Great, no linux support for the amazon cloud player. Wtf? It's a web app so what does it matter what platform I'm on?
Amazon to Provide CD Buyers With Cloud-Based MP3s For Free
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Re: Amazon to Provide CD Buyers With Cloud-Based MP3s For Free
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I wish that they'd do this for books. The biggest thing keeping me from buying more ebooks is that they're usually the same price as the physical book - and, in some cases, more expensive than the physical book. At that price, I'd just as soon buy the physical copy. On the other hand, it would be nice to know that, when I buy a physical copy, I also have access to a digital version if needed. In the case of technical…
Already own the physical book? Pirate the ebook.
I know where you're coming from and i don't cast any aspersions on the activity - some ebook implementations just suck and you're infinitely better with the pirate version even if you've already paid for the "real" version.
Wanted to mention O'Reilly though - for $5 and a note of the ISBN number off the back of your book you get the ebook in whatever format you desire, can re-download it as many times as you want in whatever formats, and it'll automatically sync to dropbox.
I've been stocking up on them - it does work really well. I get to carry about all my books (well, not quite), with notes and highlights and i only need to keep physical copies of the books i refer to most often. It's been a bit of a revelation for me.
Re: Amazon to Provide CD Buyers With Cloud-Based MP3s For Free
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wish that they'd do this for books. The biggest thing keeping me from buying more ebooks is that they're usually the same price as the physical book - and, in some cases, more expensive than the physical book. At that price, I'd just as soon buy the physical copy. On the other hand, it would be nice to know that, when I buy a physical copy, I also have access to a digital version if needed. In the case of technical…
In the UK one of the reasons that digital copies don't come with books is that if they did that it would mean that it's now VAT chargeable. Books normally don't have VAT but digital goods do.
I simply don't understand applying a value added tax to digital goods. The marginal cost of production for digital goods is near zero. That means that the value added is near zero.
Re: Amazon to Provide CD Buyers With Cloud-Based MP3s For Free
#114Why can't they just offer FLAC and eliminate CDs altogether?
Because most people don't want FLAC. It's huge and incompatible with the most popular players for no noticeable benefit to the vast majority of listeners. AIFF or WAV would be much better candidates if we were going down the lossless digital music route because they are more widely compatible (though a 320 kbps mp3 is the most I'll ever need).
They could offer FLAC and MP3 instead of CDs and MP3...