But it's ok to read 'old books' in a new format, right? Such as on an eReader such as Amazon's Kindle. The photo suggests that old books are 'old', but rather we mean older / original texts. It's the content that counts, not the cover.

On that last point, how do publishers see that? I'm often confused whether publishers sell / price the intellectual property or the tangible property - therefore I'd expect ebooks to be cheaper than paperbacks (assuming pricing for tangible product), or paperbacks, hardbacks and ebooks to all be (nearly?) the same price (assuming value is in the intellectual property).

If one were to say that the latter is in fact roughly the real world case, then paperbacks and hardbacks provide an additional, valuable option (which should mean that ebooks have lower price) in that the intellectual property can be passed on / shared (clearly that has economic value to the owner).

I agree - I think Nelson needs his own blog, titled "What do you think, Nelson?!", covering reviews of new technology

Mike

I can empathize will this entirely.

I recently returned from a hiking/climbing trip to the Dolomites - a beautiful place I'd not been to before, and a fantastic activity to an extent beyond what I'd done before. The trip was all the better for being spent with a good friend who I've not had the chance to spend enough time with recently. I didn't manage to entirely free myself of office contact, but enough to the extent that I felt refreshed. The drive home (alone, as my mate was joining others elsewhere) on a Sunday gave me some personal thinking time without work calls.

Thanks for posting, and causing me to once again reflect on a great trip.

Matt

Nice post. Good points.

Michael

It it seems that a lot of your readers are into 'OliveTree' and so it might be interesting for you to do a blog post on OliveTree versus YouVersion.

It would indeed also be interesting to understand the 'business model' (or at least the financing model) of how such providers make their Apps available (as you point out, how can they give it away - or is the real question 'why do they give it away?'),

Matt
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Matt

I presume that the SkyMobile only works for UK residents, and only then for those with a Sky subscription, right?

I agree with you re TED - brilliant content, for free.

Matt