol Protectorate "has left seller facility and is in transit." That order was frustrating, because it had books I wanted to read right that second on my Nook, but would probably want to keep as books. Both versions were the same price. There should be someway to sell e and paper versions together for a discount. Say the e-book went dead in two weeks unless revived by a code found in the printed version.
Yeah, I like real books! But it would also be nice to have e-versions sometimes. Except I already paid for the book! It's the same reason I don't usually buy mp3s because I don't want to pay for the same music twice if I want to buy the CD.
And I do understand that e-books don't magically appear, and they take work to convert and make awesome for e-readers, but I can't see why they should cost as much as a physical book. It was nice when I bought
Machine of Death,
and they sent us all free ebook versions in multiple formats.
There should be someway to sell e and paper versions together for a discount. Say the e-book went dead in two weeks unless revived by a code found in the printed version.
I wish this would happen. Usually the only e-books I buy are ones I already own in paper, but want to be able to carry them with me wherever I am. (Why yes, I have e and paper versions of all the Parasol Protectorate books, The Night Circus, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. And Dracula, of course, but that's a given.)
Does
Anathem
have graphs and charts and shit? I am considering it for my next audiobook (almost done with
Ready Player One,
so I am in a Neal Stephenson mood now), but I don't want to miss out on any great visual aids like in
Cryptonomicon.
Although actually
Reamde
seems like an even more appropriate follow-up to that book. Any graphs/charts in that one?
Anathem has a few illustrations, but more importantly, it has a glossary that will need to be referenced often.
P-C, no. Not that I recall (for REAMDE)
Anathem has a few illustrations, but more importantly, it has a glossary that will need to be referenced often.
Ah, that is a good point.
P-C, no. Not that I recall (for REAMDE)
Ooh, well, maybe that would be better.
If it's annotated properly, using a glossary in ebooks is perfectly simple.
I wish there was a secondary market where I could *give* ebooks away. I'm happy to do without it, I just feel there should be a way I can legally transfer my drm!
