Yeah. We can see how that’s worked out with a few authors now that people are still waiting on for half a decade or more. What’s that saying about not counting your chickens before they hatch?

I can see the other side of this too, which is why I can wait patiently (also probably shit memory). I can see where people’s…

That’s fair, and I’m not dissing his writing at all. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read. But I think it’s not a name most folks know very well today.

Jemisin is a gift that keeps on giving. People love her for Broken Earth, and they should, then go backward and read Inheritance or her Dreamblood duology. She’s a superb author with a catalog that’s just all around excellent, and she keeps breaking boundaries and winning awards with everything she writes.

She’s one…

Damned good article. I haven’t the time right now to give it the depth it deserves, but I promise you it’s bookmarked and will be finished today at least once.

My only quibble is this: is Scott Lynch really one of fantasy’s most popular authors? I’ve read his books, I liked them mostly, and I like him as a person a…

Omg, we have a crazy dude in my town that haunts Topix like this too.

Last time responding here: If it may not be unethical, then it may be ethical, by direct implication. One of those P v ~P situations my man (more like ~~P=P really, so tautogical), although there could be a middle neutral ground to avoid false…

That’s a fair caveat. Thanks for the response.

I said it may be unethical, it is not illegal. I don’t think I’ve misspoken. What exactly is your deal?

Not going to address all of that drivel. But I will point out that removing DRM from your materials, if you don’t intend to loan them and personally own them, is not illegal in the least and may not even be unethical.

Now, please take your meds and calm the entire fuck down.

On that vein, say what you will about the 90s-2000s and Jeanco pants. But what other set of pants could you have worn where you could fit Tad Williams’ The Dragonbone Chair in the back pocket lol?

I loved my Nook, until I realized B&N had no clue what they were doing and were moving toward tablets. Got a Kindle Paperwhite a few years back, and it’s a wonderful damned thing. It goes everywhere I go, no joke, almost always in my back pocket where paperbacks used to be.

I’ve considered Oasis, do you think it has…

Is it? I’ve seen this oft uttered here, but is removing DRM illegal? I don’t believe it is as long as you’ve purchased it and are using it yourself. What’s illegal is sharing such content. It may be unethical depending to remove DRM, it might even be litigable, but it isn’t illegal.

If I’m wrong please let me know, I’m…

I didn’t understand that either. I think they mean on a phone or tablet app, not a dedicated e-ink reader.

Not all readers are equal, and I don’t knock what people choose to read on. But I do hope everyone who tries ebooks at least gives e-ink readers a shot, it’s a whole different ballgame than your phone or Ipad, whic…

I’m one of those rare ones that worked. I met my wife at 20 at the workplace, at 42 we are still married and work in the same building, albeit in different departments (not the same initial workplace). It worked out, and I’m well aware it could have been a totally different story.

I tell my kids and others to never do…

This is true. However it’s also different in the sense that when you loan a paperback, you lose your copy for a period of time or even permanently. That is not a concern in this method.

Which is why ebooks should revolutionize some aspects of libraries specifically, like interlibrary loan where you could loan a copy to…

Yes, it’s certainly against copyright law, but probably not illegal in the sense of cops coming to get you. It’s an ethical line everyone has to take a stance on.

This is a bad take. It’s easily circumventable, and it’s usage should never be used to demean someone.

I just want to take a second to say how much I appreciate seeing your posts about reading and books Nick. Even if I may not always agree, I think it’s superb that you’ve been doing these for a bit, and I’ve begun to look through the backlog of these types of posts on here. They’re very often well-researched with input…

It’s probably just me, but I don’t buy anything in print format that I don’t intend to read multiple times. I just don’t see the point of it.

Seriously. It’s killing me here, the idea that a book can become useless because it’s in an outdated format? It’s not exactly sorcery to convert it to another format; it takes less than a minute most often.

I am unsure why anyone wouldn’t use Calibre to store, catalog, and index their ebook collection. They can’t…

As in Liver-Eating Johnson? The guy who supposedly killed, scalped, and ate the livers of every Crow he killed for some weird vengeance thing? Was also mid-6 feet tall and corded with muscle?

Might be why I didn’t recognize that as Redford. But color me creeped the hell out now. I had no clue they made that sort of…