Comments on: eTexbook seller fails logic test

By: Chris Gives Away Free Erotic eBooks

Chris Gives Away Free Erotic eBooks — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:12:45 +0000

Yeah right, an ebook that smells! Is it the 1st of April?

By: Business strategy consultanr

Business strategy consultanr — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:12:26 +0000

Okay…it is a pretty stupid promotion. That I will agree with 100%. I guess not being directly involved in the industry myself means that kind of thing just rolls past me as not being worth my attention. (And I can’t believe that someone thought it warrented announcing in an article.) At the same time, I guess I can understand why this kind of thing would raise the ire of someone directly involved in the industry. I hadn’t really looked at it from the perspective of how gimmicks like this effect the image of the eBook industry. So I digress…

By: Links of Interest (August 24th 2007 through August 31st 2007) · All the Billion Other Moments (Jason Penney)

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:35:18 +0000

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By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:53:36 +0000

By: Evo

Evo — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:22:56 +0000

As a guy who is constantly exposed to moronic promotions, I don’t find my comments harsh at all. Regardless of the vehicle, someone at an organizations has a faulty logic circuit. It’s a gimmick, yes. And a dumb one at that. This isn’t helping the image of eBooks.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:23:35 +0000

I didn’t intend to come off as condescending. That’s the problem with text, I guess…sometimes that tone doesn’t come out quite right. Really, Joan my comment was directed more toward Evo. Evo, did you realize this was the case when you posted this? The tone of the post just seemed a little harsh for a silly scratch and sniff promotion…

By: Joan

Joan — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:04:29 +0000

And here I thought it was like one of those disk scent air freshener gizmos!! You never know what people will come up with! I may have missed the joke, Michael, but the issue of making ebooks more palatable is valid. Thank you for the condescending correction.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:09:32 +0000

uh…guys…it’s a scratch and sniff sticker that they mail you. don’t you think it might be just a LITTLE tongue-in-cheek? it’s just an attempt at a funny gimmick to attract attention. nothing more, nothing less…

By: Joan

Joan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:13:48 +0000

I don’t get it - how can I smell an e-book? Wouldn’t that mean buying a device to let me smell it? Gosh, life just gets weirder!

Nobilis has it right, it’s the actual hardware that make it unpalatable. They need to make a reader that open like a book with a two page spread (I know, how strange a thought is that?) and I can touch the screen to “turn” the page (rather than scroll), with a screen offering the same view area as a paperback book. You still want to feel like you are reading a book.

My second suggestion is to work on the voice for the automated reader, I pity anyone who really HAS to use it, I can’t and won’t hack the tinny tones and mispronounciations. (God bless Podiobooks!)

That’s my two cents worth!

By: Nobilis

Nobilis — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:29:51 +0000

It’s like the guy searching for the car keys under the streetlight.

They don’t have what it takes to actually fix the problem (make an ebook reader that’s got the right feel) so they putter around with every harebrained scheme that comes along.