tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post6497259905554102486..comments2023-04-15T11:42:35.385-04:00Comments on Go To Hellman: In 2013, eBook Sales Collapsed... in My Household.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-18090079389387111232014-01-02T11:59:39.984-05:002014-01-02T11:59:39.984-05:00And Amazon probably saved itself at most $0.50 by ...And Amazon probably saved itself at most $0.50 by using the cheap power cord.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483241450401134977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-80227158931682958302014-01-02T11:47:01.306-05:002014-01-02T11:47:01.306-05:00"The lack of in-app purchase for Kindle has r..."The lack of in-app purchase for Kindle has resulted in a significant impediment to Kindle purchases."<br /><br />Takes a minute to open Safari and purchase the book from Amazon.James Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359953443696453671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-36752531202276322562014-01-02T11:26:36.945-05:002014-01-02T11:26:36.945-05:00I've been noticing lately that titles on Kindl...I've been noticing lately that titles on Kindle have dramatically increased over the last year or so. To pay $15 for an electronic version of a book which I cannot easily share with friends and family (or pass down to the next generation) is simply too much for me. I may as well simply buy a hardcopy or, if it's not something I plan on sharing, I just check it out from the local library. Ebooks should cost substantially less than a printed book which had to be physically bound and shipped to a store where it took up valuable space until I picked it up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06220246148371912520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-62226423906768138022014-01-02T10:50:55.425-05:002014-01-02T10:50:55.425-05:00I have found myself more picky about purchases, ba...I have found myself more picky about purchases, based largely on how much sampling I can do before buying. Personally (i.e. not for work), I find my ebook purchases more than replacing print for non-fiction more than fiction, The ease of access, ability to easily research books on subjects that I read about in the news, these are the key to my increased ebook purchases. I still resist giving up a lot of old print books to make room for new, and therefore read more and more in ebook for convenience but I am back to gifting print -- and loaning a physical book is still so much more "friendly," -- social media just doesn't have the depth of a personal conversation or even email exchange. <br /><br />My increasing frustration with DRM that means I can't have my library all in one place on my iPad or link my books as you might on a fan fiction site. I discover new writers to follow and can't easily create a new "shelf." Library ebooks are more limited than the iBookstore and not helpful. <br /><br />What is most discouraging is that my college-age or recently graduated nieces read so little in any form outside of their academic fields. <br /><br />I can't imagine how poor my first household after college would have been without all the books I kept because they were so much more than textbooks.<br /><br />There is much missing from life as an ebook reader when your "bookshelf" is as much a short-hand journal of interests as recreation or resource. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-30261234860523924152014-01-01T17:51:03.668-05:002014-01-01T17:51:03.668-05:00wow. Last year, my own kindle came close to dying,...wow. Last year, my own kindle came close to dying, it wouldn't hold a charge anymore. And, yeah, the power cord frayed so much it felt dangerous to use it. <br /><br />So I got a much cheaper nook on Black Friday. Also, I have been reading more fan fiction, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com