Will Books Be Napsterized? 350
langelgjm writes "An article from yesterday's New York Times asks the question: will books be Napsterized? So far, piracy of books has not reached the degree of music or movie piracy, in part due to the lack of good equipment on which to read and enjoy pirated books. The article points to the growing adoption of e-book readers as the publishing industry's newest nemesis. With ever-cheaper ways to conveniently use pirated books, authors and publishers may be facing serious changes ahead. This is something I wrote about three months ago in my journal, where I called the Kindle DX an 'iPod for books.'"
One word: RESPECT (Score:1, Funny)
No, I believe the widespread piracy of literature has been avoided due to sheer respect. That and the fact of this anecdote: I've only bought one book in electronic form, and it was a very short guide of sorts. Even though the read was extremely short, having the inconvenience of being tied to a computer and no benefits beyond paper, I found it very displeasurable. I'm willing to pay the premium to have the words on paper. The only thing I can think that might be better would be to distribute the text in .RTF format or a similar simple, easily managable text editor, where I can quote and copy the text in my own notes file -- yeah right!
Re:More on the "iPod for books" (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Already happened (Score:3, Funny)
Also, appear to have just found a .pdf with a huge list of ebook sites (and one for how to swear in all languages!). Haven't tried any of them, but go for it:
Hey, I found this cool Linux ISO:
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Re:Already happened (Score:2, Funny)
if you can dig up anyone that was born in Colonial America
That sounds like a wager! *grabs shovel* :D