I’ve been advocating for this type of bundling for a while now. The obvious advantage is that you can read the print version in the comfort of your own home, and then take the ebook version with you while you’re on the go. This would work especially well with dinosaur-sized books like Stephen King’s Under the Dome (which I’m currently reading as an ebook). If I had bought King’s latest magnum opus as a hardcover, you certainly wouldn’t see me lugging it around so I could read a few pages in the doctor’s office waiting room.

However, there is one caveat to B&N’s plans to bundle print and ebooks together, as the Teleread post explains:

But from the article, it does not sound as if B&N is truly planning what people usually think of as “bundling”—you will have to pay some extra money for the e-book version. Given that the e-book version has no marginal cost to produce, I expect e-book fans will still express disappointment that this offer does not go far enough.

So it’s not a true “bundle” where you get both for one price. However, I think B&N and publishers are taking a step in the right direction. People want choice. They want to read books when they want, where they want and in the format they want. This faux bundling starts to make that possible.

While not the ideal situation, having to pay a reduced price for the ebook version of your newly purchased print edition will not be the end of the world. However, the key word here is “reduced.” If B&N and publishers think consumers will pay much more than $5 for the ebook, then they’re going to have a lot of angry consumers to deal with.

Print-On-Demand at B&N Stores?

Another interesting item brought up in the PW article is that B&N is playing with the idea of maybe bringing POD technology directly to stores (think: Espresso Book Machine):

He said at some point it could be possible to put a pod machine directly into a store, providing the store “was big enough.” He would also not rule out the possibility that B&N could make a “small acquisition” in the technology field if it fit with its digital plans.

Very interesting indeed. I have read a lot about this type of portable POD technology, but would love to see one of these machines in action for myself.

Reading about B&N’s future plans for ebooks got me thinking that they are now taking the lead in innovation. Amazon has been the leader in ebooks for a few years now, but they really haven’t done anything that innovative in a while – other than releasing updated versions of the Kindle every few years or so.

What do you think about B&N’s plans to bundle ebooks and print books? Would you go for it? Or is this just a cheap marketing gimmick to get people to buy their Nook? Leave a comment below and share your answer.

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Surprisingly (at least to me), the one subject that never comes up is DRM. I’ve “educated” a lot of newbies to the world of ebooks about the dangers of DRM, and most simply aren’t that worried about it. Their main concern is ease-of-use. Downloading an ebook via  a wireless network with the touch of a button is quick and easy – instant satisfaction with no tech skills required.

I know I’m only speaking from anecdotal evidence, but it seems odd that for all the ranting I see around the blogosphere (myself included) about the evils of DRM, the average person isn’t that concerned. Most just want to buy an ebook for their device, read it and enjoy it.

So are the evils of DRM being blown out of proportion? I don’t think they are. Limiting how someone uses a product they buy is just plain wrong. If I buy an ebook and I want to share it with my wife (on a different device), I should be able to do so without any problems. Same goes if I want to share an ebook with a friend or other family member.

Furthermore, I think those of us that do keep DRM in the spotlight keep much-needed added pressure on publishers and e-retailers alike. If allowed to go unchecked, we’d see a lot more “incidents” like the one where Amazon remotely deleted a George Orwell novel from the Kindle.

I think a bigger concern than DRM is ebook pricing. This hits people right where it hurts: The pocketbook. No one wants to pay prices that are almost up there with the price of a hardcover, no matter how hard publishers try to justify it. One of the big selling points of ebooks is the lower prices.

In the end, I really think ease-of-use and pricing are the two biggest concerns the average ebook consumer has. DRM might be right up there for some of us, but not those I’ve talked to.

What is your biggest concern when it comes to ebooks: Price? Ease-of-use? DRM? Or all three? Leave a comment below and share your opinion.

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The first blog comes from Adobe, of all places. Reports say that Adobe is steaming mad that the iPad doesn’t support Flash. But on their blog, they go further than that. Apple’s iPad – A Broken Link?

