henry said:
domivr said:
Are there going to be any limitations to the ebooks, e.g. printing restrictions, document password, etc? Is there any any additional content?
They'll have passwords, no additional content. And people will be able to print.
We are expecting that the market for e-books is different than the market for paper books, that people who can afford it will want the ease of a book.
One benefit of e-books is that they are searchable so it's easy to find passages and so on. Some detriments - passwords can be cracked (unless you make it really long and complex so cracking would take unreasonably long time). Even if not cracked, one person just has to buy it and then share it on a peer-to-peer network and it can spread like wildfire. But that's the risk of any digital content. However, I think those who see the value of this work, who wish to balance and appreciate the effort put into these works, who agree with the goals and Path of the group as a whole and wish to further those goals because they involve the entirety of humanity, those people will contribute the best they can no matter what. In other words, those who "recognize the application" will always do their best to promote this Work regardless of whether any books are for sale or not, and so they won't look for every opportunity to try to get this for free and get out of paying, simply out of collinearity with this group's goals and appreciation of all the effort it puts in.
Interestingly, even those that may initially download this for free due to simply curiosity, they may end up being supporters and so give back later on anyway if they happen to recognize this Work for what it is and its importance. Those who never wish to contribute at all because they don't get it, or because they don't agree with the goals - well no one ever counted on them to contribute in the first place.
That reminds me of a quote I think I read in someone's signature on this forum, which is attributed to Plato:
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
So in the same sense, those who recognize and agree with this work never even needed for something to be officially "for sale", they'll contribute anyway when they can and in the manner in which they can, and it is they who really support this effort to begin with. So I guess the detriments listed above aren't really that detrimental, osit.
