Kindle, prolly not a P.O.S.

But Kind of a POS

Chris, remind me not to buy a Kindle.

What's P.O.S.? There are tons of definitions at http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/POS

But what's this about being napstered out of a job?
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mllefifi wrote:

Chris, remind me not to buy a Kindle. What's P.O.S.? There are tons of definitions at http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/POS But what's this about being napstered out of a job?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=POS

Thanks for the Kindle review, AG, most informative. I agree that the future holds e-books as the rule, though I do hope it's not for some time, as it's just more comfortable for my eyes to read off a page than a monitor.
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chris wrote:

mllefifi wrote: Chris, remind me not to buy a Kindle. What's P.O.S.? There are tons of definitions at http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/POS But what's this about being napstered out of a job? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=POS

Oh, I see now: "Positively Outstanding Service."
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Don't give in, resist the eBook movement!

I'll second the question about being Napstered out, what's that mean?

I like that the accompanying photos were done in a comic book motif
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I like my tree-killing, paper paged books. A Kindle, or whatever non-POS form comes next, will look so lonely on my massive amounts of bookshelves.


(PS -I'm assuming Napstered Out refers to people who make their living selling a media product, who become the victims of file sharing. Ergo, AG would be Napstered Out of a job if people don't buy his ebooks, and will have to live in various and sundry garages.)
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Lavandula Girl wrote:

I like my tree-killing, paper paged books. A Kindle, or whatever non-POS form comes next, will look so lonely on my massive amounts of bookshelves. (PS -I'm assuming Napstered Out refers to people who make their living selling a media product, who become the victims of file sharing. Ergo, AG would be Napstered Out of a job if people don't buy his ebooks, and will have to live in various and sundry garages.)

You are correct, Madame!

chris wrote:

You are correct, Madame!

Yay! I don't hear this very often. Now... off to find my umbrella, as I believe pigs shit even when flying.
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The kindle: I think that this thing is a good idea, but it is a couple generations away from being perfected. I think backlighting the thing is a must. And, I think it should be in full color, but that's just me. I agree about the page numbering thing and there should be a better way to hold the damn thing.

Book piracy: I don't think this is as big a deal as music piracy. The author and the publisher both have control over the text, and as long as they only release it in some kind of encrypted format, I think books are safe from piracy. But if they start willy-nilly sending everything out in .doc and .pdf form, then, yeah, there will be a huge problem. There is probably I don't know about the situation, but from the outside looking in, that's my take on it.
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But there is book piracy going on, nevertheless.

As I think I mentioned on the Boardello before, the Russian versions of three of the AGs books have been -- and still are (as of today, 'cause I checked just now) -- available on the web, in online html and in downloadable text files, all pirated.
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sugarraydodge wrote:

The kindle: I think that this thing is a good idea, but it is a couple generations away from being perfected. I think backlighting the thing is a must. And, I think it should be in full color, but that's just me. I agree about the page numbering thing and there should be a better way to hold the damn thing. Book piracy: I don't think this is as big a deal as music piracy. The author and the publisher both have control over the text, and as long as they only release it in some kind of encrypted format, I think books are safe from piracy. But if they start willy-nilly sending everything out in .doc and .pdf form, then, yeah, there will be a huge problem. There is probably I don't know about the situation, but from the outside looking in, that's my take on it.

SR:

I don't even know how to program and I'll bet I could break the encryption in less then 24 hours. If it can be shown on a screen, it can be run through an Optical Character Recognition software that can read it and write it to a PDF file. You'd just have to automate that process. (Even the most heavily encrypted DVDs can be copied if converted to an analog signal, ie. shown on a screen.) With print, the issues of picture resolution and sound quality found in music and film are completely removed. The only reason it's not an issue is that there is no "reading IPOD". As soon as the Kindle or the some other device hits the sweet spot of price, quality, and convienence, I'm back to waiting tables. Like I said, I'll have a whole blog on this soon.

mllefifi wrote:

But there is book piracy going on, nevertheless. As I think I mentioned on the Boardello before, the Russian versions of three of the AGs books have been -- and still are (as of today, 'cause I checked just now) -- available on the web, in online html and in downloadable text files, all pirated.

And to that point, I make about $600 per book (yes, the whole print run, not one copy) in Russia. Period. Despite it being one of the largest countries in the world. I make, well, let's say, significantly more, in non-pirated countries. I don't expect readers will act in the interest of successful authors, once pirating has taken off here, I'm just sort of sighing and whining. I've been lucky enough to make my living doing something I love for 18 years. Not many people get to do that. I'm good.

As much as I hate to waste paper, and I can't stand people who print emails at work just for the sake of reading it in their hands, for some tasks you need to have multiple books open at once.

Reading for pleasure, sure 1 book at a time is great. When studying for an exam, or composing an essay on something or just doing some figurin' - I need to have paper and books sprawled all over the place to supplement whatever I can cram onto my screen.
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