Recently in the press we have heard about the “print media”, such as books and news papers, bringing out charging systems for their online content. For example the New York Times is reported to be bringing in a charging structure for 2011 <cite>.
Authors have recently been provided with a workable and accessible system for their printed works to be made available on like, that system is commonly known as the eBook. The open eBook format can be read by many different devices from the iPhone to the humble PC (with all the eBook readers in-between). It is very easy for one to create an eBook, there are many pieces of software (such as Stanza) which can take text and save it to the ePub format.
Many websites have appeared almost overnight providing the ability to download a new release in eBook format, for a price. My problem here, and the thing That Pisses Me Off, is the price difference. Yesterday I decided that I wanted to buy a copy of Dan Brown’s latest work “The Lost Symbol”, I decided that I would buy it in eBook format. My reasoning for this was that I always have my iPhone (and as such Stanza) with me, so I can read the book whenever I have a spare moment. So I started with Google, and found my way to a few sites selling the eBook. What I found shocked me.
The Price difference between an eBook and a Printed book
- Amazon US - Book: $12.00 (£7.75) | eBook: $14.09 (£9.91)
- Waterstones – Book: £9.49 | eBook: £13.58
- WHSmiths – Book: £9.49 | eBook: £13.48
- Barnes & Nobel – Book: £28.20 (£18.23) | eBook: $9.60 (£6.20)
I was under the impression (wrongly!) that an eBook would be cheaper than a printed book. It does make sense that it would be, as surely the process of me purchasing a printed work would cost more? I will point out that B&N were cheaper, but they won’t sell eBooks to the UK.
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Evenin’
I’m watching QI with Stephen Fry at the moment, and have just seen the weirdest of videos. A Prairie Dog Vacuum, used to remove Prairie Dog’s from places where they are not wanted. It seems slightly cruel towards the poor little creatures!
For those that don’t know what QI is, it is a weekly “quiz” show headed by Stephen Fry. There is a large comedy element to it, with most of the contestants being well known comedians. It can always be found on the BBC iPlayer.
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Welcome to another TTPMO (Things that piss me off) post.
As anyone from Bristol will know, KRAFT foods have recently taken over Cadbury Chocolate. For those who live in a cave and do not know who KRAFT or Cadbury are, I will take a moment to explain.
Cadbury Dairy Milk the best known Cadbury product.
Kraft are the second largest food and beverage maker in the world (after Nestle), and are the biggest food or beverage producer in the USA. They sell products in more than 155 Countries worldwide, with gross revenue of $42.2Billion (that’s around £26.9Billion at the time of writing) and over 98,000 employees. Some of their best known brands are “Philadelphia”, “Maxwell House” and “Oreo”.
Cadbury are a a UK based confectionery maker, the second largest in the world after Mars/Wrigley. Their gross revenue is £5,384Million. Their best known product is the Dairy Milk Bar.
Before the Kraft take over Cadbury announced its intention to close its factory near Bristol. However Kraft said it would do its best to keep it open, if the takeover bid was accepted. Surprise surprise, the second that they signed the contract, the announcement that the factory would continue to close was made. That is the first thing that pisses me off, a large number of good men and women will now lose their jobs, whilst UK based produce moves to Europe (again!).
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Welcome to Only Idiots Assume!!
As I am sure anyone reading this can tell, the site has had a complete overall! To start with its not called JamesChorlton.co.uk any more, its not known as OnlyIdiotsAssume.co.uk (or .com for that matter!). As much as I loved the previous theme, something just wasn’t right. So here it is, something new, I hope you all like it.
I’m hoping to post entries more often, most likely on the TTPMO section of the blog, but anything will do! A few sections of the site are offline for the moment, (TVCal etc), untill I merge them into the new theme.
Well seeing as its 8 minutes into valentines day, and my misses is sat to my right watching Marley and Me I think that I should proberly focus on her for a bit!!
So signing off,
JamesAKADamingo
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