It looks like Apple is continuing to impose restrictions on their devices that limit both content publishers and consumers. Unlike many other ebook readers using the ePub file format, consumers will not be able to access ePub content with Apple’s DRM technology on devices made by other manufacturers.

In other words, I won’t be able to buy an ebook from Apple and then load it onto my Sony Pocket Edition. And I’m assuming that if I were to buy ebooks from other sites, I would not be able to load them onto the iPad’s ebook reading app.

Ars Technica also picked up on this DRM lockdown by reporting that a very small group of protesters from the Free Software Foundation were at yesterday’s Apple event. Protesters: iPad is nothing more than a golden calf of DRM:

Members of the Free Software Foundation staged a small protest outside today’s Apple event in San Francisco, making the case against Apple’s use of DRM.

The big question I have is now that Apple is in the ebook business, will they forbid ebook reading apps like Stanza (one of the most popular for the iPhone/iPod Touch? Will iPad users be unable to download such apps from the app store. If there are no such restrictions, than the DRM on iBooks becomes less of a worry.

Still, if Apple really wanted to put a dent in the Amazon Kindle and all the other ebook readers out there, they’d just have to open up their ebook app on the iPad by getting rid of the DRM. I guess they don’t see it that way.

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For the last year or so (maybe even longer) there have been rumors that Apple would eventually release a tablet device. That day has come. At first glace, iPad is a beefed up version of the iPhone/iPod Touch. But under the hood the iPad is impressive. I want onto the MacRumors blog and here’s what they had to say:

At today’s highly-anticipated media event, Apple announced the iPad tablet device, featuring a 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768 display and 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB capacities. Carrying a custom 1 GHz “Apple A4″ chip, the iPad weighs in at 1.5 pounds and is .5-inch thin. The iPad will be priced at $499, $599, and $699 for the varying capacity models without 3G, and $626, $729, and $829 with 3G.

The price surprised me, since everyone was speculating that the price point for the iPad would be around $999, the same price as Apple’s basic Macbook. The entry price for a basic unit is $499. This is just a little more expensive than the Kindle DX and about double the basic Kindle price. However, given the number of features the iPad sports, those considering the Kindle might be better off with a multi-use device.

For the sake of comparison, the Sony Daily Edition Reader comes in at $399 and the Barnes & Noble Nook is priced at $259. How will the iPad affect the sales of those dedicated e-readers? Only time will tell.

I think the most exciting thing about the iPad is the built in iBooks app – which allows you to buy, download and read ebooks. Before the release today, Apple had been busy negotiating with some of the larger publishing houses to make their books available on the iPad. If you watch the demo video on Apple’s website, you’ll see that the device renders the text beautifully and the page turning (with the swipe of a finger) is very realistic.

Dedicated or Multi-use?

This is the big question ebook enthusiasts and anyone looking to get into the ebook game now face. I’ll admit that I love my dedicated Sony Pocket Edition. No distractions. Just pure reading. Yes, I do read ebooks on my iPhone as well, but not nearly as many and my reading sessions are much shorter.

There’s also a good argument for multi-use devices like the iPad. It’s an all-in-one device (except for the phone) where you can manage your entire digital life from the tablet. The virtual keyboard is almost the size of a laptop keyboard, making typing emails, notes, working on your novel much easier. But again, all these other features can be distracting – especially when checking email or blog stats is one click away.

Will iPad revolutionize ebook reading?

It might be too soon to tell how the iPad will affect ebooks. Before the Barnes & Noble Nook was released, it had a lot of hype and people were speculating about how it would impact all the other e-readers out there. Now that the holidays are over and Nook has been out for a few months, the excitement has greatly dwindled and I really haven’t heard much about it.

This leads me to believe that it might be several months, maybe even a year or so, to see what impact the iPad has. Given the unexpected lower price, the iPad is now a much more realistic option for a lot of people. At the very least, I think the iPad will give the Kindle a run for their money. If Amazon isn’t shaking now, they soon will be.

ePub featured on the iPad!

