http://mobilitysite.disqus.com/enSat, 17 Oct 2009 09:19:18 -0000http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/10/libraries-ebooks-and-love-stories/#comment-20260060<p><br>Other than the DRM issues, before bying an ereader, please consider that paper books are more sustainable and better for the environment:</p><p><a href="http://selfdestructivebastards.blogspot.com/2009/10/ebooks-versus-paper.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://selfdestructivebastards.blogspot.com/2009/10/ebooks-versus-paper.html">http://selfdestructivebasta...</a></p>Chris LawrenceSat, 17 Oct 2009 09:19:18 -0000http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/10/libraries-ebooks-and-love-stories/#comment-20172987<p>I don't understand all this drama.</p><p>I know why publishers charge more for a title that will certainly see multiple readings. The software industry resolves this by charging a sliding-scale fee according to the # of users (readers) licensed. Why not charge a sliding scale or renewable price for # of views? (I.e. Price: $25/25 views-renewable, or $40/50 views-renewable, etc.)</p><p>Another idea already in practice, is making the first book/s in a series available for free, while selling the more recent novels in the series. Reading the first of Lara Adrian's Midnight Breed series, Kiss of Midnight, (which I downloaded for free) was my personal cocaine - I became addicted and bought the rest of the series. This model could operate on triggers of time or $sales, as the benchmark of time/profits is reached, the price to libraries slides down. Alternately, this could also be done by offering early author works for free (especially for those books not in a series) or when declining sales reach a specified threshold.</p><p>We're talking about new and dynamic media, the solution will need to be fresh and progessive, as well. Innovate, don't abrogate.</p>soulluminationThu, 15 Oct 2009 21:53:58 -0000http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/10/libraries-ebooks-and-love-stories/#comment-20111737<p>Not that I know of...but with science anything is possible.</p>ZealotThu, 15 Oct 2009 07:03:25 -0000http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/10/libraries-ebooks-and-love-stories/#comment-20111502<p>is this the same Zealot that used to roam the halls of UPOC..? </p>y2LReyThu, 15 Oct 2009 06:49:27 -0000