Comments on: Writing in the Age of Piracy http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/ DEVISING A SYSTEM FOR REMEMBERING EVERYTHING Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Claisen http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61763 Claisen Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:01:32 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61763 Whoever started the adage that writers need to generate income from their writing is obviously dead. Drawing from that correlation, it seems that writers who eat their writing tend not to be very healthy. When I buy books, I don't go around it imagining myself to be feeding a starved drowning author. Whoever started the adage that writers need to generate income from their writing is obviously dead. Drawing from that correlation, it seems that writers who eat their writing tend not to be very healthy. When I buy books, I don’t go around it imagining myself to be feeding a starved drowning author.

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er tittelen på en strålende posting i forfatteren og journalisten John Scalzis blogg. Scalzi forklarer hvorfor han er overbevist om…

]]> By: Arwen http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61760 Arwen Wed, 01 Jun 2005 22:28:00 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61760 Whomever the doomsayer was also missed a fundamental point - bibliophiles exist, and in large quantities. I am filled with a feeling of unease in a house with no books, or with a bookshelf filled with identically spined "classics" or encyclopedias bought only for show. Books tell you who the inhabitants of a house are. I'm not going to wear a t-shirt of book art in the same way I might wear a Calvin & Hobbes or Penny Arcade T-Shirt because the artists never replicate the visual image my own brain produces in reading: but a meaningful book will be displayed on my (overflowing) bookshelf. Where it will no doubt be eventually stolen by a friend. Whomever the doomsayer was also missed a fundamental point – bibliophiles exist, and in large quantities.
I am filled with a feeling of unease in a house with no books, or with a bookshelf filled with identically spined “classics” or encyclopedias bought only for show. Books tell you who the inhabitants of a house are. I’m not going to wear a t-shirt of book art in the same way I might wear a Calvin & Hobbes or Penny Arcade T-Shirt because the artists never replicate the visual image my own brain produces in reading: but a meaningful book will be displayed on my (overflowing) bookshelf.
Where it will no doubt be eventually stolen by a friend.

]]> By: Mitch Wagner http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61759 Mitch Wagner Sat, 28 May 2005 18:37:12 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61759 Joshua, that's a reasonable attitude. For that reason, I think of e-books today as disposable commodities. I just accept the fact that they might be GONE at some point. Or the virtual equivalent of gone--unreadable. Joshua, that’s a reasonable attitude.

For that reason, I think of e-books today as disposable commodities. I just accept the fact that they might be GONE at some point. Or the virtual equivalent of gone–unreadable.

]]> By: Joshua Newton http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61758 Joshua Newton Fri, 27 May 2005 20:51:32 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61758 Mitch: I appreciate the tip, but I'm afraid I don't want to be tied to a proprietary format that could cause me problems down the road. The company could go out of business, or stop supporting a platform I use, or obsolete the current format, or-- you get the idea. If I'm going to buy a book, I want a reasonable assurance that I can still read it in ten years. Or more than that, better yet. I'm just not willing to touch ebooks until they're distributed in a completely open, widely-accepted format. Mitch: I appreciate the tip, but I’m afraid I don’t want to be tied to a proprietary format that could cause me problems down the road. The company could go out of business, or stop supporting a platform I use, or obsolete the current format, or– you get the idea. If I’m going to buy a book, I want a reasonable assurance that I can still read it in ten years. Or more than that, better yet.

I’m just not willing to touch ebooks until they’re distributed in a completely open, widely-accepted format.

]]> By: Michael and Evo's Dragon Page http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61767 Michael and Evo's Dragon Page Fri, 27 May 2005 15:14:11 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61767 <strong>Writing in the age of piracy, by John Scalzi</strong> John Scalzi was a guest on our show not too terribly long ago talking about his book Old Man's War.... Writing in the age of piracy, by John Scalzi

John Scalzi was a guest on our show not too terribly long ago talking about his book Old Man’s War….

]]> By: Michael and Evo's Dragon Page http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-63217 Michael and Evo's Dragon Page Fri, 27 May 2005 15:14:11 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-63217 <strong>Writing in the age of piracy, by John Scalzi</strong> John Scalzi was a guest on our show not too terribly long ago talking about his book Old Man's War.... Writing in the age of piracy, by John Scalzi

John Scalzi was a guest on our show not too terribly long ago talking about his book Old Man’s War….

]]> By: Mitch Wagner http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61757 Mitch Wagner Wed, 25 May 2005 20:19:33 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/05/19/writing-in-the-age-of-piracy/#comment-61757 Joshua, FictionWise makes its e-books available in a multi-platform format, Mobipocket. Have you tried that? Joshua, FictionWise makes its e-books available in a multi-platform format, Mobipocket. Have you tried that?

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