Comments on: Giving Away Free Content As Publishing Industry Shakes Down http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/ Think. Create. Write. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Werker http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-5639 Kim Werker Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:36:26 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-5639 About what? About what?

]]> By: julie http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-5638 julie Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:31:39 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-5638 Holy cow. I had no idea. Holy cow. I had no idea.

]]> By: Kim Werker http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-5089 Kim Werker Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:36:26 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-5089 About what? About what?

]]> By: Kim Werker http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4376 Kim Werker Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:36:26 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-4376 About what? About what?

]]> By: julie http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4375 julie Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:31:39 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-4375 Holy cow. I had no idea. Holy cow. I had no idea.

]]> By: knitgrrl http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4373 knitgrrl Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:34:33 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-4373 I think part of the problem with the Kindle stuff right now (because if you do it RIGHT, tables, etc all look just fine) is the publishers being lazy with their formatting. Like anything, there's a right way and a wrong way to do it...you can even make photos look fairly decent. Many publishers, I think, are just uploading a PDF and hoping for the best. I think part of the problem with the Kindle stuff right now (because if you do it RIGHT, tables, etc all look just fine) is the publishers being lazy with their formatting. Like anything, there's a right way and a wrong way to do it…you can even make photos look fairly decent. Many publishers, I think, are just uploading a PDF and hoping for the best.

]]> By: Kim Werker http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4368 Kim Werker Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:31:18 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-4368 I wonder if there will be a way for authors to interact with Google to prevent something like ten percent of the patterns in a project book from being shown. I think there might be cross-border issues with what's excerpted; it tells me there's no preview available for Knitgrrl 2. Interesting. I could see a preview of <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3UR6D_5Ypa4C&client=firefox-a">TYV Crocheting</a>, though, and that shows quite a lot from the book. I was a little surprised by how nonplussed I feel about it, though. I wonder how many people might buy our book because they see the preview, versus how many who weren't buying it anyway might make a felted bag from a pattern they keep open in their browser. I wonder if there will be a way for authors to interact with Google to prevent something like ten percent of the patterns in a project book from being shown. I think there might be cross-border issues with what's excerpted; it tells me there's no preview available for Knitgrrl 2. Interesting. I could see a preview of TYV Crocheting, though, and that shows quite a lot from the book. I was a little surprised by how nonplussed I feel about it, though. I wonder how many people might buy our book because they see the preview, versus how many who weren't buying it anyway might make a felted bag from a pattern they keep open in their browser.

]]> By: pixiepurls http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4367 pixiepurls Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:15:14 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-4367 I agree with everything you said about e-books. I only went to project gutenburge when I couldn't find the books I want for cheap on <a href="http://amazon.com">amazon.com</a> kindle store. I'm not paying $7 for a digital version of a public domain work! I've found the gutenburge stuff doesn't formate well even though it's supposed.<br><br>My big frustration about the kindle is I got a photographers field guide but no way to view the photos online of the detailed graphs etc. I also got a child phycology book and it had several small tables showing various details for certain ages of children and again, I couldn't view it on the kindle. Highly frustrating. I love my kindle but it's annoying how publisher's don't seem to have a clue. I want to be able to buy a hard copy of a book I love and get the discounted digital copy just for ease of reading or so I don't "bend up" my nice copy. I would love harry potter in digital form. I already own the hard copies but it would be nice to keep them in good condition and re-read them on my kindle. Kindle is still too expensive for most of the books. They claim "half price" but it's a bit of spin as amazon never sells those books full price in the hard copy form anyway. In some cases it's only a savings of $2 or $3 which boggles my mind when there is no paper, no transportation etc.<br><br>Considering my pattern writing business is entirely online (with 10% of the sales going to bright and mortar yarn stores) I like to think I am forward thinking as my business is basically entirely digital (ravelry helped with that and is WAY ahead of its time with the digital downloads/library feature (<a href="http://amazon.com">amazon.com</a> take note!).<br><br>In some ways I think ravelry is the livejournal of the blog explosion. Livejournal had the friends feature way before RSS hit mainstream. It was ahead of it's time but most people didn't even know about it. I agree with everything you said about e-books. I only went to project gutenburge when I couldn't find the books I want for cheap on amazon.com kindle store. I'm not paying $7 for a digital version of a public domain work! I've found the gutenburge stuff doesn't formate well even though it's supposed.

My big frustration about the kindle is I got a photographers field guide but no way to view the photos online of the detailed graphs etc. I also got a child phycology book and it had several small tables showing various details for certain ages of children and again, I couldn't view it on the kindle. Highly frustrating. I love my kindle but it's annoying how publisher's don't seem to have a clue. I want to be able to buy a hard copy of a book I love and get the discounted digital copy just for ease of reading or so I don't “bend up” my nice copy. I would love harry potter in digital form. I already own the hard copies but it would be nice to keep them in good condition and re-read them on my kindle. Kindle is still too expensive for most of the books. They claim “half price” but it's a bit of spin as amazon never sells those books full price in the hard copy form anyway. In some cases it's only a savings of $2 or $3 which boggles my mind when there is no paper, no transportation etc.

Considering my pattern writing business is entirely online (with 10% of the sales going to bright and mortar yarn stores) I like to think I am forward thinking as my business is basically entirely digital (ravelry helped with that and is WAY ahead of its time with the digital downloads/library feature (amazon.com take note!).

In some ways I think ravelry is the livejournal of the blog explosion. Livejournal had the friends feature way before RSS hit mainstream. It was ahead of it's time but most people didn't even know about it.

]]> By: Kim Werker http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4366 Kim Werker Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:32:35 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-4366 Oh, right. "Free" means people don't pay to acquire it--be it a book, <br>an essay, a pattern, advice, an image, etc.<br><br>On 10-Nov-08, at 12:12 PM, "Disqus" <notifications- Oh, right. “Free” means people don't pay to acquire it–be it a book,
an essay, a pattern, advice, an image, etc.

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]]> By: Kim Werker http://www.kimwerker.com/2008/11/10/giving-away-free-content-as-publishing-industry-shakes-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4365 Kim Werker Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:30:29 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=439#comment-4365 Yes, it's certainly about choosing which "bits" to give for free <br>(where an entire work might be seen to be a "bit" of all you can do). <br>When my power comes back on, I'll read through that summary.<br><br>On 10-Nov-08, at 12:12 PM, "Disqus" <notifications- Yes, it's certainly about choosing which “bits” to give for free
(where an entire work might be seen to be a “bit” of all you can do).
When my power comes back on, I'll read through that summary.

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