thebigdog wrote:
Why do you think that is? Is it too hard to circulate the books, or
are they bad titles, or do people prefer online material?
I think it might be a combination of a couple things:
- no interest
- no knowledge about it
- possibly hard to get access (coordinating it, remote person)
- online is easier
- purchasing is faster
we have not really discussed it with user all that often. especially
on the mailing list. we do have some remote users and users that do
not attend the meetings. sometimes it is faster to just order/purchase
the book.
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On-line / electronic copies are far more desirable for some of us (in
fact I'm now insisting that we only use digital versions of everything
(we've gone paperless).
A pdf copy is also far easier to get to someone to review, then to have
linked from a user group library web page.
In the bigger picture, I guess the publishing industry hasn't figured
out how to make money if they distribute on a downloadable version.
What we really need is the iTunes concept - people will gladly pay $1-2
for a downloadable copy and then they don't have to worry about
pirating. Of course we also need a more convenient, tablet-like
laptop so you can read in the bathroom, bus, barber shop, etc.
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