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Apr. 21st, 2011
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Oh For Goodness Sake
Apr. 21st, 2011 09:31 pmSo, I'm rereading the Baroque Cycle, and decided that ebooks would be easier than carrying around half a tree.
Having a Sony PRS 505 (I know, it's like living in the dark ages), I go googling for "Quicksilver stephenson epub". Guess how many of the top 10 hits _aren't_ on pirate sites?
Further checking seems to show that there's no ebook version available in the UK at all - it's not even available on Amazon UK for the Kindle (well, there's a version that seems to be a German translation).
There was a headline on the front cover of The Metro (UK free newspaper) a few days ago, talking about how electronic book piracy was rife. Would anyone care to guess why?
Having a Sony PRS 505 (I know, it's like living in the dark ages), I go googling for "Quicksilver stephenson epub". Guess how many of the top 10 hits _aren't_ on pirate sites?
Further checking seems to show that there's no ebook version available in the UK at all - it's not even available on Amazon UK for the Kindle (well, there's a version that seems to be a German translation).
There was a headline on the front cover of The Metro (UK free newspaper) a few days ago, talking about how electronic book piracy was rife. Would anyone care to guess why?