Comments on: Amazon ebook controvery persists: update http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/04/amazon-ebook-controvery-persists-update/ Commentary on Economics, Information and Human Action Mon, 21 May 2012 15:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: larry dickman http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/04/amazon-ebook-controvery-persists-update/#comment-11097 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:42:17 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6380#comment-11097 How does one buy “with great alacrity”? It seems alacrity is a response:
Main Entry: alac·ri·ty
Pronunciation: \ə-ˈla-krə-tē\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin alacritas, from alacr-, alacer lively, eager
Date: 15th century
: promptness in response : cheerful readiness
— alac·ri·tous \-krə-təs\ adjective

Maybe amazon sends you invitations to purchase. Myself I do not receive those emails from amazon.

]]> By: G http://knowledgeproblem.com/2010/02/04/amazon-ebook-controvery-persists-update/#comment-11094 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:39:32 +0000 http://knowledgeproblem.com/?p=6380#comment-11094 I’d rather read a hard copy than a PDF: it’s not even a comparison. But I’ll continue to order from Amazon. I note that when I go to Tor and Macmillan I can: 1. not find any .mobi/prc books, or 2. Find e-books priced above the physical hard covers. I’m waiting to see what Macmillan does. When they continue the pricing they have shown in the past, I will continue a boycott of their new books (unless I am overcome by desire, in which case I will buy the hardcover. There are vanishingly few books I feel that way about.)The world evolves, time for authors who have a market to evolve with it, and perhaps drag their screaming publishers behind them. New authors should look for exciting houses and editors, like those at Baen.

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