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Re: PG vs Amazon
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

jon said: > That is the most practical response to the situation that I have seen. > The rest of the excahnges have been 90% self-indulgent inbox clutter. this list never ceases to amuse me. when i suggest that p.g. should beat the harvesters to the punch by selling p.g. e-books at amazon, it's "self-indulgent inbox clutter". when linda suggests the same thing, it's "the most practical response". bless your little heart, jon... :+) it's all moot anyway, because google is about ready to blow the doors off the joint... they've just announced that google editions will go live "before christmas", and they have well over 30,000 e-texts, my friends. yeah, yeah, your accuracy is better. and betamax was better than vhs. -bowerbird

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Re: PG book for sale with license intact
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

carlo said: > No cease-and-desist notice can be sent. did you think i was serious? :+) -bowerbird

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Re: PG book for sale with license intact
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

andy said: > Where should this be reported, if at all? ok, who wants to volunteer to be on the team that sends out the cease-and-desist notices? don't all step forward at once, now... -bowerbird

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PG book for sale with license intact
by ahwang＠pglaf.org 05 Dec '10

05 Dec '10

It appears that PG etext #33283 (Calculus Made Easy) is being sold by myebook.com with its Gutenberg license intact: http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=47492 I'm guessing this contravenes the PG license, though I don't know who to ask about whether a third-party seller is paying royalties to PG. Where should this be reported, if at all? Thanks, Andy

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Amazon charging for PG books
by Al Haines 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

This link was sent to me by an ebook submitter: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/11/amazon_charges_ kindle_users_fo.html Al

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Re: Amazon charging for PG books
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

so let's boil the question down to the hard case, shall we? suppose that amazon -- or anyone else -- offered up that project gutenberg could veto a republisher selling e-texts that "reasonably" look like they were repurposed from p.g., and amazon (or that anyone else) would respect the veto... do you think project gutenberg should exercise that veto? consider the matter carefully, my friends, _very_ carefully... -bowerbird

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Re: number one favorite thing ever
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

jim said: > The only android permutation that I see as being "hard" are > perhaps the touch variations of capacitive vs resistive vs no-touch. well, touch-screen versus not, that's a pretty big start, isn't it? your touch-screen program won't work on a non-touch phone. the carriers spec the phones, so there are no required features, which means there are none that you can depend on to be there. and if a piece of software doesn't find all the features it needs, it's not going to end up pleasing the customer very much, is it? the first generation android phones are what?, 18 months old, and they've already been orphaned, unable to upgrade to the current version of the operating system, let alone future ones... i wish android the best of luck... apple needs a good competitor to help push along the state of the art at more than a snail's pace. i just think programming android is gonna be building on sand... -bowerbird

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Re: number one favorite thing ever
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

jim said: > I think there is some argument for the Android Tabs > being the machine of the future. really? > The Samsung Galaxy Tab is getting there not really. have you read _all_ of the reviews? > as is the ebook reader software available on the Androids. software shouldn't be hard. unless you have to work around a million different permutations of the hardware, a la android... i'm not saying it can't be done... but i _can_ say that it ain't easy. and software shouldn't be hard. > But $600 is pretty pricy for a tablet reader > [that actually supports the Android Marketplace] > vs. $150 for a netbook offering more storage and functionality. the price-difference indicates to me that you're comparing two different products, with different expectations and so forth... > Now, if only one *could* tear off the keyboard. unless your operating system was built to be touch-oriented from the ground up, it really is a lot more difficult than deleting a keyboard. and that's why apple is now moving _toward_ the place where its i.o.s. can operate the mac. but they aren't there yet. and the copycats are -- as you would expect -- even farther back... -bowerbird

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Re: PG vs Amazon
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

jon said: > Oh come ON bb, mind your antecedents > unless you are posing as a troll or paranoid!! ok, so let me see if i'm getting this straight... i can either say that i am: a) a troll, or b) paranoid, or c) indulging in self-indulgent inbox clutter, or d) (presumably) all of the above. oh gee, jon, that's such a rich range of choices, i'm torn badly, and simply _cannot_ decide, so why don't you just pick and surprise me, all right? thanks so much! and you have a nice day too, ok? :+) in the meantime, we have reached agreement, that linda's proposal is logical, trenchant, and might yet prove effective. i know i'm certainly rooting for her. heck, i'm treating her idea as if it was my very own... -bowerbird

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Re: use of the public-domain is neither illegal nor unethical
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

you're wrong, keith. and -- as we have now seen -- nobody else here cares enough about you to _tell_ you that, so i shan't bother any more either. but hey, have a nice day, ok? :+) -bowerbird

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