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Sep 19, 2017 14:00:19   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
Once upon a time e-books had a price difference since they were not printed and that cost was gone.

Now e-books and regular books are the same price resulting in me (and likely other) getting seriously upset. I do not mind paying a premium for paper but I sure as am not willing to pay premium for a e-book.

The results? I am now scouring the WEB for bootleg copies. If the writer lose part of their income, it their fault by being as greedy as their publisher so **** them.

I have many sources for french e-books. Now I will push my search toward english e-books.

That's it.

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Sep 19, 2017 14:11:43   #
Sneidley Loc: Goodyear, AZ
 
Unless you are looking for a specific book, check out BookBub. Older books, but offered at cheep prices, some even free.

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Sep 19, 2017 14:13:06   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
Sneidley wrote:
Unless you are looking for a specific book, check out BookBub. Older books, but offered at cheep prices, some even free.

Thank you. What set me off is the 16.95 for the last book of a series, published in May this year.

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Sep 19, 2017 17:32:47   #
G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK
 
Beware, some of the free sites download books in chapters (some missing)
Some amazon books are free - but only if you sign up for amazon prime.....
seems like a free lunch is that which 'just ran out'.

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Sep 19, 2017 17:50:13   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
G Brown wrote:
Beware, some of the free sites download books in chapters (some missing)
Some amazon books are free - but only if you sign up for amazon prime.....
seems like a free lunch is that which 'just ran out'.

I have prime. I just despise greed.

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Sep 19, 2017 18:57:16   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Rongnongno wrote:

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I just despise greed.


No reason other than greed to price an e-book the same as a paper version.
I can't imagine the cost of printing and binding a book, even with automation, to only be a few dollars more than an e-book! This whole process is eliminated.

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Sep 19, 2017 19:49:07   #
sjb3
 
I am a regular user of the Project Gutenberg site; free books that are in the public domain. I have been having a great time these past few months downloading hundreds of stories from the various science fiction magazines of the 50's and early 60's like Galaxy, Analog and Orbit, to name just a few. A liberal amount of novels from the same era included. They're all available for download in many different formats including (of course) Kindle.

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Sep 19, 2017 22:27:44   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
sjb3 wrote:
I am a regular user of the Project Gutenberg site; free books that are in the public domain. I have been having a great time these past few months downloading hundreds of stories from the various science fiction magazines of the 50's and early 60's like Galaxy, Analog and Orbit, to name just a few. A liberal amount of novels from the same era included. They're all available for download in many different formats including (of course) Kindle.

May I ask for the link?

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Sep 20, 2017 01:21:35   #
sjb3
 
Rongnongno wrote:
May I ask for the link?


Sorry, I should have done that when I posted.

http://www.gutenberg.org/

This will take you to the Science Fiction I mentioned:

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_(Bookshelf)

Hope you enjoy Project Gutenberg!

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Sep 20, 2017 06:46:36   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
Rongnongno wrote:
Once upon a time e-books had a price difference since they were not printed and that cost was gone.

Now e-books and regular books are the same price resulting in me (and likely other) getting seriously upset. I do not mind paying a premium for paper but I sure as am not willing to pay premium for a e-book.

The results? I am now scouring the WEB for bootleg copies. If the writer lose part of their income, it their fault by being as greedy as their publisher so **** them.

I have many sources for french e-books. Now I will push my search toward english e-books.

That's it.
Once upon a time e-books had a price difference si... (show quote)


I am not sure that the writer even benefits. I am surprised that famous authors have not abandoned their publishers to put out their own e-books - but I guess they depend on the hard copy sales and those advance paychecks! It is outrageous to me that a digital edition - which needs no printing, shipping, and storage costs - should cost as much as a hardbound book! So when a new book comes out that I want to read I buy the hardbound version - it then either gets circulated to family members and/or donated to our local library or Goodwill Store, so it gets many more uses.

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Sep 20, 2017 07:05:51   #
nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL
 
I totally agree! I never use my e-reader anymore because I can buy the book at Costco or Sam's club for the same or lower and pass it on to someone else.

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Sep 20, 2017 07:30:20   #
BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD
 
I hate e-readers - want to hold paper. Unfortunately I have no more room for paper - my book shelves are overflowing.

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Sep 20, 2017 07:53:10   #
bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY
 
Rongnongno wrote:
Once upon a time e-books had a price difference since they were not printed and that cost was gone.

Now e-books and regular books are the same price resulting in me (and likely other) getting seriously upset. I do not mind paying a premium for paper but I sure as am not willing to pay premium for a e-book.

The results? I am now scouring the WEB for bootleg copies. If the writer lose part of their income, it their fault by being as greedy as their publisher so **** them.

I have many sources for french e-books. Now I will push my search toward english e-books.

That's it.
Once upon a time e-books had a price difference si... (show quote)


Check project Gutenberg, free classics

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Sep 20, 2017 08:13:00   #
incognito
 
Rongnongno wrote:
Once upon a time e-books had a price difference since they were not printed and that cost was gone.

Now e-books and regular books are the same price resulting in me (and likely other) getting seriously upset. I do not mind paying a premium for paper but I sure as am not willing to pay premium for a e-book.

The results? I am now scouring the WEB for bootleg copies. If the writer lose part of their income, it their fault by being as greedy as their publisher so **** them.

I have many sources for french e-books. Now I will push my search toward english e-books.

That's it.
Once upon a time e-books had a price difference si... (show quote)

Careful there. Bootleg copies will get you a visit with the local, state, federal people looking to get the authors money back and then some. Wouldn't want to see you be the skinny in prison.

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Sep 20, 2017 08:26:17   #
fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH
 
I have a Kindle but still frequent the public library mostly browsing the Science Fiction aisles (thanks for the Project Gutenberg tip; I'll check it out). I'm not an Amazon Prime subscriber but I find there are lots and lots of Sci-Fi books for $2.99 to $5.99 (free, for Amazon Prime). However, as the saying goes, "You get what you pay for." These low-cost books have spelling and grammar errors, they seem to have been written by an eighth grader, they waste whole chapters on an insignificant point and they ramble on without any plot progression. In short, they are in dire need of a good editor but I believe it's very easy to "publish" an electronic book (at least on Amazon) without that service.

As a corollary to Rongnongo's peeve, let me add that I'm really annoyed that most of today's Sci-Fi "books" are a series of 3, 4, 5 or more separate books. When I take a book off the shelf and the cover reads something like "Book 1 of the Earth/Sea Saga," I put it back on the shelf. I just finished re-reading Clifford Simak's "City" written in the early '60's, I believe. Great story and great writing with a complete plot, start to finish, in one book. Seems like authors now-a-days are unable to complete a plot in one book. Then again, if you're shelling out $2.99 per volume for a 3-volume story, you're back to paying full "paper" price for a bunch of no-cost megabytes.

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