Friday, May 23, 2008

electronic copies of the book?

At a recent class, members of my local Sheriff's Dept. played a nice practical joke on me, handing me a disk that contained "my book." My facial expression said enough as what little colour I have drained out of my face. Thankfully, the disk was blank.

I have had a few requests for electronic copies of the book. I am, however, reluctant to produce something that is so easily pirated. I feel a little vindicated (in my decision not to do an e-version) by David Pogue, my favourite NY Times writer, in his latest article. Pogue is also the author of several "Missing Manuals," including the "Switching to Mac" manual that I used as an aid in dumping my HP.

Besides, you already have a free resource ... this blog.

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 24, 2008 at 9:53 AM

    My suggestion is to embed their credit card details in the first page of their copy of your ebook, should you ever go that way. That ought to help! :-)

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  2. Jaime Hoerricks, PhDMay 24, 2008 at 10:21 AM

    Sadly, I don't think this would stop the looters from stealing the content and re-distributing it.

    Just yesterday, I found a site that is offering "free" downloads of George's book, as well as others. When I sent the link to him, he mentioned that there have been other attempts to pirate his book.

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