Rides a Dread Legion Question
Drak Bibliophile
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Raymond Feist
"Drak Bibliophile" <drakbib...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Is it coming out as an ebook???
No deal for ebook rights, yet, but down the road I expect it will be.
Best, R.E.F.
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Raymond Feist <ray...@nospam.bittersea.com> writes
>In article <gs6dnT-f_41HdE7U...@giganews.com>,
> "Drak Bibliophile" <drakbib...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Is it coming out as an ebook???
>
>No deal for ebook rights, yet, but down the road I expect it will be.
>
>Best, R.E.F.
>
<http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/ebooks/publication-information/uk/97
89/rides-a-dread-legion>
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John <nos...@nospamcrydee.com> wrote:
> In message <raymond-FD0ACD...@news.la.sbcglobal.net>,
> Raymond Feist <ray...@nospam.bittersea.com> writes
> >In article <gs6dnT-f_41HdE7U...@giganews.com>,
> > "Drak Bibliophile" <drakbib...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Is it coming out as an ebook???
> >
> >No deal for ebook rights, yet, but down the road I expect it will be.
> >
> >Best, R.E.F.
> >
> I found some information a while back, but it could be pure fiction :)
>
> <http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/ebooks/publication-information/uk/97
> 89/rides-a-dread-legion>
This contract might have contained ebook rights as part of the general
publishing agreement. Truth to tell, John, that's a detail I just don't
pay close attention to. We've had ebook deals with HC before and still
don't know if we have a decent business model after five years.
gs
> In article <PzU9nRD1uj1JF...@blueyonder.co.uk>,
>
>
>
> John <nos...@nospamcrydee.com> wrote:
> > In message <raymond-FD0ACD.15332301042...@news.la.sbcglobal.net>,
> > Raymond Feist <raym...@nospam.bittersea.com> writes
> > >In article <gs6dnT-f_41HdE7UnZ2dnUVZ_uydn...@giganews.com>,
> > > "Drak Bibliophile" <drakbiblioph...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > >> Is it coming out as an ebook???
>
> > >No deal for ebook rights, yet, but down the road I expect it will be.
>
> > >Best, R.E.F.
>
> > I found some information a while back, but it could be pure fiction :)
>
> > <http://www.crydee.com/raymond-feist/ebooks/publication-information/uk/97
> > 89/rides-a-dread-legion>
>
> This contract might have contained ebook rights as part of the general
> publishing agreement. Truth to tell, John, that's a detail I just don't
> pay close attention to. We've had ebook deals with HC before and still
> don't know if we have a decent business model after five years.
>
I'm one of the Luddites that's happier holding a paper book than one
of these new fangled ebooks ;-)
Oliver Nowak
<snip>
>
> I'm one of the Luddites that's happier holding a paper book than one
> of these new fangled ebooks ;-)
I'll probably buy one of those e-book-readers based on the eInk
technology) once the price of those devices has come down somewhat -
not having to ask yourself where to put all those books is just too
tempting.
But there's also one question to be answered by the industry: I'm
perfectly okay with the copy protection and them asking mostly the same
price as the dead tree counterpart of the book. But if I do, I want a
protection from data corruption on those devices. If I'm to invest
hundreds of EURs into books locked down to a specific device, there
simply must be a way to recover them as long as electronics hardware
malfunctioning (or being stolen for that matter) is much more likely
than disasters that may destroy your "normal" book library.
--
O.
Raymond Feist
Oliver Nowak <oliver_and...@yahoo.de> wrote:
I'm sure someone will come up with something. iTunes is a great model
insofar as you can link the account to up to five computers. I key
license would let you re-download an entire library if the original
device got trashed.
You're right that in the long term, the software is the important issue;
not the hardware.
Bajori
"guig" <gu...@yerawathame.com> wrote in message
news:2009040507491950878-guig@yerawathamecom...
> On 2009-04-04 17:18:16 +0100, Raymond Feist <ray...@nospam.bittersea.com>
>
>>>
>>> O.
>>
>> I'm sure someone will come up with something. iTunes is a great model
>> insofar as you can link the account to up to five computers. I key
>> license would let you re-download an entire library if the original
>> device got trashed.
>>
>> You're right that in the long term, the software is the important issue;
>> not the hardware.
>>
>> Best, R.E.F.
>
> small. The Kindle might be OK but I've never seen one. I imagine that
> Apple may bring out a tablet PC around the size of the Air or a bit
> smaller with the same touch screen technology behind the iPhone. That I
> would consider.
>
Reading news online, or on an iphone, or similar, is not a big deal; it's a
cold, static thing really...But a book, the feel of the cheap paper, turning
the page, the mustiness when you drag one out of storage, now THAT is what
reading is all about....
Steve Foster
> Aye. And you can read a book on a plane ... never heard of one
> interfering with the "keep it in the air" gadgetry.
Then you're not throwing it properly... <g>
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Drak Bibliophile
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