ITMD 2nd edition?

[WM6]

Thanks.
Ich habe kürzlich gekauft: 'Inside The Metal Detector' bei www.amazon.de.

[Qiaozhi]

Thanks.
Ich habe kürzlich gekauft: 'Inside The Metal Detector' bei www.amazon.de.

OK - that's good.

[thebug]

i buying the book the day before.Thank guy to write this book...Just 4 little sleep before i receive the book hehe...

i m french sorry for my english.

[Qiaozhi]

As you've spotted, the Second Edition of Inside the METAL DETECTOR is now available on amazon.com ->
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Metal-D...DDMSEQ5SG7TWCJ

It can also be found on all the Amazon european sites, but not amazon.co.uk for some reason.

In fact, the book is on the Amazon UK site, but you have to scroll down to see it.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Inside-Metal...metal+detector
For some bizarre reason, when you search for "Inside the Metal Detector" on the UK site, it shows Edition 1 at the top of the list (with some crazy person trying to sell a copy for £999.11 ) and Edition 2 is the 7th item. All the other sites seem to work as expected. That's just weird.

[Libertytrooper]

Pirates do it because they can. They wouldn't buy anything anyways. Those of us who carry our libraries on our tablets are the ones who end up being punished. The irony is that, sooner or later, someone will scan it because it's that important to them. Then control will be lost and the Pirates will pick it up for redistribution. Happens all the time. IMO, better to have a controlled ebook than a scanned one that makes the rounds. As an example, Pragmatic programmers watermarks their ebook when they are generated. So, theoretically you can nail the *******s who distribute their copy

[Libertytrooper]

Is there absolutely no way to obtain at least a DRM protected version of the book for use with Kindle app?

[Qiaozhi]

Is there absolutely no way to obtain at least a DRM protected version of the book for use with Kindle app?

The short answer is "no".
What's wrong with buying a real book? -> Inside the METAL DETECTOR - Second Edition - Published 2015

[Carl-NC]

Liberty, finding the culprit isn't the problem. Doing something about it is. It would cost a minimum of $5000 to initiate legal action if the person is a US citizen. If they are not in the US, then I would have absolutely no recourse.

I know that a bound book is old-fashioned, but ITMD has a super-small audience and if an e-version was available, it would be in "free" distribution in no time. The sales we get, while meager, are enough to encourage us to perhaps continue writing.

[Libertytrooper]

Hi,

I received my copy yesterday. Already its bent and splattered with particles of food and drink. There are also a few pages that got wet when I was hanging over the side of the tub reading it.

Here goes: For me, a digital book and a physical book have no difference other than features like looking up definitions, highlighting and notes across devices, cross-referencing, easy cleanup of splattered sauces, and weight/mass.

Indeed this last thing is very important. So since the advent of a acceptable e-book solution, I am able to carry around about 2.5 thousand books at less than 5 lb. In the past, that 5 lbs might have been, at most, two or three books. Annoyingly, if it were reference books needed for a project, I might have upwards of 20 lbs of books in checked baggage. For a technician, having one's entire reference library in one device is very appealing.

BONUS: I never know what it is that I will want to read in the bathroom. No longer must I stop by the bookcase on the way. Nor must I hear my wife complain about all the books piling up on back of the toilet (no downtime is my motto)

I think that's the main point of being able to buy an e-Book. I have this wizardly tome of unlimited pages that I may consult for work or pleasure. Now if only I had a bag of holding, we'd truly be in a magical time.

'Fair use' allows one to scan a purchased book. Realistically speaking though, getting a good scan is difficult. Separating the pages neatly, feeding them into the scanner if you aren't lucky enough to have a sheet fed scanner. OCR of the resulting text can be error prone thus effective searching and annotating can go right out the window. Lastly, a scanned copy will have no DRM applied which means that control is much more likely to be lost. Especially when the individual scanning does not know how to attach a DRM certificate to that which they scan.

I do suppose that one of the drawbacks of a DRM protected digital copy is that you cannot just lend to someone. Yet, I no longer lend out books anyway. They never seem to come back.

I've received the hard copy so the question no longer carries the same instant gratification modifier for me. However, I hope that, by the time the third edition comes around, there will be an appreciation for how useful e-books can be. As well as how much more accessible and successful they can make a title. Especially when appropriate DRM is in place.


