e-book sales in decline

[Garion]

I have just under 2000 books on my Kindle and have not paid for any of them.

They ain't pirated neither.

Cheers

Gary

[MH]

Originally Posted by Skybird

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26816884

Somehow, that feels relieving. Personally, I always thought - sometimes more intensely, sometimes less - that it all is about a hyped interest into the new and exotic electronic toy stuff. Once the initial "newness" and fascination has gone, things are normalising again.

I used to buy books but i don't anymore.

I like the idea that whenever i wish to i cam pull up my phone and read whichever book i like not needing to carry them around.

On another hand the physical copy has something to it ...sort of like possessing the old records...and you cant delete them with press of a button..

[Skybird]

Have you ever red the fineprint for Amazon Kindle?

You may have payed for its books, but you do not own them at all. If you take your Kindle to another continent, for example, and use the deiove there for trying to buy another ebook from one of the local Amazon stores there, Amazon reserves the right (and has executed that repeatedly) to delete your account at home and delete all your books ever bought. Books gone, money gone.

Enjoy living at the mercy of somebody else not pushing a button.

That is the biggest issue with digital sales, may it be software, may it be printware: private property is a term that has become useless there. You do not own anything for real with it. You cannot resell it. You cannot exchange or barter it. You are dependent and remote-controllable. And if the other thinks you "owned" something for long enough and that you should not own it any longer, or should not own this version, but an edited, different version of a book, there is nothing you can do - he does what he wants, and you suffer what you must.

[MH]

That is the biggest issue with digital sales, may it be software, may it be printware: private property is a term that has become useless there. You do not own anything for real with it. You cannot resell it. You cannot exchange or barter it. You are dependent and remote-controllable. And if the other thinks you "owned" something for long enough and that you should not own it any longer, or should not own this version, but an edited, different version of a book, there is nothing you can do - he does what he wants, and you suffer what you must

I agree with that.
You sort buy the right to read a book not to own it.

[vanjast]

When shopping for a tablet, I had kindles and apples shoved in my face.
People say you must feel sorry for sales peoples - just doing a job. Bugger that, 99.9999% of them are so dense, and hard of hearing

All I wanted was a colour tablet with a open memory stick and USB port, so I can transfer docs from my PC to the tablet, and something for the wife to browse with.
Never bought an e-book (except for my kids schooling), and never will - The internet provides enough legal free stuff.

Got myself a nice 10" ASUS 310T (I think the model number is) for 3000 ZARs... nice a cheap, considering the nearest equivalent was 5000 bucks at the time, and apples going for 6000

[August]

Originally Posted by Garion

I have just under 2000 books on my Kindle and have not paid for any of them.

They ain't pirated neither.

Cheers

Gary

And if you drop it or loose it they're all gone. The thousand or so real books I have in my library would not be so easily destroyed or lost.