vintola Posted March 31, 2012 Share #1 Posted March 31, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) [ATTACH]307843[/ATTACH] Is this book available as an e-book? - vintola - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 31, 2012 Posted March 31, 2012 Hi vintola, Take a look here LUF eBook. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
andybarton Posted March 31, 2012 Share #2 Posted March 31, 2012 No, sorry. There is no DRM on Blurb eBooks, which is a shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted March 31, 2012 Share #3 Posted March 31, 2012 I really don't understand the worry over DRM. If someone wants to steal an image they will find a way and I don't think there is much chance of having pirated copies of the book showing up on the web. The last time I checked there wasn't any DRM on the print versions of the book either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 31, 2012 Share #4 Posted March 31, 2012 Well, firstly, we didn't ask people's permission to use their shots in an eBook. Secondly, the images that can be copied out of the eBook, are better quality than those you'd get by scanning the printed one. I am looking into the possibility of converting the eBook onto an iBook, which will be DRM'd up to the hilt. (Edit: The book will need to be re-edited in iBooks Author, and put onto the Apple Bookstore via an aggregator company in Europe) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 31, 2012 Share #5 Posted March 31, 2012 ... The last time I checked there wasn't any DRM on the print versions of the book either. The copyright statement states "all rights reserved", which I'd have thought by default includes digital in the event, for example, that someone acquired a copy and scanned it. As a contributor I would need to consider whether I would be happy for my paltry contributions to be included in an electronic version of the book. I contributed on the basis of the production of a printed book (for which Andy has produced a superb product) that people would buy to help raise funds for the AICR and have something tangible that might from time to time bring AICR to mind. I'm not convinced that the same would apply for an electronic copy. On the other hand an electronic copy might raise funds for AICR that it wouldn't otherwise have had access to from people without coffee tables. I'm not decided either way at the moment. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 31, 2012 Share #6 Posted March 31, 2012 IF an eBook were to be published, the £10 contribution would still apply, of course. Putting it through Apple seems to be extremely difficult for those of us who don't live in the US. They need an ISBN and you have to register with the IRS. It's bad enough being registered with HMRC, let alone the tax authorities in a completely different country. I have asked one of the 3rd party companies to advise, but at a minimum, it will be necessary to completely remake the book from scratch. Blurb do have the ability to publish to Apple, but only for US citizens, from what I could see. If Blurb got their collective fingers out and DRM'd the eBooks, things would be much easier. Doesn't get round the fact that we haven't got everyone's permission to publish one, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted March 31, 2012 Share #7 Posted March 31, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Pete, I understand what you are saying but my point is that if someone wants to steal an image it's simply a matter of scanning a photo out of a book. Stealing is stealing, regardless of the media, and IP theft is always a concern. Companies like Apple use DRM so that numerous copies of a book are not freely distributed across the web, something that I think is extremely unlikely in the case of the LUF 2012 book. For many of us living in remote parts of the world it is not an easy thing to order books from the west, and the chance of a successful arrival are far from guaranteed. As someone who has purchased digital eBooks from Andy Barton and Nick DiMarco I feel the pros of greater distribution and fund raising far outweigh the fear mongering. Andy is doing an excellent job of being the gate keeper for everyone's images, but when that security limits exposure and hinders additional funds for the charity then perhaps it is too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted March 31, 2012 Share #8 Posted March 31, 2012 Stephen, I agree with you; as the old saying goes: locks only keep honest people out. I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that that the difficulties inherent in acquiring copies in certain parts of the world hadn't occurred to me and in that light I can understand the potential benefit to you of an electronic copy. I understand what you say about security limiting exposure and hindering additional funds for the charity but for argument's sake it needs to be balanced against the wider view that if an electronic copy led to contributors' work being misused then contributors would be less likely to contribute to a future forum book and perhaps kill it, which would be a much more substantial loss of funds to AICR. I only raise this hypothetical situation to provide balance to the argument. I'm not suggesting that we should or we shouldn't but security would need to be appropriate:o Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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