About Scaling Up - Verne Harnish’s Best-selling Book
Currently trying to get a PDF (Portable Document Format) version of this book. So far I can’t seem to do this 😢 I am NOT purchasing through Amazing (privacy eroding garbage that it is) nor buying a fucking Kindle (same reasons).
So I’ve emailed the Author to ask if he could sell it to me in PDF format. I’m even willing to pay up to $15.00 USD for a PDF version! 😅 #Privacy #InformationAge -> #PrivacyAge
@ullarah@txt.quisquiliae.com Indeed 😂
Well this is the response I got from the author of the book “Scaling Up” by
James – there is no way to protect a PDF from being copied. Amazon and iTunes are two great ways to get e-copies of the book.
We are working on a direct way to sell books via Adobe Reader.
Keep Scaling Forward,
Verne Harnish, CEO
Scaling Up
So basically:
- I cannot pay money for a DRM-free version of the book.
- There is no trust.
- There are no other options besides privacy eroding garbage like Amazon.
Great! 🤦♂️ Fuck me what a fucking stupid world! 🤬
Nothing stops you from photocopying a physical book to give to many.
In fact I seem to recall Google did this and got in trouble for it, but they defended their position because they have deep pockets and won 🤦♂️ So yeah I agree with you, no matter which way you look at this, it’s fucking downright stupid.
There are actually people that want to pay (I think I made that very clear) for someone else’s hard work, but care about things like privacy and not having to fuck around with DRM garbage 🤦♂️
Seems to me there’s an obvious and easy solution 😝
@will@twtxt.net What’s that? 😅
@fastidious@arrakis.netbros.com I have never purchased anything from iTunes ever 😁
@fastidious@arrakis.netbros.com taking a few of the different opinions, and having discussed DRM, privacy, ownership, anarchy, copyright, and such, in class and in our creative studio, it’s difficult to summarize an opinion in a few characters.
I’ve seen of some authors avoiding digital versions for piracy reasons, and I agree.
one of the difficulties of digital goods is the perceived value. Why is so simple to spend 2 USD (or equivalent) on a coffee and so hard to do it on a book/game/app? Our minds play tricks when we can’t touch something. (For instance, in the current debate with the NFT nobody understands anything).
In regions like mine, with low income, if I can get the book for free in 2 clicks and perhaps 10 popups, or the same content paying 10 or 25 USD (or equivalent), why do I have to lose my previous scarce money?
libgen, is that you?
When someone says is good for business, usually I ask for proof of that. As a concept sounds good. I’m getting more people aware of my content. How many of those will be actually buying the product? How many will use the free alternative instead of that money going to the author/publisher?
I really understand the DRM, I get DRM-free products first, or I use any tool to unlock the content. That said, currently, indie producers rely more on customers’ good faith, that they are not releasing the content to the public.
So, conclusions. A physical book could have more perceived value and it’s harder to pirate (I have looked for scanned versions of books I like, especially expensive art books, it’s not the same at all).
Maybe is more convenient for the author, and less for us.
And a final reading for the weekend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Doesn%27t_Want_to_Be_Free
What it boils down to for me is this:
I am a vision impaired (legally blind) person.
I wanted to pay good money for DRM-free version of the authors book.
He said no, that’s his right.
This is borderline discrimination.
@prologic@twtxt.net please don’t get your books from sources like http://library.lol/main/50893F7A0BC1C7D7AD8401B42AC15467
Disclaimer: Don’t use links like these freely available of your favorite search service. It’s wrong, and perhaps a crime in your countries.
@prologic@twtxt.net being fan of accessibility, and trying to catch up with trends to comply with regulations but also genuinely interested in understanding different accessibility issues, I’ve always wondered how a legally blind person can program and create great stuff. I follow a few people, and that always amazes me.
@eaplmx@twtxt.net Easy! I’ll share some tidbits with you 🤗 Apple™ (god bless their souls) build one of the most accessible Desktop OS(es) on the planet. macOS. macOS is literally the only Desktop OS with full-screen zoom, keyboard cursor tracking that “works”. That’s the how.
To answer your curiosity on accessibility in general, and @markwylde@twtxt.net can back me up on this one:
- Rule #1: No fucking hover popups!
@prologic@twtxt.net Thanks! I’ve seen VoiceOver is amazing.
It reminds me of one of my favourite indie games’ Dev Log: Surviving the App Store - Making Your Apps Accessible to the Blind
@eaplmx@twtxt.net Yeah the VoiceOver is pretty good really, I don’t use it, I rely heavily on the Full Screen Zoom. But yeah accessibility in macOS is top notch, the best in class and best in the world, There is no other Desktop OS that beats Apple™ at accessibility on the Desktop or Smartphone.
@prologic@twtxt.net Oh, sorry I got confused. When I used a Mac Mini and a Macbook Pro 2018 (from 2012 to 2019) I loved to Full-Screen Zoom with the mouse all the time. The alternative on Win10 (Win + Plus) is not that great. I don’t use MacOS now for indie reasons, but I enjoyed it a lot.