... managerial ... deliberately push the ... All the world's a stage. Plausible deniability. All that stuff. Since no book is completely secure against piracy,...
Granting that no book is completely secure against piracy, Ed, I nonetheless think it is a mistake to underestimate how much easier Amazon.com's content search...
John, I found one article that might answer your concerns http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1067712749.html ...What kind of fool would sit and print off 100...
I actually don't have any concerns about Amazon's new search system, being neither an author whose work is among the 120,000 fully searchable titles nor an...
... You need to consider why someone wants to print out the pages of downloaded content, though. There are two reasons that come readily to mind: * They...
... system doesn't ... that those who feel ... convincing if they argued ... that it simply can't ... Sure it could occur, with or without Amazon's assistance....
... Touching on just your second point here, Ed, I see that your new Fictionwise eBook bestseller (congratuations!) "Assignment: Atlanta" is sold for $4.95 in...
I received an interesting e-mail from someone identifying themselves as a "techie" concurring that Amazon's content security system is eminently "crackable"...
Another factor here is Moore's Law, which doesn't seem to have expired yet. Not only are scanners cheap these days, they're apt to get cheaper and/or better....
... Fictionwise eBook ... $4.95 in uncrypted ... either are not concerned ... bother with DRM? Do ... I don't anticipate a thing. There's no point. Just about...
auwg <auwg@... wrote: <snip>I'm writing for those readers who are basically honest people, who don't really have the spare time to screw around with...
Good point, Jim, and perhaps according to subject matter as well. Many of the technical reference books that the National Academies Press doesn't seem...
Jim Drew" <ciaopubs@... wrote: <snip>That's the issue that I perennially have the biggest problem with. Every time I see someone stating baldly that...
... Interesting observation. Would I be out of line if I asked if you have any actual evidence for this postulate? Or are you merely guessing? Or are you...
Craig, That we should all be concerned about piracy, whether it affects us directly or not, is a given. However, although your point that "free" means...
... either unavailable as ebooks or way, way overpriced. ... Craig wrote: Interesting observation. Would I be out of line if I asked if you have any actual...
Not completely off-topic, I think it's an interesting data point. A few days ago there were a number of stories on a careful, well-thought-out attempt by MIT...
a list of places to send press releases to re ebooks??? evvy@... http://www.evvygarrett.com/ ebook store/Poetry4Women/Literary Services/Personal Pages/ ...
I'm targeting women for some of my ebooks. Have been looking for at least a month for appropriate ezines to place ads in (hopefully weeklies or bi-monthlies)...
Hi, Evvy! As always, got to jump in and plug our site! :) Check out our discussion forums. We have a forum specifically for press releases for ebook new...
From: Craig Morehouse <foundation3@...> ... You are undoubtedly correct that the original intent of the phrase referred to the info being untethered....
Thanks, Scott--interesting! Wonder if maybe pirates don't pay much attention to unencrypted eBooks because there's no challenge in it. ... <snip> ... <snip>...
... I must confess that I've never actually understood this statement. Does this mean that there should never be any prohibition on disseminating any...
... Actually, the original intent of the phrase referred to the information being of zero cost. See http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/IWtbF.html...
