Comments for Booksquare http://booksquare.com Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Mon, 21 May 2012 06:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Ebook Pricing: Who Chooses? by The Future of the Book | The John Fox http://booksquare.com/ebook-pricing-who-chooses/comment-page-1/#comment-173066 The Future of the Book | The John Fox Mon, 21 May 2012 06:15:54 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3083#comment-173066 [...] talks about how e-pricing will affect publishers (and check out all the [...] [...] talks about how e-pricing will affect publishers (and check out all the [...]

]]> Comment on Reading in the Digital Age, or, Reading How We’ve Always Read by Books » excellent review of social reading http://booksquare.com/reading-in-the-digital-age-or-reading-how-weve-always-read/comment-page-1/#comment-173062 Books » excellent review of social reading Sun, 13 May 2012 17:43:19 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3780#comment-173062 [...] Krozser has posted a long thoughtful piece on social reading. As much as the idea of enhanced ebooks brings the sexy to publishing, it [...] [...] Krozser has posted a long thoughtful piece on social reading. As much as the idea of enhanced ebooks brings the sexy to publishing, it [...]

]]> Comment on What Are Enhanced Ebooks? by J.B. http://booksquare.com/what-are-enhanced-ebooks/comment-page-2/#comment-173061 J.B. Thu, 03 May 2012 18:29:28 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3552#comment-173061 I'm something of a Luddite myself -- this is exactly why I hate DVDs and end up ripping just the movie to a video file. I don't need all the extra crap. Just give me the damn title already. With VHS you could fast-forward the tape through the previews. DVDs in their native state don't allow you to skip, and with all the "deleted scenes," "bloopers," and behind the scenes documentaries about the behind the scenes documentary, they could have put another full movie, maybe two, on the same disc. I don't buy e-books, actually. Most self-pub is still crap (a la Fifty Shades of S*x Sells Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Honing My Craft), and the hell I'm going to buy a $200+ computer to read something that would cost me five to ten bucks at a bookstore -- or $0 at the library. Yeah, I know you can get e-books downloaded from the library to your device, but that's still $200 that could be put toward something else. The library book is basically $0 except in that it comes out of taxes. This "enhanced" crap or whatever new gimmick the digital market is aiming for can go stuff it in the ethernet port. Why the hell should writers have to learn programming? HTML is not art; it's math! The most I'll ever make use of anything involving computer code is poking fun at a stereotypical nerd in a fictional narrative! I’m something of a Luddite myself — this is exactly why I hate DVDs and end up ripping just the movie to a video file. I don’t need all the extra crap. Just give me the damn title already. With VHS you could fast-forward the tape through the previews. DVDs in their native state don’t allow you to skip, and with all the “deleted scenes,” “bloopers,” and behind the scenes documentaries about the behind the scenes documentary, they could have put another full movie, maybe two, on the same disc.

I don’t buy e-books, actually. Most self-pub is still crap (a la Fifty Shades of S*x Sells Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Honing My Craft), and the hell I’m going to buy a $200+ computer to read something that would cost me five to ten bucks at a bookstore — or $0 at the library. Yeah, I know you can get e-books downloaded from the library to your device, but that’s still $200 that could be put toward something else. The library book is basically $0 except in that it comes out of taxes.

This “enhanced” crap or whatever new gimmick the digital market is aiming for can go stuff it in the ethernet port. Why the hell should writers have to learn programming? HTML is not art; it’s math! The most I’ll ever make use of anything involving computer code is poking fun at a stereotypical nerd in a fictional narrative!

]]> Comment on New Think? Not So Much by Writing Without Copyright http://booksquare.com/new-think-not-so-much/comment-page-2/#comment-173057 Writing Without Copyright Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:25:40 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3146#comment-173057 [...] Even with early demand, publishers were slow to catch on. At a 2009 South by Southwest panel called “New Think for Old Publishers,” publishers walked away looking like a lonely middle aged guy desperately trying to convince a bunch [...] [...] Even with early demand, publishers were slow to catch on. At a 2009 South by Southwest panel called “New Think for Old Publishers,” publishers walked away looking like a lonely middle aged guy desperately trying to convince a bunch [...]

]]> Comment on What Are Enhanced Ebooks? by Here’s How Social Reading Might Actually Work — paidContent http://booksquare.com/what-are-enhanced-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-173056 Here’s How Social Reading Might Actually Work — paidContent Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:31:26 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3552#comment-173056 [...] are not enhancements. These are marketing materials,” Kassia Krozser of Booksquare wrote last year. Subtext gives users a chance to try better enhancements for free and lets publishers see [...] [...] are not enhancements. These are marketing materials,” Kassia Krozser of Booksquare wrote last year. Subtext gives users a chance to try better enhancements for free and lets publishers see [...]

]]> Comment on Reading in the Digital Age, or, Reading How We’ve Always Read by Portaletture » Lettura e pensiero http://booksquare.com/reading-in-the-digital-age-or-reading-how-weve-always-read/comment-page-1/#comment-173055 Portaletture » Lettura e pensiero Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:37:04 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3780#comment-173055 [...] Read (tr. it. Leggere nell’era digitale, o del leggere come abbiamo sempre letto), “Booksquare” (2010). // marzo 19th, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a [...] [...] Read (tr. it. Leggere nell’era digitale, o del leggere come abbiamo sempre letto), “Booksquare” (2010). // marzo 19th, 2012 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a [...]

]]> Comment on Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. by This Week in Books 2/10/12 | | Lenore KochLenore Koch http://booksquare.com/tools-of-change-2012-today-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-173054 This Week in Books 2/10/12 | | Lenore KochLenore Koch Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:23:28 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3843#comment-173054 [...] Whew! Meanwhile, Kassia Krozser at Booksquare previews the Tools of Change conference and tackles the perennial topic of print/e-book bundling. [...] [...] Whew! Meanwhile, Kassia Krozser at Booksquare previews the Tools of Change conference and tackles the perennial topic of print/e-book bundling. [...]

]]> Comment on Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. by eBook Author Healines-Revisited-Feb 13, 2012 | http://booksquare.com/tools-of-change-2012-today-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-173048 eBook Author Healines-Revisited-Feb 13, 2012 | Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:50:44 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3843#comment-173048 [...] Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. [...] [...] Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. [...]

]]> Comment on BEA 2009: A Bit of Deja Vu All Over Again by BookExpo ’09: A Whirlwind of Fun + Worry « Follow The Reader http://booksquare.com/bea-2009-a-bit-of-deja-vu-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-173040 BookExpo ’09: A Whirlwind of Fun + Worry « Follow The Reader Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:22:59 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3294#comment-173040 [...] BookSquare: BEA 2009: A Bit of Deja Vu All Over Again [...] [...] BookSquare: BEA 2009: A Bit of Deja Vu All Over Again [...]

]]> Comment on Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. by Digital publishing | Pearltrees http://booksquare.com/tools-of-change-2012-today-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-173039 Digital publishing | Pearltrees Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:02:55 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3843#comment-173039 [...] Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. | Booksquare Want to see an open source, WordPress-based digital publishing tool (full disclosure and all that)? Done. Curious to discover what is really meant by “ Agile Publishing “? Thinking you want to get into the business of building strong, enduring communities around your content? [...] [...] Tools of Change 2012: Today. Tomorrow. | Booksquare Want to see an open source, WordPress-based digital publishing tool (full disclosure and all that)? Done. Curious to discover what is really meant by “ Agile Publishing “? Thinking you want to get into the business of building strong, enduring communities around your content? [...]

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