ah that's a good point. I think it is. the 3GS came with a new SIM. Is there an easy way to tell? I've never been very good at that whole unlocking thing.

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Yeah I suspect it's too new (to which I can cut some slack, LOL) I'm sure eBook features aren't commonly covered in standard boilerplate contracts (yet, i hope).

I really hope it becomes something the author has complete say in. I think it's really their call.

It's great that you've responded, that's awesome and a genuinely cool thing to do. While I never figured you were sitting in a dark room, laughing maniacally hitting a "Kill speech to text" button, I do think authors should exhibit some control over their work. Maybe it's new and needs to be added to boiler plate, but standing back and taking a "Not my call" stance is uncool IMO. It's your work, at the end of the day it's your name (above|below|next to) the title and on the spine, stepping back once you've typed the last "." and letting others control your work is weak.

So yeah, Poo Poo on Del Rey if it was their call (I don't disagree that it probably was) but sorry, poo poo on you for not being more involved.

Yeah I was really hopeful they'd actually learn from past mistakes.

And yeah the text to speech is nice, but in now way comparable to an audio book. I can only take the read aloud for a little while, so many mispronunciations (at least in Sci-Fi and Fantasy for obvious reasons) that I can't imagine it being a threat to that section of business, and yeah sure some one will, people still sneak camcorders into movie theatres, LOL.

Well I think you have to consider the media and what goes into it and what comes out. Should music still cost 15-20 an album? for MP3? there's no tangible good, no liner notes, no lyrics, no jewel case. Same with books, should an eBook cost the same or similar to a hardcover? There's no dust jacket, no binding.

I've bought one ebook over 9.99, I can't imagine the value of doing it over and over. The same holds for music, if an album of MP3s was 15 bucks, I wouldn't buy it. If a Single was back to the old $2-3 price I wouldn't buy one. Books and music are both industries that in my mind can benefit from modernization, artificially keping prices "where they used to be" doesn't solve anything to me.

Ah good to know. reading that post now. Weird that printing and shipping are such small factors, since next to writing I'd think they'd be the most time/labor/resource intensive.

LOL Free pants are a perk outside the normal range of events :) like a surprise :)

yeah I mean it's a fun time, the parties are insane, and I was 10 feet from Woz (if that actually is of value, LOL) but if you want to meet people, form new projects, etc. I just don't see it happening.

Yeah, ditto what Tom said. Price is tough. It seems to be you're either "enterprise" priced, and (in our case) small shops and developers can't afford it, so they have to choose, established event (WWDC, or MAX) or our event. Or priced low enough for those indies and smaller shops to get in, but look "cheap" even when it's not accurate.

Man, this is a good one!