why you don't read ebooks
Monday, September 28th, 2009 12:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charmianHas anyone bought ebooks from a small ebook only press? In other words, one of those presses where many of their books/novellas are only in ebook form. These seem to be gaining some popularity. I find the trend to ebooks very exciting, but currently both technology and publishing habits don't seem to be there yet.
I haven't because most of these presses focus on genres I'm not very interested in, and because no one whose taste I trust/know has really gone to bat for any of these books.
But maybe I'm wrong, and people whom I know (you reading this) do indeed read ebooks which are only published in ebook form. So are you out there? How have your experiences been?
Also, if you do not read ebook-only books, why do you not do so?
a) haven't heard of any that appeal to you
b) are only interested in reading books in hard-copy form
c) object to DRM (if the press uses it)
d) don't have a means of purchasing them online
e) feel they are overpriced
Basically a) is the strongest reason with me. I simply haven't heard people talking about ebooks or reading them, or strongly recommending them, even the people I know who read over twenty books a month. I don't really have that much of a problem reading on a screen, although since I don't have an e-ink reader, it is harder on the eyes. I dislike DRM, but it wouldn't keep me from buying an ebook, since I usually read a book only once. For e), I have heard some people saying it, but whether I felt a book was overpriced or not would have to depend on the actual book.
I haven't because most of these presses focus on genres I'm not very interested in, and because no one whose taste I trust/know has really gone to bat for any of these books.
But maybe I'm wrong, and people whom I know (you reading this) do indeed read ebooks which are only published in ebook form. So are you out there? How have your experiences been?
Also, if you do not read ebook-only books, why do you not do so?
a) haven't heard of any that appeal to you
b) are only interested in reading books in hard-copy form
c) object to DRM (if the press uses it)
d) don't have a means of purchasing them online
e) feel they are overpriced
Basically a) is the strongest reason with me. I simply haven't heard people talking about ebooks or reading them, or strongly recommending them, even the people I know who read over twenty books a month. I don't really have that much of a problem reading on a screen, although since I don't have an e-ink reader, it is harder on the eyes. I dislike DRM, but it wouldn't keep me from buying an ebook, since I usually read a book only once. For e), I have heard some people saying it, but whether I felt a book was overpriced or not would have to depend on the actual book.