One item I got really excited about was learning the Apple has chosen the open ePub format for the iPad. This means, in theory, that you can buy ebooks from Apple and read them on any other device that can read ePub (including my Sony Pocket Edition, Yay!). I’m thrilled that Apple didn’t create their own proprietary format for ebooks, bogging us down in yet another format and more DRM.

In the end though, I think that the iPad will make a great addition to an already impressive lineup of ebook reading devices, regardless if they are dedicated or multi-use. Furthermore, another device on the market means more competition, which means that we’ll see more advanced e-readers in the years to come, and lower prices.

For the record, I have no immediate plans to buy an iPad. My trusty 1st gen iPhone is plugging along just fine. And my funds are a little low to plunk down $499 on a shiny new gadget.

What do you think of the iPad? Are you going to pre-order one, or save your money for something else?

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In general, the publishers believe that ebooks strip sales from print books (of course, print books are more expensive) and that ebooks are so easy to pirate, they need to be loaded with draconian DRM to protect the financial interests of the publishing company and the author.

I think that these publishers are deluding themselves. Ebooks can help drive sales of print books and ebooks, in the end, are more profitable because of the ‘infinite supply’ theory. Furthermore, DRM has done little to stop pirates. DRM only serves to keep honest readers from buying an ebook.

So what goes on in the head of an ebook pirate? Are they rogue readers who refuse to pay for anything and get a rush off reading popular novels for free? Luckily for us, we can get some answers from the blog The Millions. They posted a fascinating article Confessions of a book pirate where they interview a book pirate, who of course stayed anonymous. What he says is fascinating and can shed light on on what ebook piracy is all about.

I picked out some important bits of the interview that I think are quite revealing.

Both print books and ebooks are prone to piracy

When most people think of pirated books, they think of ebooks. But that’s only half the problem. Print books are very prone to being pirated as well. It takes little more than a scanner and some time to properly format the text. Authors who refuse to release their novels as ebooks are frequently ‘victims’ of this type of piracy – which I detailed in the post J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter, ebooks and the definition of irony.

According to the book pirate, scanning physical books is very common:

Between 2002-2005 I created around 200 ebooks by scanning the physical copy, OCRing and proofing the output, and uploading them to USENET. I generally only upload content that I have scanned, with some exceptions.

200 ebooks created from scanned copies of print books! That’s a lot. This shows that maybe publishers priorities are skewed in the fight against piracy. If a print book is not readily available as an ebook, then pirates will make it available.

When asked if scanned print books or DRM-broken ebooks are most common, the book pirate said:

Most of what I have seen is scanned physical books.

This shows exactly what I talked about in my post about J.K. Rowling refusing to sell her books in digital format. People want to read Harry Potter as ebooks, but since they aren’t available through her publisher, they turn to pirated copies.

Just how easy is it to scan a print book? Not hard, but time consuming:

The scanning process takes about 1 hour per 100 scans. Mass market paperbacks can be scanned two pages at a time flat on the scanner bed, while large trades and hardcovers usually need to be scanned one page at a time. I’m sure that some of the more hardcore scanners disassemble the book and run it through an automatic feeder or something, but I prefer the manual approach because I’d like to save the book, and don’t want to invest in the tools.

There you have it, someone with a the right equipment and some free time can easily scan a print book and upload it for others.

Even pirates would buy ebooks – at the right price

Since ebooks are still in their infancy, the price point for ebooks is all over the board. Amazon is trying to bring some order to the controversy by pricing most of their books at $9.99. For me, that is a little on the high side. The book pirate agrees:

I do not buy DRM’d ebooks that are priced at more than a few dollars, but would pay up to $10 for a clean file if it was a new release.

Publishers are balking at the $9.99 price, saying it’s stripping sales of print books. Yet, as the book pirate says, no more than a few dollars for a DRM’d ebook, maybe a little more for a new release. And to stop downloading pirated books altogether?

