You create misery
Have your cake and eat it
Take your place in history
And pray we don’t repeat it
Call it fate
Call it back
Call it off
Don’t call me later
Lay your head in your bed
It’s just how you made it
Kosheen ~ Catch
DIY Book Scanner Introduction and Motivation from Daniel Reetz on Vimeo.
Teleread: The $300 do-it-yourself book scanner
So for $300.00 anyone can turn a purchased or used or borrowed Hardcover into a non-scannable (It’s a picture not text) but still readable internet ready PDF file in 20 minutes. Combine this with a nice OCR software package and you have Traditional Publishing Armageddon on line one. The Copyright Wars are over and the Internet Won and even if Google does not get it’s agreement through any book can and will still be on Torrent just like this. 2010 Publishing is gonna have a really bad year.
Thanks Chris!
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead…
Questions to ask yourself while watching that video…
Did the publisher of that Hardcover book hurt the chances of the author of that Hardcover book making any profit or stop anyone from copying that Hardcover book using DRM or reasonably TRY to stop this from ever happening by making a fucking god damn eBook available? Do you honestly think DRM stops anything happening and why?
Did the publisher of that REISSUED Hardcover book hurt the chances of the author of that REISSUED Hardcover book from making any profit because it has been out for years now but the publisher never got around to making that REISSUED Hardcover book available in a reasonably priced eBook format?
Did the publisher of that BRAND NEW Hardcover book hurt the chances of the author of that BRAND NEW Hardcover book making any profit by delaying the availability of an eBook format for the next 8 months while that guys new file is sitting on Torrent enjoying the benefits of all that free publicity from the publisher you the author will never see a penny of? The publisher sure the hell does not care because he got his Hardcover to sell. I wonder why?
So two options seem to be available here “Sue that kid” who probably has no money and nothing says he did anything wrong really he is just demonstrating the capabilities of current low cost technology anyone can buy or “Sue the publisher for mismanagement of Digital Rights starting with Random House because they are just asking for it” who does have money and who through years of ignorance and crappy business decisions are obviously to blame for the mess all Traditionally Published (but not available in eBook) authors are in at this very moment. Start your lawyers! On my mark! Go!
Tags: eBook Commentary
Chris wrote,
You’re very welcome! So, do we kick back with beers now to watch the show get really interesting? ;)
Link | December 12th, 2009 at 11:19 am
TeddyPig wrote,
No wonder TextBook Publishers are scurrying to get their stuff into eBook.
Either they get their products out there and at a low price or every college kid will have that TextBook in eBook format anyway and no one will be paid and the battle is over and I am sorry but it is not like the cash strapped Colleges or the low paid Teachers or the Parents paying tuition will play eBook police or really care how the student got that expensive TextBook on his eBook Reader. In fact, I think college was the only place I ever heard about anyone Xeroxing whole books.
That is why Microsoft has a “Student” edition of Microsoft Office in a nutshell. Either meet the demand at a reasonable price or you won’t sell a damn thing because people will have it anyway. Technology will eventually make every playing field a battle of wills.
Link | December 12th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Janey Chapel wrote,
Hi! Didn’t want to be rude and only comment on your guest-blogger’s entry! :) My father taught copyright law for thirty years — almost 90 now, he’s been an internet junkie since the late 1980s. His take on all this is that the old rules simply can’t be applied to the new technology, but that institutions are slow to change and resist every step of the way.
Link | December 13th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
TeddyPig wrote,
Well unfortunately Janey I see the real talent… The Writers getting screwed through all of this. The publishers are now just “bean counters” and “media magnets” not experts and they will “sell the farm and slaughter the cows” as the business collapses due to their failure to properly address the needs of the eBook reading public.
The problem is the Authors are allowing these poorly run publishers to assume/take their Digital Rights and misuse them when if they said NO and kept them for themselves or demanded them back when not properly used they might have a chance at making “some money” on Amazon or Fictionwise putting their books out for sale in eBook format. Unfortunately in this case I really think they have been indoctrinated to follow the leader unfortunately the leader is about ready to write this whole thing off in his tax return and tank the business to go make better profits selling jeans in China. Because profits is profits.
Link | December 13th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
It’s Time To Play: Spot The Idiot! | The Naughty Bits wrote,
[...] Despite the fact eBook Readers have been discussing how they feel any prices above $9.99 are price gouging. Despite the fact this is the same old complaint heard about Apple iTunes pricing. Despite the fact I can go buy a used book and digitize it legally myself very quickly and for a whole lot less than p…. [...]
Link | December 16th, 2009 at 12:01 pm