Comments on: Contest: Your six-word motto for e-books? http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: McQ http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-778219 McQ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:28:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-778219 All my books, always with me. All my books, always with me.

]]> By: Todd Jonz http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-776974 Todd Jonz Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:02:15 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-776974 "Less filling, tastes great!" Okay, so it's only four words, not six. And I think I may have heard it somewhere before.... “Less filling, tastes great!”

Okay, so it’s only four words, not six. And I think I may have heard it somewhere before….

]]> By: gnawingonfoot http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-776097 gnawingonfoot Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:30:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-776097 George Kaufman play & musical titles (With minor additions) regarding... ...customer views of DRM: You can't take it with you. The Man Who Came to Dinner Once In a Lifetime (Never Again!) The Royal Family; The Fabulous Invalid ...corporate views of DRM: I'd rather be right. (Not listening!) Let 'Em Eat Cake! Animal Crackers! Helen of Troy, New York. Bravo! ...my love for the DRMless heroes: Silk Stockings, Of Thee I Sing! Be Yourself. Merrily We Roll Along. George Kaufman play & musical titles (With minor additions) regarding…

…customer views of DRM:
You can’t take it with you.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Once In a Lifetime (Never Again!)
The Royal Family; The Fabulous Invalid

…corporate views of DRM:
I’d rather be right. (Not listening!)
Let ‘Em Eat Cake! Animal Crackers!
Helen of Troy, New York. Bravo!

…my love for the DRMless heroes:
Silk Stockings, Of Thee I Sing!
Be Yourself. Merrily We Roll Along.

]]> By: D.C. Wartenberger http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-776090 D.C. Wartenberger Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:22:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-776090 oops that was one word too much so I'd say: e-books on demand could increase readership oops that was one word too much

so I’d say:
e-books on demand could increase readership

]]> By: D.C. Wartenberger http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-776083 D.C. Wartenberger Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-776083 e-books unite the world of strangers e-books unite the world of strangers

]]> By: gnawingonfoot http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-776076 gnawingonfoot Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:43:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-776076 For the technophobes: What page number was that on? For the technophobes:

What page number was that on?

]]> By: Septimus Severus http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-776047 Septimus Severus Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:36:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-776047 Pro e-book motto: Words on screen let me dream Anti e-book motto: Words on screen make me scream Realistic e-book motto: So much promise; So long delayed Pro e-book motto: Words on screen let me dream

Anti e-book motto: Words on screen make me scream

Realistic e-book motto: So much promise; So long delayed

]]> By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-776043 Rob Preece Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:32:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-776043 Here are my suggestions (chosing the positive route): 1. You've got to try electronic books. 2. Electronic Books Good, Paper Books Bad 3. You've Probably Already Got A Reader Here are my suggestions (chosing the positive route):

1. You’ve got to try electronic books.

2. Electronic Books Good, Paper Books Bad

3. You’ve Probably Already Got A Reader

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-776036 David Rothman Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:16:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-776036 Hey, HG, six words won't do. Too many other companies are on the same list. They're ALL megalomaniacs ;-) Cheers, David Hey, HG, six words won’t do. Too many other companies are on the same list. They’re ALL megalomaniacs ;-)

Cheers,
David

]]> By: HeavyG http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-776027 HeavyG Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:47:26 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-776027 My guess is that David Rothman might suggest something like <i>"Amazon Kindle - Set For World Domination"</i>. :) My guess is that David Rothman might suggest something like “Amazon Kindle – Set For World Domination”. :)

]]> By: Al http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-775995 Al Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:28:09 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/contest-6-word-motto-for-ebooks/#comment-775995 Tower of Babel, Even the Kindle. Tower of Babel, Even the Kindle.

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