When I get some time, I'm going to have to get some of her music for a "test drive." If it turns out I like it, chalk up another fan, drawn in by the publicy.
Eric Flint is right, lack of exposure, not piracy, is the Great Enemy.
My wife uses the term derisively to describe coders who understand how the stuff works and when a problem arises, "Don't worry, dear, I'll take care of it for you." leaving her with no clue as to how the machine works or where the booby-traps are.
Yes, there is a fair gap between "Learn Perl in 24 hours" and building a professionally-polished system.
But keeping "the peasants" ignorant is the fastest way known to man to destroy a free society.
People tend to see others as being like themselves.
Good people tend to see other people as also being good. Honest people tend to see other people as also being honest. Thieves tend to see other people as also being thieves.
Hollywood sees everybody as a thief. Care to guess what Hollywood's like inside? For objective evidence, BTW, look up "Hollywood Accounting" on Wikipedia.
They do NOT have a "shopping cart" for Nook Books, and when you buy one, you have to sign in again for EACH book. I already had "The Alchemist," so I only had to do that TEN times.
BTW, oh Anonymous Coward, he traded dollars he'd never see from overpriced paper for dollars he WILL see from the eBooks.
And if I like the other books as well as I did "Alchemist" you can bet I'll be recommending them.
On the post: Apple CEO: When Others Violate Our Patents, They're Copying Our Hard Work; When We Violate Patents, The System Is Broken
Every Corporation Has The Same Motto
On the post: Don't You Dare Show Olympic Spirit In The UK
A Great Injustice Has Been Done
On the post: DailyDirt: Standing In The Alpha-Beta Parking Lot....
As long as we don't build the cars in this story:
On the post: YouTube Uploads Hit 72 Hours A Minute: How Can That Ever Be Pre-Screened For 'Objectionable' Material?
Re: Re: Bu, bu, but . . . . Piracy!
Since when have Hollywood and reason ever been on speaking terms?
On the post: Amanda Palmer Details How All That Kickstarter Money Is Being Spent
It's NOT just Amanda's fans bringing in new fans
Eric Flint is right, lack of exposure, not piracy, is the Great Enemy.
On the post: Why Hollywood Is Doomed: It Takes Sensible Advice Like 'Make Good Movies' And Turns It Into A Screed About Piracy
Hollywood's *REAL* Business
On the post: Can You Understand How Technology Works Without Understanding Code?
Re: Byte my Bits!
On the post: Can You Understand How Technology Works Without Understanding Code?
"Programming Hero"
Yes, there is a fair gap between "Learn Perl in 24 hours" and building a professionally-polished system.
But keeping "the peasants" ignorant is the fastest way known to man to destroy a free society.
On the post: Iran's Internet Filters Filter Out Leader's Screed Against Getting Around Filters
Poul Anderson once covered the whole thing.
On the post: It's Amazing The Lengths 'Music Supporters' Will Go To In Trying To Trash Success Stories
Real Objection to Kickstarter is: It undercuts the labels' control.
On the post: The Ridiculous Hoops Mad Men Had To Jump Through To Use Part Of A Beatles Song
It's NOT just the Beatles.
And thanks to Disney, the books, written in 1926 and 1927 are still in copyright, to serve the greed of our sociopathic corporate masters.
Feh.
On the post: AT&T Argues That More Competition Is Bad For You & Leads To Higher Prices
He's right, you know.
On the post: Paulo Coelho Ebook Sales Jump Way Up Thanks To $0.99 Sale
Re:
On the post: Paulo Coelho Ebook Sales Jump Way Up Thanks To $0.99 Sale
Two Books Weren't Offered at $0.99
I wonder how sales of THOSE books (consider them experimental controls) have fared during this time.
On the post: Google Points Out That What The Authors Guild Wants And What Authors Want Are Two Very Different Things
What the Author's Guild *really* wants.
On the post: Online Communities Bust Kickstarter Scam
Re: Re: Crowd Policing
On the post: Online Communities Bust Kickstarter Scam
Re: Re:
Thank you.
On the post: Google's Fiber Makes MPAA Skittish. Why Does Hollywood See All Technology In Terms Of Piracy?
People tend to see others as being like themselves.
Hollywood sees everybody as a thief. Care to guess what Hollywood's like inside? For objective evidence, BTW, look up "Hollywood Accounting" on Wikipedia.
On the post: Paulo Coehlo Convinces His Publisher To Offer (Almost) All Of His Ebooks For $0.99
Re:
On the post: Paulo Coehlo Convinces His Publisher To Offer (Almost) All Of His Ebooks For $0.99
Barnes and Ignoble Screws Up
BTW, oh Anonymous Coward, he traded dollars he'd never see from overpriced paper for dollars he WILL see from the eBooks.
And if I like the other books as well as I did "Alchemist" you can bet I'll be recommending them.
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