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I would rather see my books get pirated than this

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Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this

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Post by dangus »

interestica wrote: post #136
Fricken wrote: post #127

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This might be why physical bookstores are making a comeback. Trustworthy curation is essential, and worth paying a premium for. This has always been the case, but maybe not fully appreciated.

This has been why I've started to really like Costco -- they're essentially acting as product curators (and back it up with a generous return policy.)

Well, I like how local bookstores go about curation more than Costco.

I don't know if we can say that a store with unlabeled aisles can be a source of curation.

Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this

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Post by fjkdlsjflkds »

jdshaffer wrote: post #146
contingencies wrote: post #141

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Just teach your kid libgen and be done with it.

But libgen doesn't have "Good night, Gorilla". :-) Personally, I stick with paper books for kids, even books (and not picture books.) EDIT: Added a missing closing parentheses. I'm a bad LISPer...

> But libgen doesn't have "Good night, Gorilla".

https://annas-archive.org/search?q=good+night+gorilla

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Post by ulfw »

nomat wrote: post #44

I think this is the future of computers for people. they will open their phone and say "hey siri get this book or computer or car" and the browser will show them a bunch of made up products generated by an AI and they'll get the product drop shipped from china and it'll be a shitty counterfeit just like the $5 256GB USB drives. But they won't know because when you look for reviews, the review websites will also be ge…

People value choice in their purchasing behaviour. I am not saying people are always rational actors, of course not. We are all influenced to some degree by ads, social influences etc etc

But the whole notion of "I just buy from one place and one place only without comparing anything at all ever again" is a bridge to far in my mind. So the whole "Siri send me whatever I tell you" I doubt will catch on with the majority of people. A niche maybe, sure. But not the majority of us.

Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this

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Post by prawn »

contingencies wrote: post #141
VincentEvans wrote: post #128

Let me tell you how to buy a kindle book for my kid’s Kindle that is connected via a child account in “Amazon Household” to my Amazon account. (This opening sentence already signals how the rest of this will go). A child’s account can’t buy books - you have to do it for them. 1. I open Amazon app on my iphone and find the book - “This app does not support purchasing of this content”. 2. I open Kindle app on my iphone…

Just teach your kid libgen and be done with it.

We use the Libby app. Just need a local library card and kids can freely reserve and borrow ebooks to read on phones and tablets. Helps with voracious readers who finish reading short novels in the car home from the shops if you buy them a physical book.

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Post by VincentEvans »

grogenaut wrote: post #172
VincentEvans wrote: post #128

Let me tell you how to buy a kindle book for my kid’s Kindle that is connected via a child account in “Amazon Household” to my Amazon account. (This opening sentence already signals how the rest of this will go). A child’s account can’t buy books - you have to do it for them. 1. I open Amazon app on my iphone and find the book - “This app does not support purchasing of this content”. 2. I open Kindle app on my iphone…

Step 1: go to amazon on a real computer and find book Step 2: click buy Step 3: in the post purchase confirmation it says "Want to start reading right away?" and a dropdown of your devices with a deliver button. It's a kids device they (and you) don't want your kid to be sent 50 shades of gray accidentally. The other flow is buy book. Go to kindle, "sync and check for new items". But again, it's a kids book, don't wa…

I am sorry for being so flippant and unreasonable expecting to buy a digital book using my smartphone in 2023.

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Post by javajosh »

VincentEvans wrote: post #185
grogenaut wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Step 1: go to amazon on a real computer and find book Step 2: click buy Step 3: in the post purchase confirmation it says "Want to start reading right away?" and a dropdown of your devices with a deliver button. It's a kids device they (and you) don't want your kid to be sent 50 shades of gray accidentally. The other flow is buy book. Go to kindle, "sync and check for new items". But again, it's a kids book, don't wa…

I am sorry for being so flippant and unreasonable expecting to buy a digital book using my smartphone in 2023.

Flippant? I thought you said iPhone not a Samsung folding phone. That's Android.

Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this

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Post by lostmsu »

grogenaut wrote: post #172
VincentEvans wrote: post #128

Let me tell you how to buy a kindle book for my kid’s Kindle that is connected via a child account in “Amazon Household” to my Amazon account. (This opening sentence already signals how the rest of this will go). A child’s account can’t buy books - you have to do it for them. 1. I open Amazon app on my iphone and find the book - “This app does not support purchasing of this content”. 2. I open Kindle app on my iphone…

Step 1: go to amazon on a real computer and find book Step 2: click buy Step 3: in the post purchase confirmation it says "Want to start reading right away?" and a dropdown of your devices with a deliver button. It's a kids device they (and you) don't want your kid to be sent 50 shades of gray accidentally. The other flow is buy book. Go to kindle, "sync and check for new items". But again, it's a kids book, don't wa…

The only activities I do on the phone are browsing internet, chatting, and taking/viewing pictures.

Anything that requires active involvement waits until I am in front of a PC.

Mobile UIs are just insufficient for most activities.

Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this

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Post by PopePompus »

__mharrison__ wrote: post #168
QuantumG wrote: post #81

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> The most annoying is piracy that Amazon could prevent with the work of an intern. Do tell. In the gigantic ocean that is Amazon's marketplace, what do you suppose a single intern could do that would not be immediately circumvented?

Check to see if the name of the person uploading the book matches the author.

At 100 Hz.

Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this

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Post by Izkata »

javajosh wrote: post #186
VincentEvans wrote: post #185

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I am sorry for being so flippant and unreasonable expecting to buy a digital book using my smartphone in 2023.

Flippant? I thought you said iPhone not a Samsung folding phone. That's Android.

They didn't mention a Samsung phone. "Flippant" is a normal English word that means "dismissive or disrespectful".

Re: I would rather see my books get pirated than this

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Post by NoZebra120vClip »

zen_1 wrote: post #164
chii wrote: post #149

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> Delightful experience. compare this with the piracy option: search for torrent or download link, click, wait for download to finish. Upload to device. Read and enjoy.

cough mobilism.org/libgen.is/irc channels/z-library cough

Do the ends justify the means, matey?

Have you considered accessing freely-licensed content instead, and supporting authors who believe in the freedom movement, such as Creative Commons?

How would you feel, if you were an author, and people openly advocated piracy, such that you were deprived of sales, and earning an honest living?

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