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This doesn’t work anymore with the latest version of Kindle DRM unfortunately. It has been changed substantially
That's why the Kobo Libra 2 is superior especially the sunken screen which is more paper like than any other e reader I tried including Kindles.
What do you mean?
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> have never paid for an ebook at all Not snarking, genuine question: how do you expect the authors to make a living creating and writing the content you enjoy reading if you don’t pay for it? Do you only read content that authors publish for free?
Much of what I read – on linguistics, art cinema, or art music – is published by academic presses. No matter how much a scholarly publication might interest the general public, those books are usually priced at a level where only university libraries, and occasionally hired faculty, are expected to actually buy them. The retail price of what I have read in the last month alone already goes into the thousands of euro.…
I get your point about libraries, and if you outright don’t have access in your location that’s valid - one thing I’d add though is that libraries do have constrained supply and limited loan periods (even for digital content) and also a smaller collection of books so it’s not a total free access service as you suggest (at least in the UK, I can’t speak to others) - but now I’m nit picking.
Not the ideal solutions, but they work: Try https://libgen.rs/ or https://zlibrary.to/
I didn't write books to make money - I've made the national bestseller list and still get paid And for those who say "its the same as a library" - libraries buy books. And lend them on a limited basis. Sites like this are just simple theft.
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That's why the Kobo Libra 2 is superior especially the sunken screen which is more paper like than any other e reader I tried including Kindles.
> sunken screen What do you mean?
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Much of what I read – on linguistics, art cinema, or art music – is published by academic presses. No matter how much a scholarly publication might interest the general public, those books are usually priced at a level where only university libraries, and occasionally hired faculty, are expected to actually buy them. The retail price of what I have read in the last month alone already goes into the thousands of euro.…
Sounds reasonable - and yes academic works are priced so far beyond consumer retail they’re not missing your revenue. I get your point about libraries, and if you outright don’t have access in your location that’s valid - one thing I’d add though is that libraries do have constrained supply and limited loan periods (even for digital content) and also a smaller collection of books so it’s not a total free access servi…
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> have never paid for an ebook at all Not snarking, genuine question: how do you expect the authors to make a living creating and writing the content you enjoy reading if you don’t pay for it? Do you only read content that authors publish for free?
Much of what I read – on linguistics, art cinema, or art music – is published by academic presses. No matter how much a scholarly publication might interest the general public, those books are usually priced at a level where only university libraries, and occasionally hired faculty, are expected to actually buy them. The retail price of what I have read in the last month alone already goes into the thousands of euro.…
Trust me, I know books are expensive, they're probably my biggest line item after rent and food, but it really is meaningful for the publisher and author when you purchase a book.
edit: I also wanted to add that the publishing industry is decidedly low tech and a huge amount of assumptions about what gets chosen to be published is based on historical (mediocre, for a host of reasons) sales data via Bookscan, so when you don't purchase a book there also is is now one fewer piece of a demand signal that may lead another similar book to be greenlit.
I’m probably an outlier in tech circles but I really like the kindle experience, it’s convenient, the store has all the books I could ever want to read, the price is reasonable and since I never reread books I really don’t mind that I don’t own them forever. I’ve probably bought 200 books from Amazon since I got my kindle back in 2010. If I had to go through the hassles of stripping drm and side loading the books I’d…
So yeah, all power to those who feel a need to own physical copies of everything, I no longer subscribe to that ideal. I'd rather a library model where we pay collectively.
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You don't get 'full rights' when you buy a regular book, car or house.
There's a distinct difference of buying DRM-free ebook and renting DRM ebook and thinking you can use it on any device that you own - and "owning" here is still a central thesis.
I wonder if NFTs could be a solution to ensure interoperability and resale value of ebooks. No DRM neeeded, which are useless anyway since it's easy to download any book online, and it's all about the legal ownership title (the NFT) and possibly exclusive benefits for holding one (eg. access to author's community or events).
Check out https://book.io
Not the ideal solutions, but they work: Try https://libgen.rs/ or https://zlibrary.to/
I've written four books. Each book is the result of thousands of hours of experience and hundreds of hours of work. My books are all over these sites, and have been used to train AI. Without my consent. I didn't write books to make money - I've made the national bestseller list and still get paid And for those who say "its the same as a library" - libraries buy books. And lend them on a limited basis. Sites like this…