Comments on: A Reader’s Bill of Rights (Kassia Krozser)

By: Alwin Cawston

Alwin Cawston — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:29:01 +0000

I do agree that the problems with DRM do not seem to be conducive to a good consumer driven market, and in Canada it is even worse. Thousands of books that are available to Americans are restricted for Canadians because of DRM agreements.
However as more and more academic and public libraries make their collections available via the e-reader, I do see a need for (ADE) Adobe Digital Editions or something equivalent.
This would allow the normal library loan period free of charge or perhaps with a nominal fee, with an automatic return or even a limited renewal and no fine for late return. The book just disappears from your reader

By: Michael Vagnetti

Michael Vagnetti — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:46:48 +0000

A checklist for social reading, like the one developed by James Bridle at Open Bookmarks, can also be a part of a Reader's Bill of Rights.

By: Bob Mayer

Bob Mayer — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:48:38 +0000

Publishers have always focused on distribution to consignment outlets, called bookstores. Their business model did not focus on selling books to readers.

With digital, the entire structure has changed, but most publishers have failed to take this into account.

An as an author, I create a product. Readers consume the product. Everyone in between has to add something to that connection or they need to get the hell out of the way. That’s our motto at Who Dares Wins Publishing.

By: Louise Sorensen

Louise Sorensen — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:57:24 +0000

“though I did wonder what some editors were smoking when they published books that my cat could write with more clarity and development of story.” < I especially liked this part.
I think of all the times I did not 'get' a story and thought it was something lacking in me.
Now I am a writer, and attend group workshops that include critiques of my own work. I can easily see that many published stories are not written clearly enough to convey the story to the reader.
Plus there are run on sentences, sentences that need to be rearranged for better impact, and typos.
If I spot too many problems with any book, and find myself editing, rather than reading, I close the book.

By: Matt Weaver

Matt Weaver — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:58:59 +0000

Check out the ebook user’s bill of rights, put together by a couple of kickass librarians to address what was then the first salvo in the war on ebooks in libraries.
http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2011/02/ebookrights.html

There is a lot of common ground between both statements and we can only gain traction if all readers and readers’ advocates come together.

By: Sandy Rosser

Sandy Rosser — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:01:13 +0000

Such a simple concept, isn’t it? Allow the market and the consumer to determine what they buy – or not.

EBooks are the new “green” in more ways than one.