Smashwords is one of my favorite ebookstores. I probably buy more ebooks there than from any other ebookstore. A lot of that has to do with price, but it also has to do with my desire to find great reads from indie authors rather than supporting Agency 6 overpricing of ebooks. The good of Smashwords is that it [...]
Entries Tagged as 'bad'
Smashwords: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
March 9th, 2011 · 10 Comments · opinion
Tags:bad·good·smashwords·ugly
The Agency Model. Not a bad idea, only illegal (in Australia)
March 4th, 2011 · 6 Comments · opinion
by Darryl Adams With Random House entering the Agency Price Model with the rest of the 5 big publishers (Hatchet, Harper Collins, Random House, McMillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster), there has been a lot of discussion about the practice. Firstly, to be clear, Agency Pricing is illegal in Australia. As a form of Price [...]
An Example Of Bad eBook Formatting
November 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · opinion
by Mike Cane It shouldn’t have to be this way, either. Harriman House thought so highly of the late Max Gunther’s long out-of-print books that they’ve gotten not only the print rights, but the eBook ones too. While the print editions are probably very readable, the eBook ones are just a disaster. Thanks to Moriah [...]
Tags:bad·ebook·formatting
Cherrypal’s Max Seybold is so bad…
October 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments · opinion
His ex-wife sued him for fraud! A couple weeks ago I posted about how I was scammed by Max Seybold and a company called Cherrypal. On Monday one of Max’s other victims contacted me and suggested that I check the court records for Santa Clara County (that’s where the scumbag lives). Oh, boy. You’re not [...]
When Copyright Goes Bad (video)
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized, video
I found this video while reading about the watchlist I just posted. The video was made by Access to Knowledge. Here’s a summary of the video: For centuries, copyrighti law has existed to protect creative production whilst promoting public access. But the digital age is challenging this balance and fundamentally changing the nature of the [...]
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