Re: electronic copy of "Programming in Lua, Second Edition" textbook on the net

[Marc Balmer <marc@...>]

Am 01.08.11 11:19, schrieb Frans Oilinki:
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 16:44, Alexander Gladysh <agladysh@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:30, Dimiter "malkia" Stanev <malkia@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I actually want to buy the book (electronic PDF copy).
>>>
>>> I'm in US - is Feisty Duck the only store that sells it?
>>
>> I'm surprised that there is no Kindle edition on Amazon.
>>
>> Alexander.
> 
> Hello Alexander,
> 
>>From the product description page: "Digital format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle
> (Mobi)". I am curious - why would you want to buy the book from Amazon
> instead of directly from the publisher?
> 
> 1. In Feisty Duck web site
> (https://www.feistyduck.com/services/digital-publishing/index.html)
> they say 75% of the profit goes to the author (or original
> publisher?), which I guess is more generous than Amazon (please
> correct me if I am wrong here).
> 
> 2. I cannot find the information and did not make the purchase (yet)
> to tell by experience, but if Feisty Duck gives you all the three
> formats with the purchase without DRM applied (like O'Reilly does for
> many of their eBooks), then this offer seems superior to what Amazon
> will give you (DRM, locked to use Amazon Kindle reader / app).

The sey without DRM; but they personalize the file.  That's stupid, not
even O'Reilly does that.  When it comes to eBooks, the publisher could
learn a lot from O'Reilly:  No DRM, no personalisation, and the explicit
right to share the eBook, just like any physical book.

> 
> The only downside is if you do not like your name printed in the book
> (if the book is received by Feisty Duck in DocBook format)?
> 
> Frans
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>
>>> On 7/31/11 7:10 PM, Will Metcalf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> and if there was an electronic version on sale, I would long
>>>>> have bought it.
>>>>
>>>> You can buy an electronic copy of this book.
>>>>
>>>> http://store.feistyduck.com/products/programming-in-lua
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Will
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Marc Balmer<marc@msys.ch>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 18.07.11 15:04, schrieb Vadim Peretokin:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's rather distasteful.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a sidenote only.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since many of you are coming to Switzerland later this year, let me
>>>>> explain you an interesting facet of Swiss law.  In Switzerland,
>>>>> downloads are legal.  We can legally download movies, musics, or in this
>>>>> case books, that someone puts online.  It does not matter if the
>>>>> publication itself was legal.  The pure act of downloading a copyrighted
>>>>> work is legal here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, publishing of such work is prohibited.  But we are allowed to
>>>>> shared content of any matter with friends and family.
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the conclusion?  I have now legally obtained an electronic copy
>>>>> of a book I already bought four or five times in print (for myself, my
>>>>> company, for friends etc.) and I admit that this comes in as a handy
>>>>> reference for my personal use.  I have no intent to circulate this file,
>>>>> of course, and if there was an electronic version on sale, I would long
>>>>> have bought it.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, distasteful or not, in some legislations, downloading the file in
>>>>> question is perfectly legal.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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