tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post2720742649767150826..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: secondhand sales revisitedHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-61065742451172641242009-09-07T01:11:43.169+00:002009-09-07T01:11:43.169+00:00Happy to meet for coffee if you're in Berlin, ...Happy to meet for coffee if you're in Berlin, Steve. <br /><br />I don't <i>think</i> TLS is available on Kindle, but haven't checked. <br /><br />Andrew, I certainly prefer a physical book, especially for technical subjects. Something to do with the ease with which one can move around in the book to fill in necessary background, I think. Anyway, wd just like to say that I will <i>never</i> download a pirated pdf of a Gelman book. Ever.<br /><br />Nathaniel, I'm guessing the royalty on a typical textbook wd be higher than a dollar - the example I gave was based on the price of a paperback work of fiction. Not that any gesture of support isn't welcome.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-70563278265520954722009-09-06T21:23:36.067+00:002009-09-06T21:23:36.067+00:00Secondhand book purchasing is part of book culture...Secondhand book purchasing is part of book culture, isn't it? Something not possible with the Kindle. By the way, is TLS available on Kindle? I have a feeling your novel would break it what with the idiosyncratic typefacery and such.<br /><br />I'm willing to possibly donate another dollar if you'll have coffee with me in Berlin someday. Otherwise, I will have to second the poor university student and extend that to poor graduate students. Indeed, the poorest among us seem to be the most well read (because we aren't wasting our time making money?).<br /><br />By the by, it seems a strange argument that buying new books supports *writers* if you're only getting a buck or so out of it. Must be doing much more to support advantageous product placement at Borders, nicht war?The Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13240545290991105611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-36982624528777037432009-09-03T01:07:16.705+00:002009-09-03T01:07:16.705+00:00As a poor university student, buying my books seco...As a poor university student, buying my books secondhand is my best option for numerous reasons on which I will not expand. Suffice it to say, if the authors of my textbooks had a secondhand donation option, I would be more than happy to send a buck their way considering how much money I saved by buying secondhand in the first place.Nathanielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-6183434750863183652009-09-02T21:15:55.115+00:002009-09-02T21:15:55.115+00:00FWIW, I'm more likely to buy a book these days...FWIW, I'm more likely to buy a book these days because I know that I can sell it second hand on Amazon. Doesn't the second hand market help sell new books in this way? Or am I just a freak?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048778803758455504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-23967459003703827902009-09-02T20:12:57.914+00:002009-09-02T20:12:57.914+00:00I just hate to think of those people downloading p...I just hate to think of those people downloading pirated pdfs of my books from peer-to-peer software. I just think it's so much better to have a physical book, especially for a technical subject. When you're working in your R window and you're text editor, the last thing you need is to be flicking a pdf window in back and forth.Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.com