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In that same spirit, why not put the e-book version of "Geek Atlas" for sale on Fifobooks.com? ;) (disclaimer: I am a co-founder of that site)

jgrahamc 16y ago
I don't control that, the publisher does. How about writing to O'Reilly? However, I wouldn't hold it much hope of making a lot of money from it... The Geek Atlas physical book outsells the eBook by miles.
- dpapathanasiou 16y ago
  How about writing to O'Reilly? Certainly; send me a note via our our contact page (http://fifobooks.com/Contact http://fifobooks.com/Contact) with the details. The Geek Atlas physical book outsells the eBook by miles. You would think a travel related book would be better suited for a mobile device such as an e-reader. Anyway, if not "Geek Atlas", how about a collection of some of your more popular blog posts as an e-book?
  - jgrahamc 16y ago
    I don't really agree about the travel book better on e-reader thing. If you are traveling you are unlikely to want to take an expensive electronic device with you, whereas a book is quite acceptable. If you lose a copy of my book, or dunk it in water, etc. it's easy and cheap to replace, not so with an e-reader. Also, an e-reader is a very attractive device to thieves so you wouldn't want to flash it around. As much as I might like to think my book is that attractive, it's not! An an e-reader needs to be recharged, which means you have to take recharging devices with you. Again the paper book is better. Basically, paper rules (and I'm no luddite, I own and use it a Kindle).
    - dpapathanasiou 16y ago
      That makes sense. I suppose it matters where you're going, and to what extent you're traveling "rough". I used to hesitate taking out my Nook or Sony on the subway (I'm in NYC), but this morning there were six other people reading from e-readers as well, so it's become less of an oddity or security risk. If I have the Geek Atlas, the LP guide for general info, a Zagat's for the restaurants, etc. I'd prefer to have them all in digital form rather than lugging around three or more paper books.
    - kristiandupont 16y ago
      I have been travelling (for some definition of that) for a year and a half and I have been bringing my Sony eReader around, now replaced with the iPad. The simple reason: it's an easy way to carry around books! If I went on vacation for week, I might prefer a paperback for the reasons you stated.

jgrahamc 16y ago

I don't control that, the publisher does. How about writing to O'Reilly? However, I wouldn't hold it much hope of making a lot of money from it... The Geek Atlas physical book outsells the eBook by miles.

dpapathanasiou 16y ago
How about writing to O'Reilly? Certainly; send me a note via our our contact page (http://fifobooks.com/Contact http://fifobooks.com/Contact) with the details. The Geek Atlas physical book outsells the eBook by miles. You would think a travel related book would be better suited for a mobile device such as an e-reader. Anyway, if not "Geek Atlas", how about a collection of some of your more popular blog posts as an e-book?
- jgrahamc 16y ago
  I don't really agree about the travel book better on e-reader thing. If you are traveling you are unlikely to want to take an expensive electronic device with you, whereas a book is quite acceptable. If you lose a copy of my book, or dunk it in water, etc. it's easy and cheap to replace, not so with an e-reader. Also, an e-reader is a very attractive device to thieves so you wouldn't want to flash it around. As much as I might like to think my book is that attractive, it's not! An an e-reader needs to be recharged, which means you have to take recharging devices with you. Again the paper book is better. Basically, paper rules (and I'm no luddite, I own and use it a Kindle).
  - dpapathanasiou 16y ago
    That makes sense. I suppose it matters where you're going, and to what extent you're traveling "rough". I used to hesitate taking out my Nook or Sony on the subway (I'm in NYC), but this morning there were six other people reading from e-readers as well, so it's become less of an oddity or security risk. If I have the Geek Atlas, the LP guide for general info, a Zagat's for the restaurants, etc. I'd prefer to have them all in digital form rather than lugging around three or more paper books.
  - kristiandupont 16y ago
    I have been travelling (for some definition of that) for a year and a half and I have been bringing my Sony eReader around, now replaced with the iPad. The simple reason: it's an easy way to carry around books! If I went on vacation for week, I might prefer a paperback for the reasons you stated.