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I've recommended this book to many many people in the past, but still haven't gotten around to paying anything for it, largely for the reasons you mention. I lo
by Kronopath 12y ago
I've recommended this book to many many people in the past, but still haven't gotten around to paying anything for it, largely for the reasons you mention. I looked at his options for payment, and they ranged from "buy one of my fonts", which was tempting but expensive, to "buy Typography for Lawyers", which I wasn't interested in because I'm not a lawyer, to "donate to me", which felt like I was getting nothing in return.
I'd gladly pay $10-15 for a DRM-free ebook version of this book, even if it's the exact same content as the one online, since I can keep it with me on my mobile devices and be sure that even if the site one day goes down I still own and can read the book.
Or hell, since the author apparently has objections to e-book file formats and closed platforms[0], then give me a clean downloadable desktop version of the website as static HTML or something. Or an app version of the book which is just static HTML wrapped in a web view. Anything along those lines would be fine, as long as I can view it offline and keep it past the point when the author stops paying for his server.
[0] http://practicaltypography.com/why-there's-no-e-book-or-pdf.html http://practicaltypography.com/why-there's-no-e-book-or-pdf....
- vram22 12y agoGreat points, worth keeping in mind by wannabe authors.