Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

[Sumant Srivathsan]

As Charles says, just remove DRM.

And I'm betting that bitrot happens far slower than paper decays. Plus, if
DRM has been taken care of, surely copying files is a whole lot easier than
having to buy new deadtree copies.


On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Thaths  wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Sumant Srivathsan  >wrote:
>
> > I find most of their arguments can be distilled down to "devices are
> > different from books and I haven't bothered to adjust."
>
>
> How does one adjust to DRM and bitrot?
>
> S.
> --
> Homer: Hey, what does this job pay?
> Carl:  Nuthin'.
> Homer: D'oh!
> Carl:  Unless you're crooked.
> Homer: Woo-hoo!
>



-- 
Sumant Srivathsan
http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

[Charles Haynes]

For DRM, remove it.

For bitrot, I have settled on ePub format which is basically just zipped
HTML. I'm hopeful it will be relatively slow to rot.

-- Charles

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

[Thaths]

On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Sumant Srivathsan wrote:

> I find most of their arguments can be distilled down to "devices are
> different from books and I haven't bothered to adjust."


How does one adjust to DRM and bitrot?

S.
-- 
Homer: Hey, what does this job pay?
Carl:  Nuthin'.
Homer: D'oh!
Carl:  Unless you're crooked.
Homer: Woo-hoo!

Re: [silk] If this place is still open it looks ideal for a silkmeet

[Deepa Mohan]

Geese Haven! Ducks, geese, turkeysI'm sorry...I would (personal
opinion, please note) never go to a place like this.  And the fulsome
review somehowmakes me wary.


On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:

>
> http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g297628-d1157595-r184383003-Geese_Haven_Homestay_And_Farm-Bangalore_Karnataka.html
>
> 45 minutes from banashankari - so rather a haul out of town but quite
> driveable
>
> Farmhouse with ducks, geese, turkeys and a friendly dog
>
> Fully equipped kitchen where you cook your own food other than breakfast -
> the entire farmhouse needs to be rented so it looks like a good deal for
> groups.
>
> --srs (iPad)

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

[Venkatesh Hariharan]

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <
sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Kindle/Kindle_app/Flipkart_app/e-book_reader_app are somewhat
> irrelevant for me when it comes to reading books in the local
> languages. There is a tremendous lack of books and, this makes the
> usage of the devices a bit limited for me (even though I am staggering
> under a load of books and, lack of bookshelf space)
>

We are slowly seeing the top rung Indian publishers moving into
e-publishing, to protect their market in the digital space. The smaller
publishers are taking their own sweet time in this regard. FYI, I will be
moderating a session on e-publishing at the World Book Fair in New Delhi on
the 16th of Feb.

At the Publishing Next conference held in Goa last year, the most advanced
e-publisher I came across was someone who was publishing Marathi books in a
non-Unicode font. I did not know whether to laugh or cry!

Venky

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay]

On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan  wrote:
> I was also thinking that with the cost of real estate hovering around
> 15-20,000 rupees a square feet in Mumbai, a Kindle pays for itself
> immediately. Today, I simply have no space to store more books, and the
> Kindle is therefore very handy.
>
> Another benefit with the Kindle is that one can download a sample and
> decide if I want to go ahead and buy the book. I find that very useful.
>
> I love both formats, but ultimately, the content has to be really
> engrossing and nothing is more engaging than great writing!

Kindle/Kindle_app/Flipkart_app/e-book_reader_app are somewhat
irrelevant for me when it comes to reading books in the local
languages. There is a tremendous lack of books and, this makes the
usage of the devices a bit limited for me (even though I am staggering
under a load of books and, lack of bookshelf space)


-- 
sankarshan mukhopadhyay