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From: David Kennedy on 4 Jan 2010 11:36
Martin S Taylor wrote:
> I'm about to go off skiing (whee!) and thought I'd download a few e-books
> onto my iPhone, since I'm travelling light. (EasyJet now feel the need to
> charge an extra �20 if I want to take any luggage with me).
>
> I just flicked through a few thrillers, and find that at BooksOnBoard the
> e-versions of new, popular, books (which I can only read myself) is anything
> up to four times the price I can pay for a real book from Amazon (which I can
> give to someone else when I've finished with it). What on earth is going on?
>
> Martin S Taylor
>

It's called making them pay [through the nose] and is similar to the
situation we had when CDs arrived.

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David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Howard on 4 Jan 2010 11:52
Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:

> I'm about to go off skiing (whee!) and thought I'd download a few e-books
> onto my iPhone, since I'm travelling light. (EasyJet now feel the need to
> charge an extra �20 if I want to take any luggage with me).
>
> I just flicked through a few thrillers, and find that at BooksOnBoard the
> e-versions of new, popular, books (which I can only read myself) is anything
> up to four times the price I can pay for a real book from Amazon (which I can
> give to someone else when I've finished with it). What on earth is going on?
>
> Martin S Taylor

Welcome to the MADNESS of ebooks that they don't talk about in the
media.

I was about to invest in a Kindle or similar until at the last moment I
started to look at book prices. They are CRAZY.
Most of the time they cost as much as a real book and often MORE. The
publishing industry is trying to screw as much out of customers before
they wake up and smell the odour.

I decided to use my iPhone and acquire ebooks 'elsewhere'...


H
From: J.J. O'Shea on 4 Jan 2010 12:02
On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:52:58 -0500, Howard wrote
(in article <1jbt04q.bbazqcry8iccN%Howard.not(a)home.com>):

> Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:
>
>> I'm about to go off skiing (whee!) and thought I'd download a few e-books
>> onto my iPhone, since I'm travelling light. (EasyJet now feel the need to
>> charge an extra �20 if I want to take any luggage with me).
>>
>> I just flicked through a few thrillers, and find that at BooksOnBoard the
>> e-versions of new, popular, books (which I can only read myself) is anything
>> up to four times the price I can pay for a real book from Amazon (which I
>> can
>> give to someone else when I've finished with it). What on earth is going on?
>>
>> Martin S Taylor
>
> Welcome to the MADNESS of ebooks that they don't talk about in the
> media.
>
> I was about to invest in a Kindle or similar until at the last moment I
> started to look at book prices. They are CRAZY.
> Most of the time they cost as much as a real book and often MORE. The
> publishing industry is trying to screw as much out of customers before
> they wake up and smell the odour.
>
> I decided to use my iPhone and acquire ebooks 'elsewhere'...
>
>
> H

alt.binaries.ebooks. alt.binaries.e-books. etc. Set up a filter to remove the
..LIT and .PDB and .IMP stuff, most of it won't work on a Mac.

Just sayin'.

--
email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.

From: Howard on 4 Jan 2010 12:42
J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote:

> alt.binaries.ebooks. alt.binaries.e-books. etc. Set up a filter to remove the
> .LIT and .PDB and .IMP stuff, most of it won't work on a Mac.
>
> Just sayin'.

Not in Stanza ???

H
From: J.J. O'Shea on 4 Jan 2010 13:47
On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:42:27 -0500, Howard wrote
(in article <1jbt2hw.1jpk8qy1bzihz4N%Howard.not(a)home.com>):

> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote:
>
>> alt.binaries.ebooks. alt.binaries.e-books. etc. Set up a filter to remove
>> the
>> .LIT and .PDB and .IMP stuff, most of it won't work on a Mac.
>>
>> Just sayin'.
>
> Not in Stanza ???
>
> H

Stanza (and MacLit) will read some .LIT stuff, and I think there are apps
which will read some .PDB stuff, but so far as I know there aren't any Mac
apps which will read _all_ .LIT or .PDB stuff, and _any_ .IMP stuff.

--
email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.

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