I guess if every book was available in electronic format with no DRM for reasonable prices ($10 max for new/bestseller/omnibus, scaling downwards for popularity and value) it just wouldn’t be worth the time, effort, and risk to find, download, convert and load the book when the same thing could be accomplished with a single click on your Kindle.

Yet publishers want ebooks to be just the opposite: Strict DRM at higher prices. They are encouraging piracy. I have always maintained that piracy itself is not the problem, it is a symptom of the larger problem – not giving consumers what they want.

Downloading pirated ebooks is fast and easy

It’s probably no more difficult to download a pirated ebook than it is to buy one from Amazon or Sony (for example). With the right torrent software and a little practice, downloading a pirated ebook is simple and then one can convert the book to whatever format is needed to fit their device:

Since books are generally very small files, they can be downloaded in minutes. You can then convert the file using one of many applications, for instance Mobipocket Creator, to PRC or another format that works with your reader. You can then plug your Kindle into your computer and copy the file over. The entire process typically takes 5-10 minutes.

It’s almost a no-brainer for consumers to download a pirated ebook that they can’t find through the respective publisher. Or, if the publisher locks the ebook with ridiculous DRM and wants an equally ridiculous high price for the ebook, then consumers have more of a reason to pirate – no DRM and no cost.

In closing, I hope publishers are paying attention to what this particular book pirate is saying. They can learn a lot. I’m guessing most book pirates are like him, they don’t want to screw publishers over and would gladly buy a legal DRM-free copy for the right price.

Sure, their are pirates out their who get a kick out of getting everything for free and simply don’t care. Even if publishers offered a reasonable ebook at a good price, they’d still resort to pirating. But I’m sure they are in the minority.

For the record I have never downloaded a pirated ebook, nor have I uploaded a print book I have scanned. I’m not saying I’m morally superior to anyone. When there’s a book I want to read as an ebook and I either can’t find it through all the ebook stores online, or the price is outrageous (ie $20 + ), I have seriously considered.

Maybe one of these days I’ll do a video post showing just how easy it is to download a pirated book. But I make no promises.

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Right now I’m reading Stephen King’s new novel Under the Dome (aff link) as an ebook – one I purchased from Sony’s ebook store for my Sony Pocket Edition. When I first opened the ebook on my reader, I had to flip through about 10 pages of the usual copyright stuff, acknowledgments, a page with just the title on it (lest I forget what I’m reading between opening the ebook and clicking through those first few pages).

Very annoying. As an ebook, you would think they could format it better so you don’t have all that ‘extra’ junk that a lot of print novels have. Couldn’t they condense it down to about 2 pages, maybe 3 at the most? I realize how important those copyright pages are, especially to large publishers. Sometimes they go overboard. Like when they list both the ebook ISBN and print ISBN. If I’m reading the novel as an ebook, I don’t need to know the ISBN for the print edition.

Keep page numbers simple

I also noticed when I began reading the novel is that the pages and corresponding page numbers have been duplicated to match those of the print edition. Why? This means that if you’re on page 10 (for example) page 11 might start halfway down the screen. Or page 11 might start 1/4 the way down. Why is it so important for the pages of the ebook match the pages of the print book? It’d be much easier to have one page per screen.

Unnecessary Spacing

One more complaint I have regarding ebook formatting is spacing. While this problem is not present in Under the Dome, I have seen it in other ebooks I’ve read. Sometimes ebooks have spacing between paragraphs, even dialogue. This is a huge waste of space on small-screen devices. I’m not the only one annoyed by this. My good friend David Rothman over at the Teleread blog agrees:

Tastes vary. But I myself hate spaces between paragraphs when I’m reading e-books on a Kindle, Sony Reader or other gizmo with a small screen. Wastes space.

And it’s especially frustrating when I’m reading dialogue.

The post goes on to say that the spacing issue can be fixed with most non-DRMed ebooks.

Despite the above issues, I still love ebooks and continue to read and buy them with increasing frequency. But I’m not going to be unrealistic and say ebooks are perfect, because they’re not. Most of the issues are because ebooks are still in their infancy and standards have not been set. This will take a while.

