Comments on: Stanza iPhone coup: Pan Macmillan best-sellers readable via Stanza, with direct downloading on the way http://www.teleread.com/drm/stanza-iphone-coup-pan-macmillan-excerpts-now-available-from-best-sellers-minus-drm/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/drm/stanza-iphone-coup-pan-macmillan-excerpts-now-available-from-best-sellers-minus-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-969686 David Rothman Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:25:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/24/stanza-iphone-coup-pan-macmillan-excerpts-now-available-from-best-sellers-minus-drm/#comment-969686 Heck, for that matter, BooksOnBoard and a romance publisher are also doing direct downloading. But Stanza lets you download Pan Mac excerpts from within the app's own catalog. Now that's special--something besides pub domain books there. And it'll be even more special if it can eventually happen within Stanza with Pan Mac's full-length for-sale books, as well as fancy descriptions and search capabilities to make Kindle-style shopping possible. What's more, while BOB and ORA and the rest count, Pan Mac is part of Macmillan. So that's why I'm excited even thought there's plenty of overlap with other efforts with similar goals. You don't see Random House in there, do you? Pan Mac was first among the majors. So, among other reasons, that's why it's a coup. I'm sure Stanza 's developers were eager for the deal. But give Pan Mac credit for its foresight. Feel free to disagree--and have the last word. Thanks, James!- David Heck, for that matter, BooksOnBoard and a romance publisher are also doing direct downloading.

But Stanza lets you download Pan Mac excerpts from within the app’s own catalog. Now that’s special–something besides pub domain books there.

And it’ll be even more special if it can eventually happen within Stanza with Pan Mac’s full-length for-sale books, as well as fancy descriptions and search capabilities to make Kindle-style shopping possible.

What’s more, while BOB and ORA and the rest count, Pan Mac is part of Macmillan.

So that’s why I’m excited even thought there’s plenty of overlap with other efforts with similar goals. You don’t see Random House in there, do you? Pan Mac was first among the majors. So, among other reasons, that’s why it’s a coup. I’m sure Stanza ‘s developers were eager for the deal. But give Pan Mac credit for its foresight.

Feel free to disagree–and have the last word. Thanks, James!- David

]]> By: James Bridle http://www.teleread.com/drm/stanza-iphone-coup-pan-macmillan-excerpts-now-available-from-best-sellers-minus-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-969663 James Bridle Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:42:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/24/stanza-iphone-coup-pan-macmillan-excerpts-now-available-from-best-sellers-minus-drm/#comment-969663 Wasn't trying to knock the downloading part - except <a href="http://toc.oreilly.com/2008/11/experimental-oreilly-ebook-iphone-integration-with-stanza.html" rel="nofollow">O'Reilly have already launched direct downloading of for-sale content</a>, so again, not sure about the 'coup'. Wasn’t trying to knock the downloading part – except O’Reilly have already launched direct downloading of for-sale content, so again, not sure about the ‘coup’.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/drm/stanza-iphone-coup-pan-macmillan-excerpts-now-available-from-best-sellers-minus-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-969660 David Rothman Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:36:57 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/24/stanza-iphone-coup-pan-macmillan-excerpts-now-available-from-best-sellers-minus-drm/#comment-969660 James, that's an excellent point since nonDRMed e-pub is a standard usable via the Stanza desktop app, but please also consider the new integration---the fact that now you can call up ePub excerpts from Pan Mac from within the Stanza catalog, via direct downloading. Plus, Pan Mac and Stanza are headed toward direct downloading even of for-sale content. If successful, this initiative could lead in time to Kindle-simple downloads. So that's News, cap-N. Let's just hope it happens. Thanks. David James, that’s an excellent point since nonDRMed e-pub is a standard usable via the Stanza desktop app, but please also consider the new integration—the fact that now you can call up ePub excerpts from Pan Mac from within the Stanza catalog, via direct downloading. Plus, Pan Mac and Stanza are headed toward direct downloading even of for-sale content. If successful, this initiative could lead in time to Kindle-simple downloads. So that’s News, cap-N. Let’s just hope it happens. Thanks. David

]]> By: James Bridle http://www.teleread.com/drm/stanza-iphone-coup-pan-macmillan-excerpts-now-available-from-best-sellers-minus-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-969655 James Bridle Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:25:51 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/24/stanza-iphone-coup-pan-macmillan-excerpts-now-available-from-best-sellers-minus-drm/#comment-969655 Sorry, but how is this a coup? Pan Mac have had these epub files available for ages. Nice to see them doing a little deal with Stanza to put some samples in there, but iPhone users have been able to read any epub files this way for some time. Sorry, but how is this a coup? Pan Mac have had these epub files available for ages. Nice to see them doing a little deal with Stanza to put some samples in there, but iPhone users have been able to read any epub files this way for some time.

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