tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post5132782590996454591..comments2023-11-14T18:39:04.624-07:00Comments on James LaRue - myliblog: The ee!book is coming!Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759880634583081097noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post-35960783148636362012-03-26T13:10:53.105-07:002012-03-26T13:10:53.105-07:00Jeff, the next layer of our response should be not...Jeff, the next layer of our response should be not just to help people publish, but to write better books. A combination of partnerships (with writers groups, community colleges, and freelance editors) might be one place to start.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05759880634583081097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post-23152605858010920232012-03-26T12:20:39.631-07:002012-03-26T12:20:39.631-07:00Books that kill: "The Name of the Rose,"...Books that kill: "The Name of the Rose," of course. I applaud you for looking forward. I'm stuck on the first asterisk: crap. I have six self-published books on my desk that authors want us to buy or otherwise put in the library. The best one still doesn't rise to the next asterisk on your list. Millions of such books every year, the equivalent of the yard in the middle of nowhere covered in spinning yard ornaments made of painted 2x4s--all For Sale. Sigh.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417863300787897993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post-32116048045154771482012-03-25T12:44:52.747-07:002012-03-25T12:44:52.747-07:00And here's another idea: hero books. You repor...And here's another idea: hero books. You report a book as a criminal, then download a hero. It tries to recover your money, then goes after the other book to bring it to justice.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05759880634583081097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post-68593418519464703892012-03-25T12:17:43.532-07:002012-03-25T12:17:43.532-07:00Certainly, the potential for good is also great. B...Certainly, the potential for good is also great. But the story of email is instructive. At first, so cheap, so immediate. Then, spam and viruses. There's no putting the genie back in the bottle, of course. So we need to get ready to deal with the downside.<br /><br />Books that kill. Love it. And books that MUST DIE.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05759880634583081097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post-70669735983028518102012-03-25T11:40:08.876-07:002012-03-25T11:40:08.876-07:00Books that kill. I think there was a Star Trek ep...Books that kill. I think there was a Star Trek episode about that. Or maybe it was The Avengers. *sigh*Melissa Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979135540520555583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post-19167392512626195962012-03-25T11:37:10.798-07:002012-03-25T11:37:10.798-07:00Also, people will figure out how to use the javasc...Also, people will figure out how to use the javascript capabilities of ebook readers (which are almost all based on the Webkit rendering engine, same as firefox and safari) to do things you might not want an ebook to do.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483241450401134977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post-61895668191424580132012-03-25T11:26:06.909-07:002012-03-25T11:26:06.909-07:00I think it's more complicated than that, becau...I think it's more complicated than that, because of course there will be ePubs that take full advantage of multimedia and hyperlinking, and are not evil at all...Andromedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570669960490418748noreply@blogger.com