No digital books for me

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UpUpAndAway said:
I got one of the e-Ink models. No back-lit screen, no glare.
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All my digital books are through Logos/Verbum Bible software, so I don’t have any e-ink options, unfortunately. They only have iOS and Android apps and the main PC software. I kept waiting for someone to release a full color, e-ink tablet, but things don’t seem to have moved in that direction.
 
It caused a huge outcry. Their ability to continue to provide the rights to some work that’s not in the public domain is usually contingent on some type of contract that is not perpetual. it’s conceivable that in the future, titles which do not make economic sense for them to renew their license, or which get into some kind of rights litigation, could be dropped from their library at will, even if you already paid for a copy with the expectation of having it permanently.

By contrast, once you buy a hard copy book, it’s yours unless you lose it or it gets destroyed in a fire or flood, which is not Amazon’s issue.
 
Hmm. Do you think maybe they write their license agreements differently now that digital books have been around a bit longer? I can’t imagine Amazon wants something like this to happen very often.
 
I honestly do not know, though I would think that Amazon would seek to avoid such occurrences.
The problem is that copyright law in USA was never designed to last as long as it has, and companies like Disney have pushed for extensions way beyond the point where stuff is normally supposed to become public domain.
And copyright law outside USA is often an entirely different situation as the authors may have moral rights that just never expire.
 
The removed books were bootlegged copies that should have never been sold in the first place.

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I’m not concerned with ‘public domain.’ I work in a very creative environment and we have a lot of in-house IPs. It takes a long time to get good enough to create your own. Speaking to no one in particular - create your own material and market it. Public Domain is meaningless to me.
 
That’s too bad. If I didn’t have an e-Ink option, I wouldn’t have any e-books.
 
My wife and I own over 4,000 books. I can’t imagine wanting to even try an e-book. I wouldn’t feel safe with it in the tub. It wouldn’t smell like a book. I could bookmark favorite e-pages but it’s not the same as flicking around through the bits of tissue, sales slips, and torn cardboard that bookmark my real volumes. And having all my favorite books on a small computer would take all the fun out of browsing the whole library.
 
In my fancy career, I traveled for work very often.

When tested I can read 2100 words per minute, when I read for pleasure I read at a slower pace however I literally consume books. I’d go through a novel or two on a plane ride. Then, I needed reading material for the down time after my work, and for the return trip. I was lugging many pounds of books with me!

Even when not on the road, I had to keep two books in my purse at all times so when I had to wait I had something to read.

That is when I bought a very early e-reader.

Now, I have books at my fingertips, along with the ability to go browse my local public library and download a book no mater where I am or what time of day.

Oh, and as many books as I consume I’ve not once in my life read a book while in the tub. Always worried too much about dropping the book into the tub and ruining it!
 
Soon, audio books may overtake ebooks. Some audio book publishers seek and buy the audio rights to a book even before it gets to an ebook or hard copy publisher.
 
The problem is that people bought them in good faith and Amazon deleted it, not only against their customers’ expectations but also apparently in violation of Amazon’s own terms of service (even though most of the customers probably didn’t bother to read that).

I note that Amazon said they did not want to deal with these types of situations in the future by deleting content form the Kindle, and it’s quite understandable why not. But it could happen again.
 
Audio books are a peeve of mine. Back when they were on CD (or even further back when they were on cassette), most audio books were abridged. I want the whole book, not just the gist of it.
 
UpUpAndAway said:
Audio books are a peeve of mine. Back when they were on CD (or even further back when they were on cassette), most audio books were abridged. I want the whole book, not just the gist of it.
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I haven’t bought any audio books, but my understanding is that audio books are now purchased by download to a device and are not abridged. I imagine that the production costs might be higher than an ebook, since they require recording studios and perhaps professional readers.
 
Agreed. I just hate reading stuff on the Internet or electronically. You can simply not muse, ruminate properly. I still buy books (if I can’t find them at the library). I fret about it as an unnecessary purchase, until I start reading the book, and realize it was a necessary purchase, how much I absolutely love hard copy books. For me they are on the ‘essential’ list. We all have our priorities in life.
 
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If you are in the US, check if your public library has a service like “Hoopla Digital” or “Overdrive” or “One Click Digital”. It is free for card holders.

I listen to at a minimum 10 audio books each month. I’ve never downloaded an abridged audio book. Audio books of 10 - 20 hours in duration are not uncommon.
 
7_Sorrows said:
i have never downloaded a book before, however, sadly, the series i am currently reading, the next book i cannot find on Amazon nor am i able to order it through our local Barnes and Noble. which is curious, because the 5th book i can order.
so if i wantbto read the series n order, i will have to order it on my Kindle.
i just like the feel of holding a book in my hands!
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I understand.

I read both ways–by hard copy, and on my computers.

I never thought that I would be someone who would read on a computer, but I have to say that I have become used to it, and that I like it because I can adjust the brightness on my screen, and also the size of the print/font size for my eyes.

I need all of the help that way, when it comes to reading.

It’s also nice to be able to take the e-books out of the library that way. You can just take them out on-line from the library’s collection. You don’t have to physically go in to the library to do that, so if you’re not feeling well and are at home, it’s really convenient to be able to do it that way.

I still like to physically go to the library too, and to book stores.

It’s nice to be able to take out e-books from the library as another option for me, though. 🙂
 
probably, i i tried ebooks on a regular basis I would get used to them. i am sure it is convenient for some.
 
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