Comments on: Publishers and e-books http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/08/13/publishers-and-e-books/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Swaim http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/08/13/publishers-and-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-22918 Mike Swaim Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:02:24 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2833#comment-22918 Simply activate the book inside a virtual machine. That way you can migrate from one piece of physical hardware to another. Simply activate the book inside a virtual machine. That way you can migrate from one piece of physical hardware to another.

]]> By: Ken Pierce http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/08/13/publishers-and-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-22916 Ken Pierce Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:13:38 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2833#comment-22916 I love the Manning method. I have been buying most of my books lately from them as ebooks. They offer an excellent deal where they will apply the amount you spent on the ebook towards the purchase of a print book as long as they're purchased from the website. I love the Manning method. I have been buying most of my books lately from them as ebooks. They offer an excellent deal where they will apply the amount you spent on the ebook towards the purchase of a print book as long as they’re purchased from the website.

]]> By: NickV http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/08/13/publishers-and-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-22915 NickV Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:41:09 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2833#comment-22915 I can't speak for Adobe or other vendors; however, I just finished rewriting a product activation and licensing scheme for my employer. (I don't agree with the idea, but my ideology doesn't pay the bills.) I chose to base part of the license code on a hash of the Windows serial number, not just the hardware. I can’t speak for Adobe or other vendors; however, I just finished rewriting a product activation and licensing scheme for my employer. (I don’t agree with the idea, but my ideology doesn’t pay the bills.) I chose to base part of the license code on a hash of the Windows serial number, not just the hardware.

]]> By: Eric http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/08/13/publishers-and-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-22914 Eric Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:11:26 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2833#comment-22914 What's the policy on external hard drives? Is that considered a different computer? If you just download it there in the first place, you can just open it from whatever computer you happen to own at the time, theoretically, right? And if it doesn't count as a computer, just move it to a different external when your old one gets outdated. What’s the policy on external hard drives? Is that considered a different computer? If you just download it there in the first place, you can just open it from whatever computer you happen to own at the time, theoretically, right? And if it doesn’t count as a computer, just move it to a different external when your old one gets outdated.

]]> By: NickV http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/08/13/publishers-and-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-22912 NickV Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:21:04 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2833#comment-22912 Wow. That Wiley license is ridiculous and insulting. A trip to a competitor sounds much less stressful if they enforce those restrictions through software. I can't imagine how irritated I would be if I had just bought a $105 e-book, loaded it on my desktop, copied it to my laptop, left on a trip expecting to read on the plane, and discover that it fails to load because I activated the e-book on my desktop. If they're that worried about DRM, then a subscription model sounds much more effective and less insulting. Wow. That Wiley license is ridiculous and insulting. A trip to a competitor sounds much less stressful if they enforce those restrictions through software.

I can’t imagine how irritated I would be if I had just bought a $105 e-book, loaded it on my desktop, copied it to my laptop, left on a trip expecting to read on the plane, and discover that it fails to load because I activated the e-book on my desktop.

If they’re that worried about DRM, then a subscription model sounds much more effective and less insulting.

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