What are your pet peeves about ebooks? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Now we can add Stephen King into the mix (yes, that Stephen King, the one who wrote an exclusive ebook for the new Kindle he helped promote). His newest novel ‘Under the Dome’ was released in ebook format several weeks after the print release of the book. Publishers didn’t want the lower ebook price to eat away at the higher hard cover price. Within days of the print release, pirated ebooks of ‘Under the Dome’ were circulating around the internet. In turn, this ate away at print and ebook sales.

You probably won’t find this to be very surprising, especially if you’ve been following Brad’s Reader or other ebook-related blogs. However, I did find something new that I thought I’d pass along. I came across this Teleread post Most Pirated Ebooks of 2009. From there, I was led to 10 most pirated ebooks from of 2009 on FreakBits. Judging by the list, publishers really have nothing to fear:

1. Kamasutra

2. Adobe Photoshop Secrets

3. The Complete Idiots Guide to Amazing Sex

4. The Lost Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

5. Solar House: A Guide for the Solar Designer

6. Before Pornography: Erotic Writing in Early Modern England

7. Twilight – Complete Series

8. How to Get Anyone to Say Yes: The Art and the Craft

9. Nude Photography: The Art and Craft

10. Fix It – How To Do All Those Little Repair Jobs Around The Home

The theme of this list appears to be sex and nudity. Does this say anything about those who read ebooks? I’ll let you decide that for yourself. This list also tells me that publishers worrying about their ebook titles being pirated are probably worrying over nothing. The time and cost they spend to fight piracy is a waste.

Getting books in the hands of readers a bigger issue than piracy

Piracy tends to be a problem when consumers cannot get the books they want, in the format they want, when they want it. Like J.K. Rowling refusing to let her Harry Potter series be published as ebooks or Stephen King delaying the release of his novel for fear of diminishing print sales – both became targets for pirates because people wanted to read these novels as ebooks. If the publishers would have given consumers what they wanted, the piracy would have been greatly reduced.

Another part of the problem that publishers ignore (or seem to be ignoring) is that a book doesn’t already have to be in ebook format to be pirated. When the print books is released, people are using scanners and other technology to easily convert the printed page into a digital one.

There is not much stopping those who choose to pirate. It’s worth mentioning, however, that people who pirate books or download pirated ebooks are in the minority. Most prefer to buy their ebooks legally (I fall into this category) assuming it’s available at a reasonable price.

Again, the irony is killing me. The more publishers try to prevent piracy and keep print book profits up, the more those titles get ripped off. And, as the list of 10 most pirated books reveals, publishers are worrying over nothing.

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Fast forward to 2009 and ebooks are becoming much more mainstream (still a small segment of the publishing industry, but growing) and publishers are now scrambling to figure out how to deal with this new form of consuming our favorite literary works. Add to that the family of ebook readers from Sony, Amazon and now Barnes & Noble, I think it’s safe to say that ebooks aren’t going anywhere.

What will the next decade bring? While I can’t predict the future with 100% accuracy (if I could, I’d be living the high life by playing the stock market). I am going to roll the dice and list what I think we’ll see over the next 10 years. Only time will tell if any of my predictions will pan out.

1. The publishing industry: I think the worse is yet to come for large publishing houses. They’ll continue to resist ebooks and struggle to realize that digital content is not going to spell doom for them. Publishers will impose strict DRM, try to keep ebook prices high despite market pressure for low pressure and this will result in a spike of piracy. In other words, I believe the large publishers will repeat the same mistakes the music industry has made (and is still making) with disasterous consequences.

2. Indie authors: These authors who strike out on their own will become the new face of publishing over the next 10 years. They realize that ebooks provide an opportunity to distribute their books/short fiction to a wider audience than ever before – with very low investment.

3. eReaders: I find this the most exciting topic to ponder for the new decade ahead. I think that as technology improves and as ebooks gain in popularity, the devices we read ebooks on will become more sophisticated and improve the reading experience in innumerable ways.

