Re: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-13 Thread Ricardo Araoz
El 12/04/12 13:53, Michael Madigan escribió: I can understand using a kindle for storing reference books, or documents, but i don't understand why someone would want to read a book. You'll get to reading one sooner or later. ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-13 Thread Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox)
I have recently joined the whole e-reader universe, and I have to say I like it a lot. One of my daughters has a Kindle, my wife has an iPad, and a while ago I bought a generic eReader. Initially I just used it for traveling, but it has become my medium of choice for books. I don't miss the feel

Re: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-13 Thread Paul Hill
You can pry my Kindle from my cold dead fingers! Also, being a propper geek I can ssh into it and run a GameBoy emulator. haha Last week I bought a poorly formatted Kindle book. There were no spaces between paragraphs which made it impossible to read. I returned it. Got a refund immediatly. +1

Re: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Ricardo Araoz ricar...@gmail.com wrote: El 11/04/12 14:50, MB Software Solutions, LLC escribió: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2012cv02826/394628/1/ for Conspiracy to fix prices for e-books And me thinking you had a

RE: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-12 Thread Allen
Doesn't everyone fix a price? I think what is worse is the so called recommended price on DVD's where we know the selling price is 80% less. We are being conned there. But if a book publisher has a price and sets it, what's cartel about that? Al -Original Message- There's a similar

Re: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-12 Thread Paul Hill
The publishers are forcing Amazon etc to sell a book at a price the publisher decides. If Amazon wants to sell me a book at a loss then so be it. It's a cartel because the 5 or so major written English book publishers are all doing this. On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Allen

Re: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-12 Thread Michael Madigan
] USA vs. Apple the book publishers Doesn't everyone fix a price? I think what is worse is the so called recommended price on DVD's where we know the selling price is 80% less. We are being conned there. But if a book publisher has a price and sets it, what's cartel about that? Al -Original

RE: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-12 Thread John Weller
People want to use a Kindle to read a book for many reasons such as a book being too heavy for them to hold due to illness or wanting to take a lot of books on a long holiday. John Weller I can understand using a kindle for storing reference books, or documents, but i don't understand why

Re: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-12 Thread Eurico Chagas Filho
I have a Nook Color, I seat by the TV and during breaks a read a little or I access the internet and it is much less cumbersome than a notebook. In the bed just before I sleep I can shuffle through some books and then pick one. E. People want to use a Kindle to read a book for many reasons such

[NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-11 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2012cv02826/394628/1/ for Conspiracy to fix prices for e-books ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free

Re: [NF] USA vs. Apple the book publishers

2012-04-11 Thread Ricardo Araoz
El 11/04/12 14:50, MB Software Solutions, LLC escribió: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2012cv02826/394628/1/ for Conspiracy to fix prices for e-books And me thinking you had a free market and the state didn't meddle in private affairs. hehehe