Comments on: DailyLit: Classics of your choice via e-mail or RSS—and commercial titles are on the way http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/dailylit-classics-of-your-choice-via-e-mail-or-rss-and-commercial-titles-might-be-on-the-way/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:30:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Janssen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/dailylit-classics-of-your-choice-via-e-mail-or-rss-and-commercial-titles-might-be-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-388142 Bill Janssen Sat, 26 May 2007 19:59:02 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6594#comment-388142 Jon, I was being gently ironic there. Sorry to have omitted the smiley :-). Jon, I was being gently ironic there. Sorry to have omitted the smiley :-) .

]]> By: Branko Collin http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/dailylit-classics-of-your-choice-via-e-mail-or-rss-and-commercial-titles-might-be-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-386476 Branko Collin Thu, 24 May 2007 12:56:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6594#comment-386476 I was busy writing a long reply that would show how PG's download numbers don't necessarily mean much, when I realised that would sort of undermine my point too. :) Anyway, what I wanted to say is that there seems to be an interest in this service, which would suggest that it may not be a solution in search of a problem after all. Books as monolithical entities have their place of course, but the great thing about e-books is that you <i>can</i> mash 'em up. I was busy writing a long reply that would show how PG’s download numbers don’t necessarily mean much, when I realised that would sort of undermine my point too. :)

Anyway, what I wanted to say is that there seems to be an interest in this service, which would suggest that it may not be a solution in search of a problem after all. Books as monolithical entities have their place of course, but the great thing about e-books is that you can mash ‘em up.

]]> By: Hadrien http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/dailylit-classics-of-your-choice-via-e-mail-or-rss-and-commercial-titles-might-be-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-386452 Hadrien Thu, 24 May 2007 12:09:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6594#comment-386452 621.471 downloaded books for the last 7 days on Gutenberg. 75k isn't that much compared to Gutenberg. They have 50k members because you need to register in order to get your book. The idea itself isn't half-bad, but the whole website shouldn't focus on this. I guess we could cut ebooks in a whole lot of pieces and send them by e-mail too with Feedbooks, or even using Twitter ;-) 621.471 downloaded books for the last 7 days on Gutenberg.
75k isn’t that much compared to Gutenberg. They have 50k members because you need to register in order to get your book.

The idea itself isn’t half-bad, but the whole website shouldn’t focus on this. I guess we could cut ebooks in a whole lot of pieces and send them by e-mail too with Feedbooks, or even using Twitter ;-)

]]> By: Branko Collin http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/dailylit-classics-of-your-choice-via-e-mail-or-rss-and-commercial-titles-might-be-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-386384 Branko Collin Thu, 24 May 2007 10:32:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6594#comment-386384 How can it be a solution in search of a problem if they have 50,000 readers? How can it be a solution in search of a problem if they have 50,000 readers?

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/dailylit-classics-of-your-choice-via-e-mail-or-rss-and-commercial-titles-might-be-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-386191 David Rothman Thu, 24 May 2007 05:47:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6594#comment-386191 Jon, I think you're forgetting about the technical challenges of using PG. No big deal to you and me. But most of people on the Net can barely download and work with an e-book file--even one without DRM to clutter things up. Beyond that, perhaps some big publishers will distribute their books without DRM if they're broken up into segments. So I see potential here. Thanks. David Jon, I think you’re forgetting about the technical challenges of using PG. No big deal to you and me. But most of people on the Net can barely download and work with an e-book file–even one without DRM to clutter things up. Beyond that, perhaps some big publishers will distribute their books without DRM if they’re broken up into segments. So I see potential here. Thanks. David

]]> By: Jon Jermey http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/dailylit-classics-of-your-choice-via-e-mail-or-rss-and-commercial-titles-might-be-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-385998 Jon Jermey Wed, 23 May 2007 21:38:50 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6594#comment-385998 As far as I'm concerned this is one for the <a href="http://museumofngi.livejournal.com" rel="nofollow">Museum of Just Not Getting It</a>. A 600-page eBook weighs no more and has no greater volume than a 2-page excerpt. It's just as convenient to open, you can move it to a PDA in one hit, and you can read as much of it as you want when you want. And it's a lot easier to archive one file for re-reading later than 241 emails. Bill, if your reader program doesn't support automatic bookmarking, then you need to get one that does. 50,000 readers? Crime and Punishment in 241 parts? I wonder how many of them will come back for a second volume. DailyLit is a solution that doesn't have a problem. But maybe Gutenberg should start emailing out an eBook of the Month. As far as I’m concerned this is one for the Museum of Just Not Getting It. A 600-page eBook weighs no more and has no greater volume than a 2-page excerpt. It’s just as convenient to open, you can move it to a PDA in one hit, and you can read as much of it as you want when you want. And it’s a lot easier to archive one file for re-reading later than 241 emails. Bill, if your reader program doesn’t support automatic bookmarking, then you need to get one that does.

50,000 readers? Crime and Punishment in 241 parts? I wonder how many of them will come back for a second volume. DailyLit is a solution that doesn’t have a problem. But maybe Gutenberg should start emailing out an eBook of the Month.

]]> By: A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye » Blog Archive » No time to read? Try DailyLit. http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/dailylit-classics-of-your-choice-via-e-mail-or-rss-and-commercial-titles-might-be-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-385877 A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye » Blog Archive » No time to read? Try DailyLit. Wed, 23 May 2007 16:43:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6594#comment-385877 [...] The books currently available are in the public domain or available under a Creative Commons license. Teleread tells the story behind the site and reports that DailyLit may soon be offering new titles from publishers. My guess is that there will be costs associated with new titles, but the currently available titles are free. [...] [...] The books currently available are in the public domain or available under a Creative Commons license. Teleread tells the story behind the site and reports that DailyLit may soon be offering new titles from publishers. My guess is that there will be costs associated with new titles, but the currently available titles are free. [...]

]]> By: Bill Janssen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/dailylit-classics-of-your-choice-via-e-mail-or-rss-and-commercial-titles-might-be-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-385856 Bill Janssen Wed, 23 May 2007 15:46:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6594#comment-385856 Well, if people can sell pre-sliced bagged apple pieces, why not pre-sliced free classic literature? Save you from having to put a bookmark in the book. Well, if people can sell pre-sliced bagged apple pieces, why not pre-sliced free classic literature? Save you from having to put a bookmark in the book.

]]>