From: Robotech_Master ... Funny thing is, Baen has grown significantly larger on the strength of its free and sold unencrypted versions of its writers' ebooks....
From: Mary E Tyler <snip> We let people have guns, even though some will commit crimes, but we can't let people have copies of books? dej, enjoying the...
Thanks for turning it up Bill. I don't know if it was the one as I hadn't seen it before ;-). But I am up to speed on that coding, so I'm not more than 5...
Lee, You make very good points, and I think there is much merit in what you say - bearing in mind that you are probably not addressing all the uses and readers...
... The big thing was the older books, which are often the first books of series that are still popular today, and there are many examples of people reading...
... Given recent news, apparently burying them in an Irish peat bog is also a good way to preserve them. Of course, that book was printed on vellum. Bill...
One of the ways in which the OLPC display is going to trump the E-Ink displays is by providing a color mode. They've now put up a mock-up of sort of what it...
... No, I don't believe so. Any thief can steal anything, depending on what they're willing to give. An axiom of security is that it is only ever a deterrent...
Ben Trafford
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Aug 1, 2006 4:41 pm
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... Wash your mouth out with soap! dej, day job: tech journalist (beat: Open Source and Macs) -- ... A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult...
Joseph Harris wrote: [snip] ... My first reaction is to disagree with these assertions. (In fact, Times New Roman was designed in 1931 for "The Times" of...
There are very good reasons why Baen releases their ebooks _before_ the printed paper version. It's the best kind of advertising. Word of mouth to the...
Arnold Bailey
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Aug 1, 2006 7:45 pm
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Baen's PAPER offerings have grown more powerful with the giving away of a first book of a series in e-book; people even buy the paper backlist copy of the...
Hi all, What would you all think of a get-together/seminar with speakers, food, get-together time and maybe some vendors for publishers, wanna-be publishers...
Well, I don't have dry air, but my library has always been kept in a shaded room. Bren ... http://www.brennalyons.com http://www.epicauthors.com Anything a...
From: Robotech_Master ... <snip> The big thing was the older books, which are often the first books of series that are still popular today, and there are many...
... Actually, it was Ben Trafford, iirc. dej -- ... A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.--Thomas Mann ... In...
... I think that would be pretty darned cool. (Of course, I'm in Springfield, MO already... :) -- Chris Meadows aka | Homepage: http://www.terrania.us ...
Arnold, I think the Bujold piece is pretty accurate so far as I understand the publishing scene in the US - and it is similar in the UK. But my point about...
... Fascinating article, Mary. Thanks! More on this when I've digested it fully, methinks....
Ben Trafford
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Aug 2, 2006 5:12 am
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... This is why 3x5 cards, 4x6 cards, and 5x8 cards still sell briskly in office supply stores. :-) A major reason people copied books before the advent of...
Ok, and is it good for customers to know that a business presumes they are thieves, then, do you think? ... This email was sent from Netspace Webmail:...
Lee, We have a lot more agreement than it looks at first glance ;-). Of course you have a long history in the technicalities, and I am a relative newcomer...
Everyone, Over the last couple years, all new subscribers to The eBook Community (TeBC) have been placed into moderation mode. This was part of a long-term...
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