Comments on: Harry Potter vs iTunes

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:41:54 +0000

Try these, moron:

Author interviews
Fan interviews
Actor interviews
Director interviews
Movie clips from existing movies
Animated clips of scenes from the book
Audio version of author (or other) reading the book

I can keep going but I don’t want to waste anymore time on you.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 06:15:30 +0000

behind the scenes of WHAT? it’s a book, not a film. behind-the-scenes of the printing plant? what?

please explain how to make and include behind-the-scenes clips of a film that has not been made yet.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 04:31:09 +0000

I am sure they could do things like have clips of behind the scenes type things, like they have on tv all the time.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:41:37 +0000

please explain how to make video clips of a newly-published book that hasn’t been filmed yet.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:40:44 +0000

You could sell the PDF version with special features, video clips, stuff like that, etc. You could even number each one, making them digital collector’s items. Registration to the original owner, with a centralized registry, could maintain the ownership lines of these digital collectors items. This would allow for legal backups, etc.

Then, you’d STILL be able to sell the book, cuz you’d be having DIFFERENT CONTENT. (Ever wonder why Star Wars was released in like 15 different versions over the years?? sheesh.).

The best part? They could FUND the publishing with the digital profits, since the digital distribution will cost pennies per release, vs dollars per book. They could EVEN reduce the cost, as an inducement/reward to those early adopters.

But then, they won’t, cuz they are dumb-asses.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:55:56 +0000

These ppl are crazy! If they’d released a pdf or some other electronic format version of the book as soon as it was off to the printers, they’d have been able to start making money straight away, to help pay for the printing if nothing else.

Of course some ppl would pirate the electronic versions, but so what? They’d probly still buy the book when it did finally come out. And a lot of ppl would probly buy both the electronic and physical format versions of the book anyway!

So well done the publishers, you’ve just missed out on a growing source of revenue!! I’m sure the shareholders will understand your decision to deny them greater profits completely. You hope.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:11:57 +0000

Whats the problem?

I don’t love DRM, but heres a company trying to maintain control over its product – or an author who wants to do the same.

The stupidity in complaining that a company is selling a product one way, then appear to be clamouring to get it regardless – vote with your dollar, if you don’t like it.

Is this turning into complainers central? An excercising in whinging because the writer/s can’t deal with the economic processes of the world?

Its one thing to protest, a totally different thing to complain.