« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 7   Go Down

Author Topic: remove ebooks?  (Read 4848 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline goom

  • the underling of underlings
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8929
  • Karma: 690
  • Gender: Male
  • no other distinguishing characteristics.
    • Twitch.TV Streams
remove ebooks?
« Reply #15 on: November 29, 2009, 03:57:57 PM »
hopefully we'll get them before the world ends, y'know? ::)
Logged

Offline Chad32

  • God
  • ********
  • Posts: 11951
  • Karma: 195
  • Gender: Male
remove ebooks?
« Reply #16 on: November 29, 2009, 04:12:43 PM »
Don't worry. My sources tell me that won't be until March 31, 2046, at 2:03 pm.
Logged


Ani-Master 2014!

Offline Azguard

  • God
  • ********
  • Posts: 7808
  • Karma: 219
  • Gender: Male
remove ebooks?
« Reply #17 on: November 29, 2009, 08:54:39 PM »
is that official?
Logged
RAFcrushin on Tyler. Come on, isn't everyone?

Offline goom

  • the underling of underlings
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8929
  • Karma: 690
  • Gender: Male
  • no other distinguishing characteristics.
    • Twitch.TV Streams
remove ebooks?
« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2009, 09:29:07 PM »
Quote from: Azure on November 29, 2009, 08:54:39 PM
is that official?

nothing's official.
Logged

Offline Azguard

  • God
  • ********
  • Posts: 7808
  • Karma: 219
  • Gender: Male
remove ebooks?
« Reply #19 on: November 29, 2009, 09:38:26 PM »
-_- ;; . yes of course.
Logged
RAFcrushin on Tyler. Come on, isn't everyone?

Offline Darth Revan

  • Master of the Star Forge!
  • Gold Donor
  • *********
  • Posts: 15291
  • Karma: 408
  • Gender: Male
  • Now you see the true Dark Lord of the Sith!
remove ebooks?
« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2009, 08:03:02 PM »
I'm all for taking down the e-books temporarily as well. Then put them back up after they're released.

Remember, it's more likely that they won't re-write the series, but I'm sure they might make a couple edits.
Logged
RAFengaged to Midnight_Huntress

Offline anijen21

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 666
  • Karma: 49
  • Gender: Female
remove ebooks?
« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2009, 08:08:00 PM »
you'd just be punishing people who use this forum

there are plenty of outlets for people to get the books online, and the only thing you're doing by taking down the e-books is ensuring that they're gotten somewhere else. Disincentivizing new users, which seems counter to this forum's initiative.

Richard will get a cease and desist if it ever comes to that. Until then, why not let everyone enjoy them equally?
« Last Edit: November 30, 2009, 08:10:22 PM by anijen21 »
Logged
I go off topic on purpose.

Offline Darth Revan

  • Master of the Star Forge!
  • Gold Donor
  • *********
  • Posts: 15291
  • Karma: 408
  • Gender: Male
  • Now you see the true Dark Lord of the Sith!
remove ebooks?
« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2009, 08:34:43 PM »
Meh, true, but still, it'd be like spoiler city. :donno: It's all up to Richard in the end anyway.
Logged
RAFengaged to Midnight_Huntress

Offline anijen21

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 666
  • Karma: 49
  • Gender: Female
remove ebooks?
« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2009, 09:02:53 PM »
I somehow get the feeling that they're not going to release the new series sequentially...I haven't quite figured out if they're going to update continuity stuff or not, but even if they do, the whole series is part of the *zeitgeist* now, it would be like rereleasing The Chronicles of Narnia or Lord of the Rings one by one and expecting people to be in suspense about how Frodo destroys the ring. They're releasing them all at once, I'm pretty sure, or maybe in sets of ten to figure out if people actually care enough to buy them or not.
Logged
I go off topic on purpose.

Offline Chad32

  • God
  • ********
  • Posts: 11951
  • Karma: 195
  • Gender: Male
remove ebooks?
« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2009, 09:17:06 PM »
I guess it would make sense to put them out more quickly since a lot of people already know about the story.

I'm thinking I should get into LOTR, but which version? I don't know.
Logged


Ani-Master 2014!

Offline Darth Revan

  • Master of the Star Forge!
  • Gold Donor
  • *********
  • Posts: 15291
  • Karma: 408
  • Gender: Male
  • Now you see the true Dark Lord of the Sith!
remove ebooks?
« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2009, 09:19:51 PM »
Definitely go in order. The Hobbit, Fellowship, Two Towers, Return of the King.
Logged
RAFengaged to Midnight_Huntress

Offline AniDragon

  • Gold Donor
  • *********
  • Posts: 2999
  • Karma: 174
  • Gender: Female
  • Train of thought, like broken pencil, has no point
    • My tumblr
remove ebooks?
« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2009, 09:21:45 PM »
The thing is, taking down the ebooks is less about avoiding spoilers, and more about encouraging people to buy the re-realease.

Like, let's say they sell them in sets of 10 or whatever. Someone buys it, and are all "Hey, this series is great! I wonder if there's any communities!"

They go online and find RAF, along with the ebooks. Suddenly, they're thinking "Well, what's the point in buying the rest if I can read it for free online?"

Then the re-release doesn't do good, and there's less chances of 2.0 coming out.

Sure, it'll still be possible to get the books for free online somewhere, but why make it easier when the sales for the re-released are going to have an influence on whether we get 2.0 or not?
Logged
~AniDragon, aka Riona-chan~



Currently Reading: Winterwode, by J Tullos Hennig
Currently Writing: Demon's Bane
Currently Editing: Elder's Requiem

Offline anijen21

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 666
  • Karma: 49
  • Gender: Female
remove ebooks?
« Reply #27 on: December 01, 2009, 09:28:58 PM »
right, but what I'm saying is that is ultimately pointless since if people are going to use the ebooks then they'll be willing to use independently uploaded pdfs or txts that do the exact same thing.

I think rather than just taking down the ebooks and coercing people into buying the books, we rely on peer pressure the get people to buy the books. I mean it is a little harder to police that on the internet where you can say one thing and do something completely different. Maybe there should be like a log-in feature that records who uses the ebooks...hell idk I just read Freakonomics so I'm thinking about this more from an "OOH HOW CAN WE CATCH THE CHEATERS" standpoint than a "I WANT ANIMORPHS 2.0 AND I WANT IT ANY WAY I CAN" way.

I still think taking down the ebooks is wrong, though. And it may be entirely pointless, if they edit the series like I have a feeling they're doing, updating the technology and fixing the thought speech mishaps and continuity errors. Then the ebooks become more of a quaint, antiquated, obsolete relic rather than a direct replication.
Logged
I go off topic on purpose.

Offline goom

  • the underling of underlings
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8929
  • Karma: 690
  • Gender: Male
  • no other distinguishing characteristics.
    • Twitch.TV Streams
remove ebooks?
« Reply #28 on: December 01, 2009, 10:07:38 PM »
how about taking them down for lurkers, then?
encourage people to at least post before reading it for free.

bringing them back fully (for everybody) when 2.0 is done?
Logged

Offline anijen21

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 666
  • Karma: 49
  • Gender: Female
remove ebooks?
« Reply #29 on: December 01, 2009, 11:04:53 PM »
yeah, like the only thing I can think is to force people at least to get a username in order to access the books.

that's more steps than others require, so if they do that they at least have some lingering interest in the forum

idk
Logged
I go off topic on purpose.
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 7   Go Up
« previous next »