Comments on: Yarrr… (Post on Pirating)

By: Mark C Newton

Mark C Newton — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:33:36 +0000

Thanks for the opinions, guys. And sorry for the limited response (see following blog post for laptop mishap).

I think audio is definitely something else entirely; quite right, Anne. It seems odd that few people actually talk about this – me included. It’s more centred on ebook formats. But stuff to think about there.

Interesting points in general, Neil. Publishing is very resistant to change. I’ve been watching this for a few years, and I get the impression that no one really knows what’s going to happen, so it makes it difficult to plan around…

By: Neil Pearson

Neil Pearson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:46:08 +0000

sorry for what seems like unabashed plugs there (at least I’m not linking to torrents of “Nights”). Same goes for the “just woke up” sentence structures.

By: Neil Pearson

Neil Pearson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:42:14 +0000

My girlfriend is a huge fan of Audible, which provides a cheap source of Audio books, although she gets annoyed how the UK content is inferior to US version.

I still think the problem with business’ attitude to the internet is that they try and make it illegal to download. The internet is the most widespread and cheapest distribution they have access to but none of them are willing to readjust to the times. Thank god that the people behind Spotify have realised there is a way to provide people with free music – why illegally download something when you can have it instantly.

As for Stephanie Meyer, it sucks but I can probably guarantee that most people looked for those spoilers – and they will still buy the book when it is released. Most people don’t look for spoilers unless they are already hooked. Even as a reader I would want to kill someone if a spoiler was plastered on the BBC main page, i dread to think what the author would want to do. At least Meyer can dry her tears on 100 dollar bills.

By: hagelrat

hagelrat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:38:27 +0000

Generally speaking agree with what you are saying…but… if I lend someone a book, I generally expect to get it back. If I sent a copy of an ebook to a friend they could keep that. Maybe it would mean they would go out and buy paperbacks from the same author, perhaps even of the same book, but still they have have a copy for free and I still have mine.