I always like New Year’s Day because I feel it represents a new beginning, a fresh start. I can put the past year behind me, at least all the negatives, and push forward with a renewed spirit. But New Year’s Day 2010 will be different because it’ll mark a new decade with an entirely new cultural shift taking place.

What do you predict for the new decade for your self and society as a whole? Leave a comment below and share your ideas.

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Personally, I’ve had a good experience in the past with an extended warranty. When I bought my first laptop in 1999 (a Compaq Presario) I purchased the extended warranty, not really knowing any better. Little did I know this would pay off big time. A few years later the screen on my laptop suddenly stopped working.

I took it into the store where I purchased it and they replaced the screen for free. My laptop also had other problems that required lengthy and expensive repairs – at no cost to me thanks to the extended warranty I purchased.

I calculated the cost of the repairs to be about as much as the laptop was worth when I bought it.  I really lucked out. Since then I’ve had a pretty good feeling about these warranties because, let’s face it, electronics can be fragile and tend to break down at the worst possible times.

Fast forward to several months ago when I purchased my Sony Reader Pocket Edition. I bought the extended warranty which covered the device for two years instead of one. The extra cost also included accidental drops, spills and other user-related accidents. My thinking was that two years is a fairly long time and a lot can happen. Furthermore, e-readers tend to be a little more fragile than a lot of electronics (especially the e-ink screen).

Some will say I got ripped offer. Others will say I made the right decision. It all comes down to personal choice. But here are a few items to consider when wondering if you should fork over your hard-earned money for an extended warranty:

• How much did you pay for the device itself? Sometimes it’s just cheaper to replace the device than pay for an extra ‘protection plan.’ And as the technology improves, the price will come down and new models will come onto the market.
• Do you tend to be a little rough with your electronics? Do you travel a lot? These can increase the chance of an accident. If you answered ‘yes’ to either question, then an extended warranty might be worth considering.
• Does the warranty cover additional problems (like your plane making an emergency landing in the Hudson River)? Some warranties only extend the manufacturer’s guarantee against defects. Others, like Sony, add accident protection for us clumsy folk.
• Can you afford it? This might seem like a silly question but there’s no use buying a fancy new ebook reader and the extended warranty if you won’t be able to afford to load it up with any ebooks. Just food for thought.
• Read the fine print! All warranties come with strings attached and even something small like trying to change the battery yourself can void a warranty.

I won’t deny that a lot of retailers and electronics manufacturers make a tidy profit by pushing the extended warranties on tech-hungry consumers. They assume most of those protection plans won’t be used, so it’s just more money in their pocket. With most electronics I probably wouldn’t buy the extra warranty (I did not get the Apple Care plan when I purchased my Mac earlier this year). But for ebook readers, it’s a different story. The technology is still emerging and the devices are comparatively fragile.

Do you think extended warranties are rip offs, or a justifiable purchase? Leave a comment below and share your answer.

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The app is a no-frills way to simply write. You can save your work for later, and even transfer it to your Google account and onto your computer. You can also email your writing to a friend or to yourself. My Writing Nook does come with some basic features like showing your word count, dictionary/thesaurus and autosave. The app can be used in landscape mode, giving your thumbs ample room for typing.

I downloaded My Writing Nook last night, so I haven’t had a chance to put it through its paces yet. Although it seems promising. As of this writing the app costs $1.99 and has received great ratings at 4 1/2 stars.

The only real downside to this app is the virtual keyboard one must use on the iPhone/iPod Touch. It’s not ideal for long writing sessions and takes some getting used to. But that’s not the developer’s fault.

This simple word processor is perfect for writing the next chapter of your novel, writing a quick drabble while waiting at the doctor’s office, or working on your essay for English class hours before it’s due.

Some might say My Writing Nook needs more formatting features, more fonts, etc. I think it’s great the way it is because there’s little to distract you from your actual writing. This is a definite case of ’simple is better.’

How do you get writing done when you’re on the go? Pen and paper? Laptop? My Writing Nook? Leave a comment below and share your secrets.

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