Comments on: From Kindle To Kindling http://botherer.org/2009/03/04/from-kindle-to-kindling/ John Walker's Electronic House Mon, 21 May 2012 08:13:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: J-Man http://botherer.org/2009/03/04/from-kindle-to-kindling/comment-page-1/#comment-5516 J-Man Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:32:56 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1183#comment-5516 Botherer: Officially my favourite new politics/news blog. Botherer: Officially my favourite new politics/news blog.

]]> By: Dolphan http://botherer.org/2009/03/04/from-kindle-to-kindling/comment-page-1/#comment-5515 Dolphan Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:17:14 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1183#comment-5515 This is probably the best I've seen on this stuff: http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/end-of-audiobook-argument.html This is probably the best I’ve seen on this stuff: http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/02/end-of-audiobook-argument.html

]]> By: Juliet http://botherer.org/2009/03/04/from-kindle-to-kindling/comment-page-1/#comment-5513 Juliet Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:29:11 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1183#comment-5513 While I can normally read perfectly well, sometimes OCD means it's near impossible for me to continue reading. Something like this would have been really useful as audio books are so expensive usually (and I would genuinely prefer to pay for them). While I can normally read perfectly well, sometimes OCD means it’s near impossible for me to continue reading. Something like this would have been really useful as audio books are so expensive usually (and I would genuinely prefer to pay for them).

]]> By: NM http://botherer.org/2009/03/04/from-kindle-to-kindling/comment-page-1/#comment-5512 NM Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:13:25 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1183#comment-5512 In St Augustine's time, it was considered near witchcraft to read without moving one's lips and uttering. He writes in awe about a cleric who did this silent devilry. In St Augustine’s time, it was considered near witchcraft to read without moving one’s lips and uttering. He writes in awe about a cleric who did this silent devilry.

]]> By: Ian http://botherer.org/2009/03/04/from-kindle-to-kindling/comment-page-1/#comment-5511 Ian Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:04:35 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1183#comment-5511 People who read books aloud are the worst kind of criminal. The sooner we're allowed to put such people on the rack the better, says I. People who read books aloud are the worst kind of criminal.

The sooner we’re allowed to put such people on the rack the better, says I.

]]> By: NM http://botherer.org/2009/03/04/from-kindle-to-kindling/comment-page-1/#comment-5510 NM Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:58:19 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1183#comment-5510 As a case in point: I was quite willing to purchase an audiobook recently online. It was only available in some obnoxious DRM form which wouldn't work under Linux. So I did a quick search, found it on hundreds of torrents and had a nice MP3 version half an hour later. More recently still, Cory Doctorow made a fan-read version of one of his books available for free. I was so impressed I paid for it. Well done, industry! As a case in point: I was quite willing to purchase an audiobook recently online. It was only available in some obnoxious DRM form which wouldn’t work under Linux. So I did a quick search, found it on hundreds of torrents and had a nice MP3 version half an hour later.

More recently still, Cory Doctorow made a fan-read version of one of his books available for free. I was so impressed I paid for it.

Well done, industry!

]]> By: ImperialCreed http://botherer.org/2009/03/04/from-kindle-to-kindling/comment-page-1/#comment-5509 ImperialCreed Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:25:51 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1183#comment-5509 You see John, everything you just wrote there made perfect, clear sense. And that highlights what's so dumb about problems like this. People like Blunt have seemingly just lost the ability to think clearly. They certainly aren't very consumer focused in their policy and efforts and that's what's ultimately going to kill them I think. It seems no one has learned from the cack-handed way the music industry has been conducting itself since the birth of the torrent. Even the games industry has been slow to change its ways (and in some cases publishers are even taking steps backwards with DRM). And Amazon should be ashamed, that is if faceless international corporations are capable of experiencing emotions. The fact they were clearly right just makes them look like spineless morons. You see John, everything you just wrote there made perfect, clear sense. And that highlights what’s so dumb about problems like this. People like Blunt have seemingly just lost the ability to think clearly. They certainly aren’t very consumer focused in their policy and efforts and that’s what’s ultimately going to kill them I think. It seems no one has learned from the cack-handed way the music industry has been conducting itself since the birth of the torrent. Even the games industry has been slow to change its ways (and in some cases publishers are even taking steps backwards with DRM).

And Amazon should be ashamed, that is if faceless international corporations are capable of experiencing emotions. The fact they were clearly right just makes them look like spineless morons.

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