Comments on: Open-source open-source http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/27/open-source-open-source/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: D'log http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/27/open-source-open-source/#comment-81136 D'log Thu, 29 Jun 2006 03:27:20 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/27/open-source-open-source/#comment-81136 Nice if the folks who helped him got access to a free searchable version online. I don't mean a downloadable e-book, but something more like Google Books. In fact, that sort of medium for books could provide a new "two step" process for reading. Rent the paper book from Amazon (like their DVD rental service), read it at leisure, sent it back, then as part of the rental get a five-year "token" that gives access to an online "walled garden" e-copy that can be searched, annotated, and bookmarked. Most readers of non-fiction only read once, then keep the book around in case they need to access it. Books can go for years at a time, sitting on the shelves, without being accessed. Nice if the folks who helped him got access to a free searchable version online. I don’t mean a downloadable e-book, but something more like Google Books.

In fact, that sort of medium for books could provide a new “two step” process for reading. Rent the paper book from Amazon (like their DVD rental service), read it at leisure, sent it back, then as part of the rental get a five-year “token” that gives access to an online “walled garden” e-copy that can be searched, annotated, and bookmarked. Most readers of non-fiction only read once, then keep the book around in case they need to access it. Books can go for years at a time, sitting on the shelves, without being accessed.

]]> By: Nike http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/27/open-source-open-source/#comment-80643 Nike Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:27:55 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/27/open-source-open-source/#comment-80643 Hey it's good to hear that the book is about to come. Bob you write really well and I basically read all your posts. Good work keep it up! Amazing that book is gonna be..... Hey it’s good to hear that the book is about to come. Bob you write really well and I basically read all your posts.

Good work keep it up!

Amazing that book is gonna be…..

]]> By: Georgealan http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/27/open-source-open-source/#comment-80619 Georgealan Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:24:58 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/27/open-source-open-source/#comment-80619 Amazing ! Waiting for the book anxiously. Hope its out soon. Great Bob! Amazing ! Waiting for the book anxiously. Hope its out soon. Great Bob!

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