tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post6222313339218966851..comments2023-06-04T10:34:35.636-04:00Comments on The eBook Test: Would A US$50 eBook Reader Be A Disaster?Mike Canehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12396654716615965650noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-66417224007125480742009-09-05T21:39:10.507-04:002009-09-05T21:39:10.507-04:00...whereas I just want to get my work into Readers......whereas I just want to get my work into Readers' hands, as many as I possibly can. Money, making a living, has never been an object. Creating ground-breaking, innovative work, drawing intelligent, erudite Readers. Ah, Readers. I'm positively GREEDY for Readers. Because I firmly believe if the Readers come, that's what creates the buzz and the buzz, of course, is what takes you that next step up the ladder...where there is the possibility of MANY, MANY MORE Readers. And that's what I'm thinking about as I post another story or novel on my blog, letting people read it for absolutely nothin'. Encouraging them, in fact...<br /><br />It beats the ol' submission game and dealing with agents and editors with the brains of lobotomized hamsters. <br /><br />Readers...gotta have more Readers...Cliff Burnshttp://cliffjburns.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-28805760362975752562009-09-05T17:28:20.563-04:002009-09-05T17:28:20.563-04:00>>>eBook piracy is indeed rampant. A quic...>>>eBook piracy is indeed rampant. A quick search of Demonoid will reveal thousands of copyrighted works in Sony's LRF format (or so I've heard).<br /><br />@Joe: LRF is a hacked format, not the for-pay Sony BBeB. It could be those titles were format-shifted from others. I haven't checked myself.<br /><br />>>>Maybe I'm unusual, but I bought my ebook reader for the specific purpose of buying things which are unavailable in print.<br /><br />>>>On a side note, phones & tablets are not he future of ebooks - reading on an LCD sucks - bad.<br /><br />@rjnagle 1) You are the first person I have ever had admit something like that. 2) The population of Stanza on iPhone and iPod Touch towers over the combined population of all eInk devices.<br /><br />>>>and e-books far less than they are now.<br /><br />@Cliff: Do the math, Cliff. If you bought a car, would you also pay for gas at the per-gallon cost of one-fifth the car's price? As a writer, I admit I fear the day of fifty-cent and one-dollar eBooks.Mike Canehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396654716615965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-22541082091521282212009-09-05T10:34:32.446-04:002009-09-05T10:34:32.446-04:00Stirring the waters again, Mike, thatta boy.
I pu...Stirring the waters again, Mike, thatta boy.<br /><br />I put the question to people in my LibraryThing group, asking what price they'd be willing to pay for an e-Reader and the overwhelming majority said they'd only consider it if the Readers were less that $100 and e-books far less than they are now. These are book-lovers, the core audience for publishers. Would cheap Readers radically affect the publishing world? Maybe...I'm not afraid to find out since for the past six months my site has been inundated by hundreds of E-Reader users who are downloading and reading my novels and short stories in reams, eager for anything to plug into their expensive gadgets...Cliff Burnshttp://cliffjburns.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-71865659911073659612009-09-04T20:08:30.368-04:002009-09-04T20:08:30.368-04:00Maybe I'm unusual, but I bought my ebook reade...Maybe I'm unusual, but I bought my ebook reader for the specific purpose of buying things which are unavailable in print. That includes (mainly) public domain and creative commmons works. So it does not surprise me to hear that many haven't bought ebooks yet. After owning several devices for the last 3 years, I am happy to report that last month I bought my first ebook.rjnaglehttp://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-28197558739973263432009-09-04T18:26:23.866-04:002009-09-04T18:26:23.866-04:00eBook piracy is indeed rampant. A quick search of ...eBook piracy is indeed rampant. A quick search of Demonoid will reveal thousands of copyrighted works in Sony's LRF format (or so I've heard).<br />On a side note, phones & tablets are not he future of ebooks - reading on an LCD sucks - bad. Dedicated readers work because of the e-ink displays, LCDs can't match the readability or low power consumption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-31872788271221342522009-09-04T18:01:11.916-04:002009-09-04T18:01:11.916-04:00>>>I'm just curious as to what you th...>>>I'm just curious as to what you think should happen.<br /><br /><a href="http://ebooktest.blogspot.com/2009/07/dumb-ebooks-must-die-smart-ebooks-must.html" rel="nofollow">Dumb eBooks Must Die, Smart eBooks Must Live</a>Mike Canehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396654716615965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-81967811222775515982009-09-04T17:58:00.501-04:002009-09-04T17:58:00.501-04:00I'm just curious as to what you think should h...I'm just curious as to what you think should happen.I'd probably buy a $50 ebook reader because a)i'm a geek and b)I read ebooks on my Acer Aspire now, which is fine for in bed, but not so good for a 15 minute bus ride. (It's easier to pull a paperback out of my lunch bag.) I lusted after a co-worker's Sony...but not enough to spend that much money.<br /><br />I'll read free books, but if it's something I want/need I'll buy it.kittenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07860595782504943241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-23045377951074172252009-09-04T16:43:29.088-04:002009-09-04T16:43:29.088-04:00On one hand I'd love to see an inexpensive rea...On one hand I'd love to see an inexpensive reader. I think they're too expensive as it is.<br /><br />On the other hand, the expectation of many readers to see free ebooks is a potential killer.<br /><br />I make my living on my writing and over ninety percent of my sales are to eBook buyers. eBook buyers who are happy to have my books delivered that way and they don't complain about price, they just want me to write faster. A good feeling.<br /><br />I do provide some free content: an eBook, a living eBook Anthology and a collected Horror eSerial, but if I were to suddenly stop charging, as these advocates for free eBooks suggest, I wouldn't be able to write full time. My readers might see one book a year instead of three or more.<br /><br />If that's what a cheaper eBook reader leads to, a further indulgence in this misguided sense of entitlement that seems to be growing with the digital age, then keep the prices up, just a little.Randolph Lalondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05997175656842769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-54616446812162357472009-09-04T16:41:32.902-04:002009-09-04T16:41:32.902-04:00The question of a mass market is an entirely diffe...The question of a mass market is an entirely different post. Yeesh.Mike Canehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396654716615965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-79950099819728636902009-09-04T16:38:42.556-04:002009-09-04T16:38:42.556-04:00If all this is true, do you think eBook readers wi...If all this is true, do you think eBook readers will ever hit mass market? If they don't, will it be because of the price or actual interest?<br /><br />Great post as usual!<br />-Maria<br />vook.comMaThurrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11867157628461082476noreply@blogger.com