tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post4340945347164448798..comments2023-06-01T19:03:42.636+08:00Comments on Simon Haynes: Ebook piracy - is it really a problem?Simon Hayneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-59548145528586434692009-01-21T22:06:00.000+09:002009-01-21T22:06:00.000+09:00Heh, as a long time fan of your software, it was t...Heh, as a long time fan of your software, it was the E-Book that convinced me to buy the Rest of the books. (Including a Hard copy of Book 1. ;P ) I was fixing to take a flight from WA to NC (USA) and I'd been curious about them for a while, so I downloaded it to my Phone, and yesh... it was enough to convince me to buy the rest. ;PSpyder Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978899285244884631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-47059176814620962372008-11-01T17:18:00.000+09:002008-11-01T17:18:00.000+09:00Anything which is shared will do this world better...Anything which is shared will do this world better anyway.I hope this "free sharing" approach last for long on the net,I won't be so interested when the great money makers will rule the pixel space.Of course,I prefer reading on paper,but as you say, younger generations have the opposite feeling and getting them into reading ebooks is a wonderful and hopeful achievement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-12711681988619125652008-10-23T03:24:00.000+08:002008-10-23T03:24:00.000+08:00Words are words. :) The thing I like about ebooks ...Words are words. :) The thing I like about ebooks is that they take up much less space than my eight bookcases full of ink-and-paper books. However, they're harder to read in the bathtub and I have a bad habit of losing them. I know they're somewhere on my hard drive ... With my regular books, I can easily scan the shelves.<BR/><BR/>It's certainly not unheard of for me to have both an ebook and a hardcopy of a book I really love.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14441713344305826085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-84700370063757688092008-09-22T04:42:00.000+08:002008-09-22T04:42:00.000+08:00Personally I love e-books. I read on my windows mo...Personally I love e-books. I read on my windows mobile phone all the time, so if I won the draw I would totally get book 2.<BR/><BR/>Of course I buy most of my e-books, but I hate it when publishers price there e-books higher the soft covers it seems like a big ripoff. Of course mpst of my friends don't understand how I can read books on my phone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-52498649816694665362008-09-20T22:25:00.000+08:002008-09-20T22:25:00.000+08:00The other thing is, if ebooks caught on they could...The other thing is, if ebooks caught on they could well bring in a bunch of new readers who currently stick to their gameboys, PSPs, etc. Might attract them to reading, and that's not a bad thing.Simon Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-10621393311621620562008-09-20T22:16:00.000+08:002008-09-20T22:16:00.000+08:00I think you're right about ebooks not doing much d...I think you're right about ebooks not doing much damage as of now. However,I love my Sony Reader and Astak is apparently set to bring out an amazingly affordable version of their own in the coming months. I've read of libraries interested in checking out readers to the public and my wife is researching the technology for educational use as well. I think all this adds up to a big jump in public awareness in the near future. Having said that, I'm also on your lotto list and despite enjoying my reader just as much as a hardcopy, I would also choose the first book if I were to win. Even with no difference in reading comfort, you can't beat the feel of a physical book.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01028248549478895914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678422.post-26938043497529777402008-09-20T03:18:00.000+08:002008-09-20T03:18:00.000+08:00Despite the fact that I'm online 13 hours a day, I...Despite the fact that I'm online 13 hours a day, I hate reading on a computer! It's always going to be paper for me. I can't see me ever switching even for a perfected Kindle. (I actually run away from e-books, even free ones.)WordVixenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713637403798552713noreply@blogger.com