Comments on: Silk Pagoda Sale: 10,000 e-books for $9.99

By: dmoynihan

dmoynihan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:43:04 +0000

Hey man, thanks for the purchase. Again, it made a lot of people happier, and we’ve continued it at:
http://stores.ebay.com/Munseys-Masks

But, problem was, people wanted more customer service than I was able to give, personally, and… there’s a travel schedule…

/Missing Decatur, but only ‘cuz of weather.

By: Al

Al — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:54:14 +0000

I purchased the Silk Pagoda disc last December for the $10 that it is on “sale” now so I don’t understand the sale price. I got it because I don’t always have internet access and hadn’t learned about feedbooks yet when I got it. I have lots of books and most of them are in the *.prc format, which I prefer over the *.azw format. I have read 24 Edgar Rice Burroughs so far and am really enjoying the very wide selection of public domain books. I am old enough that some of these I read in high school, like “Ivanhoe” for example. It is a pleasure to re-read them knowing I won’t be quizzed on them and being able to just enjoy the story without having to analyze the thing to death. But then I am probably older than most of you.

By: dmoynihan

dmoynihan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:49:32 +0000

Should add, url for Ebooks on SD/DVD is:

http://stores.ebay.com/Munseys-Masks

… and the Small Press Show takes place in December, so… enjoy!

By: dmoynihan

dmoynihan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:47:42 +0000

Actually, that’s a technical error. Looks like Rashomon got reactivated too, which is on Munsey’s.

Anyway, my ebay licensee has been kicking Silk’s ass, selling 1,500 ebooks on a card, since Feb., and the site primarily exists to send out reader copies and advance review. I’m guessing it was a recent “fix,” but right now, trying to see if the Ravens can set a record for most punts in a pre-season game.

Somebody wants the disk, fine, ’til tomorrow night. Thanks…

/It’s book festival season, so I’m going to republics of China and Texas starting Sept. 3, won’t really be home until after the small press show, and my wife will be spending her alone time getting the Shih-Tzu to remember her, a task made more difficult by Dusty’s all-organic diet.

By: Paul Biba

Paul Biba — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:13:22 +0000

I only take one or two books at a time from the DVD, so I don’t know how many it could hold. David is right, if you use a large card you could fit hundreds, or thousands, of books onto either platform. The DVD has a total of 3.5G of data. However, if you loaded all this stuff onto a card I suspect that neither platform has the processing power to quickly index it all. It would probably slow the machines to a crawl.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:20:47 +0000

Mike, remember it’s a memory card thing. Either can take at least a 2G card. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Kindle took more. Thanks. David

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:45:29 +0000

Paul: Can you comment yet about how many books you had in the Reader vs the K and what the handling of them are like on each?

10K books on one DVD. Holy cow.