<p>I’m not getting the cost of electronic books…</p>
<p>Aren’t the distribution costs practically free? And obviously there are no printing costs.</p>
<p>How much would it cost Apple to send everyone of its Ipad users Tom Sawyer free?</p>
<p>It’s just a little programming and a click, right?</p>
<p>I don’t get why the books aren’t cheaper.</p>
<p>The pricing model will be different. Here is one approach.
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<p>[Inkling</a> lets textbook makers embrace the iPad | VentureBeat](<a href=“http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/27/inkling-ipad/]Inkling”>Inkling lets textbook makers embrace the iPad | VentureBeat)</p>
<p>Publishers to allow professors will be able to customize their books: <a href=“http://www.mobile-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=12200F4WU9T0&full_skip=1[/url]”>http://www.mobile-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=12200F4WU9T0&full_skip=1</a></p>
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<p>You could just use Safari to browse to a free text version of Tom Sawyer on the web and read it. No need to buy an App or to buy an e-book.</p>
<p>I was thinking to buy a Kindle for graduation gift…I should wait for your recommendations. Those of you that have used the kindle and will buy the IPAD, please share your experiences and let us know which is better.</p>
<p>I was just using Tom Sawyer as an example.</p>
<p>How much to send Catch-22 to 100,000 people electronically? </p>
<p>Not much, right?</p>
<p>One might find something to read on one’s iPad here: [iPad</a> to Offer 30,000 Free e-Books at Launch](<a href=“http://theappleblog.com/2010/03/26/ipad-to-offer-30000-free-e-books-at-launch/]iPad”>http://theappleblog.com/2010/03/26/ipad-to-offer-30000-free-e-books-at-launch/)</p>
<p>You can read Catch-22 at [CATCH-22</a> by JOSEPH HELLER - - Wattpad](<a href=“http://www.wattpad.com/67951-catch-22-by-joseph-heller]CATCH-22”>http://www.wattpad.com/67951-catch-22-by-joseph-heller)
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<p>Apple’s model isn’t a push model, it’s a pull model. You log into iTunes (or, I guess in this case, iBooks) and purchase your music or book and then browse it on their reader. The cost of your transaction is essentially free to Apple. There is a cost but I think that it’s tiny. I have a hosted website - it costs me $10/month for unlimited bandwidth. And the hosting company is making a decent profit. I have seen hosting companies charge as low as $2/month. Bandwidth and storage are very, very cheap today.</p>
<p>“You can read Catch-22 at CATCH-22 by JOSEPH HELLER - - Wattpad
for free.”</p>
<p>lol…</p>
<p>Wow…What do we need IPAD and Kindle for? :)</p>
<p>There is a lot of profit in these electronic books…(not the ones that are free of course…:)</p>
<p>With an iPad or Kindle you can lay on your side and read it in bed!</p>
<p>Cool…</p>
<p>I was using my cell phone as a flashlight during a recent power outage.</p>
<p>It would be funny if someone came up with an AM radio application which you could use in a power outage if you had the AT&T data plan. I also wonder if there is an alarm clock app.</p>
<p>There are many radio and alarm clock Apps. There is even a flashlight App for the iPhone. I hadn’t thought of it before, but it should work for the iPad which has much longer (10 hour) battery life.</p>
<p>There are tons of iPhone alarm clock apps; why wouldn’t they work on iPads?</p>
<p>for those of you with a kindle - there are a multitude of sites where you can download free books. I recommend checking out “The Kindle Cookbook” (you can download it from Amazon). It has some great tips, tricks and information on where to get free books.</p>
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<p>FWIW, my nook comes with some preloaded classics.</p>
<p>I believe the iPad comes with a preloaded Winnie the Pooh book. :)</p>
<p>Almost all of the 140,000 iPhone/iPod touch apps will work on the iPad.</p>
<p>Idad, are you a grandpa…or is that Winnie the Pooh book for you? :)</p>
<p>I’m just old enough to be a grandpa…</p>
<p>:)…</p>
<p>A hundred years ago publishers were paid for their reproduction and distribution services PLUS a small profit. But now in the electronic world reproduction and distribution costs are effectually zero. All profit? </p>
<p>The “copyright” is king now. I find it perplexing that if someone invents a drug that will cure millions of people who would otherwise die, they get what is called a “patent” which protects their work for (I think) 14 years. Yet, someone you pens a popular novel or a song gets a “copyright” that provides protection for the life of the artist, PLUS some number of decades for the benefit of whoever acquires the “rights”. This is a clear example of the entertainment industry purchasing our laws.</p>