http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 2026602071? what the heck. ? http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment16http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment16Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:41:46 GMTI am not sure what you're complaining about. Amazon says it hasn't been published yet so it's not Amazon's fault, even though they got the date wrong. No other bookseller will have it if it's not published yet, including for people in the US. In some countries, delivery is not even guaranteed like in your neighbor, Egypt, where things just "don't arrive". Consider yourself luckier than others. Don't you know anyone in the US who can Fedex it for you? If you read that many books, it means your incoming stream of them is steady so you're not in a bad shape. http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment15http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment15Fri, 28 May 2010 16:14:47 GMTThey recently did a survey here in Australia about piracy and it showed pretty clearly that most people that admitted to pirating were doing so primarily out of convenience than cost. T.V. shows are a ripe target here mainly because what little U.S. T.V. is aired in Oz, it often isn't released here until a year or more after it airs in the U.S. Movies are typically 1-2 months behind U.S. premiers. Rather than spending their money to make distribution more convenient, allowing consumers to get access to it cheaply, and more importantly, QUICKLY, they tie up releases with litigation and spend money and more time trying to secure their product from unauthorized distribution, fueling the fire for illegal distribution. It's industry driven by paranoid bone-heads. The part I love is how when I buy a legal DVD, I'm the one that has to sit through several (often unskippable) minutes of crap from the publisher on how wrong it is to steal movies. I've heard that on BlueRay that crap is even worse, to the point that someone posted a video on YouTube that they could start streaming and watching an illegal copy of a movie faster than their Blueray player could start it up on a disc. http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment14http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment14Thu, 27 May 2010 01:58:16 GMTCannot agreed more. This is not only for books. This limitations are for all of the goods I WANT TO BUY. I WANT to give money to the people that produce this good for ME. But it is always simpler to google and download torrent file then BUY it. I WANT to pay all of those people for their work, but I DON'T want to do charity. Why publishers don't trust me? I haven't done anything bad. Instead. They spend millions of dollars in courts to block ThePirateBay.com for TWO fucking hours. RIDICULOUS. And what I got? I buy games in PSN for PSP in store. And DOWNLOAD them from torrents :( Because I DO LOVE to read books on my PSP. http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment13http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment13Wed, 26 May 2010 22:46:45 GMTI feel your pain brother. only if those people could trust people a bit more and instead of spending their time taking torrent guys to court, spent it on making things faster, easier and cleaner... http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment12http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment12Wed, 26 May 2010 22:19:59 GMTAnd I want to add that it literally takes 10 minutes download any movie I want because Germany has fast internet connections. How could a physical store or a DRM laden game compete with that? http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment11http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment11Wed, 26 May 2010 19:06:44 GMTI always download everything I need from illegal sources because not only is it cheaper but it also so much more convenient. It's ridiculous that games start to get even more DRM so that is is even harder to resist the temptation to leech it. There must be at least _some_ advantage in exchange for the money you pay. http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment10http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment10Wed, 26 May 2010 19:05:02 GMTCouldn't agree more, there are so many things that are downloaded illegally not because it is free but because it is simply EASIER! iTunes is a prime example that if you make something that is simple and easy to use people will buy buy buy because it's less friction, plus it is also risk free. Personally I don't buy of iTunes as I hate the software :) http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment9http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment9Wed, 26 May 2010 18:53:52 GMTNot that it will make you feel better but got the book yesterday and missed a deadline finishing it. Its pretty good. Congrats on shipping Raven. http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment8http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment8Wed, 26 May 2010 18:36:52 GMTget the book from torrents and when it is published, buy it, to keep your conscience clear ;) http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment7http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment7Wed, 26 May 2010 17:45:07 GMTI agree it's a complete pain. I love my Kindle deeply, the ability to download a new book immediately is brilliant (although the $2 charge to download free books overseas is annoying) My real pain points are the inability to give or lend a book to another kindle owner (although if my wife likes my kindle when we're on holiday I couldl share my amazon account with her, but why should I have too) I can't be bothered to break the DRM but if we get two Kindles I can see my self doing it. Also regional distribution rights really annoy me. Currently in the UK I only have access to two Ilona Andrews books on my Kindle and I can't complete my Terry Pratchett collection. http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment6http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment6Wed, 26 May 2010 17:32:24 GMTMay 25, 2071 is not a Tuesday. http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment5http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment5Wed, 26 May 2010 17:25:53 GMTOne other thing that is annoying as hell is that a lot of books are for US market only (+Canada maybe). But, owning ePub-capable reader you have so much broader choice of publishers (in no particular order): Fictionwise/Barnes & Noble, BooksOnBoard, RandomHouse, Sony eBook Store, Diesel Books, Tor Books, Night Shade Books to name a few. Yes, Kindle has wireless auto-delivery and most other readers must be synced manually, but I find it a little price to pay. http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment4http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment4Wed, 26 May 2010 17:03:20 GMTCouldn't agree more... http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment3http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment3Wed, 26 May 2010 16:53:53 GMTRelease date in 2071? Wow, slow writer... http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment2http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment2Wed, 26 May 2010 16:53:51 GMTMay 25, 2071 eh? seems you are getting upset 61 years early it seems.... XD http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment1http://ayende.com/4525/why-won-t-you-take-my-money-you-stupid-moronic-dummy#comment1Wed, 26 May 2010 16:53:32 GMT