Regards,
Ltrooper

[Libertytrooper]

Liberty, finding the culprit isn't the problem. Doing something about it is. It would cost a minimum of $5000 to initiate legal action if the person is a US citizen. If they are not in the US, then I would have absolutely no recourse.

I know that a bound book is old-fashioned, but ITMD has a super-small audience and if an e-version was available, it would be in "free" distribution in no time. The sales we get, while meager, are enough to encourage us to perhaps continue writing.

Sorry, I didn't see your post before I responded to the previous replay. In closing, I think that the sales that you are worried about losing would, under any circumstances, never have been made at all. I believe that you might actually see an improvement by offering a DRM protected Kindle version. However, its your property. Fair use offers a solution that addresses the weight/mass issue. Just doesn't provide for the rest of cool things that a fully supported Kindle edition does.

[ivconic]

First idea was a book to look like this:




But than i had to put enormous efforts to persuade those two guys to change it!
I saved the day! I was the one!
All credits goes to me, naturally!

[ivconic]

Ok jokes aside. ITMD book is excellent book and from what i know; probably the very first done on that subject so far.
To make it absolute free in public is pointless and pretty non motivating for authors to continue working on more things like this.
I support the idea to continue with this kind of books and to go in details upon some things about metal detectors.
And that must be supported by our community here.

[Qiaozhi]

Hi,

I received my copy yesterday. Already its bent and splattered with particles of food and drink. There are also a few pages that got wet when I was hanging over the side of the tub reading it.

Here goes: For me, a digital book and a physical book have no difference other than features like looking up definitions, highlighting and notes across devices, cross-referencing, easy cleanup of splattered sauces, and weight/mass.

Indeed this last thing is very important. So since the advent of a acceptable e-book solution, I am able to carry around about 2.5 thousand books at less than 5 lb. In the past, that 5 lbs might have been, at most, two or three books. Annoyingly, if it were reference books needed for a project, I might have upwards of 20 lbs of books in checked baggage. For a technician, having one's entire reference library in one device is very appealing.

BONUS: I never know what it is that I will want to read in the bathroom. No longer must I stop by the bookcase on the way. Nor must I hear my wife complain about all the books piling up on back of the toilet (no downtime is my motto)

I think that's the main point of being able to buy an e-Book. I have this wizardly tome of unlimited pages that I may consult for work or pleasure. Now if only I had a bag of holding, we'd truly be in a magical time.

'Fair use' allows one to scan a purchased book. Realistically speaking though, getting a good scan is difficult. Separating the pages neatly, feeding them into the scanner if you aren't lucky enough to have a sheet fed scanner. OCR of the resulting text can be error prone thus effective searching and annotating can go right out the window. Lastly, a scanned copy will have no DRM applied which means that control is much more likely to be lost. Especially when the individual scanning does not know how to attach a DRM certificate to that which they scan.

I do suppose that one of the drawbacks of a DRM protected digital copy is that you cannot just lend to someone. Yet, I no longer lend out books anyway. They never seem to come back.

I've received the hard copy so the question no longer carries the same instant gratification modifier for me. However, I hope that, by the time the third edition comes around, there will be an appreciation for how useful e-books can be. As well as how much more accessible and successful they can make a title. Especially when appropriate DRM is in place.


Regards,
Ltrooper

Following the above post, and subsequent discussions, Carl and I decided to do due diligence and investigate the idea of an e-book version of ITMD. As you're probably aware, we were both very much against the idea of an electronic version, as it would be easy to copy and illegally distribute. After investigating the concept of DRM further, and discussing the idea over a number of days, we've eventually decided to release an e-book version of ITMD for Kindle. You can find it here ->
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N8WAG7L...metal+detector

[kosacid]

i would love to read it but i cant can kindles read it out to you dyslexia sucks real bad

[Qiaozhi]

i would love to read it but i cant can kindles read it out to you dyslexia sucks real bad

Look at the product details. It says "Text-to-Speech: enabled".
Text-to-Speech is available for the Kindle Fire HDX, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle (2nd generation), Kindle DX, Amazon Echo, Amazon Tap, and Echo Dot.