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Category Archives: Reader contribution
How Japanese Anime house Gonzo avoided pirating by dropping DRM
Here is a reader contribution from author Eugene Woodbury.
Gonzo versus the pirates
The Anime Almanac reports here and here on how Japanese anime studio Gonzo beat Internet piracy by abandoning DRM. Rather, they responded quickly with a quality product at a reasonable price that was easy to download. This seems painfully obvious, but as Scott VonSchilling [...] Continue reading
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E-book sale at WH Smith in the UK
Editor’s Note: I received the following email from Murray C. Park in the UK. Thanks a lot!
I’ve not seen it publicised anywhere and I don’t think I even got an email from them, but for the benefit of your UK readers the WH Smith ebook store at http://ebooks.whsmith.co.uk/ is currently running a 50% [...] Continue reading
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It’s tough to choose an e-book reader
Editors Note: Thanks to Jean Kaplansky, author of the essay below. Jean had put in links to all the names in the post, but they didn’t come over when I copied it to the blog and I haven’t the time to re-create her work. My apologies. – Paul Biba.
Most of this started out as [...] Continue reading
Posted in Amazon Kindle, Apple, DRM, Mobipocket, Reader contribution, Sony Reader, Uncategorized, e-book, e-books, ebook, ebooks, ereader, iPhone and Touch iPod, iPod Touch, ipod, sony
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Why I Won’t Buy an E-Book Reader This Year
Personally, after looking into the issues of conflicting e-book formats, how people use e-books and costs, here are some things I’ve concluded.
1. With all the conflicting formats, the key thing is that there’s no consistency in formatting and in fact, you lose the nice formatting of a book. Blah! Why do I want [...] Continue reading
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E-book formatting for authors: Reader contribution by Smashwords’ Mark Coker
Thanks to Mark Coker, head of Smashwords.
We certainly would welcome more reader contributions. If you have something you’d like to submit feel free to send it to paulkbiba@gmail.com
One of my many joys of running Smashwords is working directly with authors every day who share my passion about the promise of ebooks. Their feedback, dreams [...] Continue reading
Write For TeleRead and get fame and other stuff
We’ve had a few reader posts in response to my earlier requests, but David and I would really like more. It’s neat to see our readers’ names on a post, instead of just in a Comment.
Speaking of Comments, next time you decide to post a long comment why not try to turn it into [...] Continue reading
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Write for TeleRead – enjoy fame and other stuff
Once again I’m asking for reader contributions. We’ve had a few and let’s try to get some more. I think it’s really neat to see our readers’ names on the front page, not just in the Comments section. If you have a long comment on a post, before commenting give it a thought and see [...] Continue reading
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Ebooks – format and DRM, a Reader’s thoughts
I regularly read the blog at teleread.org, but I haven’t noticed any recent comments about this –
I’ve bought most of my (hundreds) of ebooks from ereader and fictionwise. I always buy the ebooks in the ereader format if it’s available, because the DRM is much less of a problem for me than Microsoft Lit or [...] Continue reading
Posted in Fictionwise, Paul Biba, Reader contribution, Uncategorized, book publishing, e-book, e-books, ebook, ebooks
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The glories of enhanced e-books: A message to publishers
I would like to send a message to all large publishing houses reading this. Electronic reading devices are here to stay.
Instead of fearing the loss of sales through historic paper publishing venues, publishers should embrace this new technology.
Just think of the possibilities! With electronic editions, publishers can offer enhanced e-books with author interviews, photos, music [...] Continue reading
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