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I appreciate the thought, but I'm pretty strongly opposed to charging for tech books (http://openmymind.net/2011/3/31/Why-I%27d-Never-Charge-For-A-Tech-Book htt
by latch 15y ago
I appreciate the thought, but I'm pretty strongly opposed to charging for tech books (http://openmymind.net/2011/3/31/Why-I%27d-Never-Charge-For-A-Tech-Book http://openmymind.net/2011/3/31/Why-I%27d-Never-Charge-For-A...) and having to charge just so someone else can't isn't right.
- sliverstorm 15y agoThink of it this way; at $0.99, the buyer is paying for Amazon's distribution services and nice formatting, and getting the content for free! No, seriously, I have a Kindle, and I would much rather pay $0.99 for a nicely formatted book managed by their backend than hunt down a poorly formatted free version. Plus it is easy for you to update the book. $0.99 is hardly profiteering, and I feel like in standing on principal you eliminate a possibility everybody would be happy with.
- phuff 15y agoYeah, though I think $.99 is kind of steep for this feature, it is probably worth some money to me to get the cross device sync feature that having it be on the kindle platform provides. I can read from my phone, my kindle, my browser and it saves my place. I think that's honestly worth more like... $.25 or $.10 to me instead of $.99 but it's definitely worth something. Of course, if they provided it for free, I'd be happy, too :)
- radicalbyte 15y agoWhy not make it available for $0.99 and then donate the proceeds to charity?
- mathattack 15y agoThe 99 cents is arbitrary. Basically any number low enough to keep you from getting scammed. I was "yes, helpful" vote number 154 this morning. Hard to imagine too many others buying it. The charity idea is a good one too. Or you could create a beer fund for your fan base. :-) Or follow Knuth's example for people who find errors. I suspect this will all be resolved to your satisfaction shortly. Please keep us informed.
- mathattack 15y agoThe 99 cents is arbitrary. Basically any number low enough to keep you from getting scammed. I was "yes, helpful" vote number 154 this morning. Hard to imagine too many others buying it. The charity idea is a good one too. Or you could create a beer fund for your fan base. :-) Or follow Knuth's example for people who find errors. I suspect this will all be resolved to your satisfaction shortly. Please keep us informed.
- andy 15y agoThere are a lot of books on the kindle store which are free, so you could do that.