Publishers? Feh!

1. Over the years I've really enjoyed many of Stephen King's boooks including The Stand, The Gunslinger Series, ... All of which I thought were excellent.

2. All the Software on my computer is %100 legal. No warez... It's just stealing. End of story.

3. I believe that artists deserve fair compensation for thier efforts (Stephen King).

4. Stephen King is a greedy Asshole. WTF was that Green Mile thing a while back. Six (?) part book at $3.00 ea = $18.00 for a damn paperback that he released in trade paperback about a month later. And how about the latest gunslinger book. If you wanted to get it first, You would have spent ~$150 for the collectors edition.

5. The Stand (my copy) is 78 chapters and over 1100 pages.

6. From The Plant:FAQ
How many installments will there be?
That depends on your honesty. If more than 75% of you pay, it rolls. Any less, it folds.

7. I am not paying $20 to $50 for a book that is going to be re-released shortly after it all wraps up online just so Mr. King can act like some kinda God Damn internet publishing messiah while ass raping his fans yet again. This is not fair conpensation.

8. I am going to go download this installment over and over again and not pay in the hopes of bringing this ridiculous nonsense to an end.

9. Fuck You Mr. King. That's my vote.

HA!
just saw that story here on german tv.
king: 'if you're rich enough to pay for a pc, you're rich enough to pay a buck.'
just thought, y'all would like to know...

Interesting idea, but I doubt that it will really work. I don't know about the rest of you, but I like my books to be written on paper - they are extemely portable and if I drop my book in the john I have no chance of breaking it. Plus, having to read too much from a monitor hurts my eyes. I wish him luck, though.

Steve, is the sample text font size going to increase, or will our vision be permanently damaged from trying to read it in its current state?

TEE HEE

MAN, what a POS this Stephen King story is. PeeeeUUUU its a stinker. Dont waste your time.

SWEETNESS!!!!!!!!
sTeve just messaged me and the Shack CS server should be up tomorrow night
SWEETNESS!!!!!!!!

-Norulez

I AM HOLLOW COCK MAN

Ah memories, someone send me a copy of Commander Keen!
er, that was Apogee wasn't it? Shit, sometimes I can't remember my own name.

Halfway...

So does anyone who has read the first part have any comments? It has certainly convinced me to buy the second when it is released in four or so weeks. It's a pretty freaky beginning. Of course, I would read King's hospital paperwork, so you may want to take that with a scoop of salt.

I am quite comfortable with the idea of selling Dianetics online, but I do not want it to be distributed on the honor system.

UPDATE, well my KISS game won't install and I left the fucking Rocket Arena file up at work. SO, whats left.. Jesus H. Now if the wife would just go to bed.

Good plan. I don't like seeing record/publishing companies taking people's money. But is this going to work? Do people really want to read a whole book on their computer?

Wouldn't it be funky if at some point you could advertise what you'd be willing to pay for something, based on the value you give it, and the seller could decide if he'd accept your all or nothing offer? Kind of like a realtime priceline.com ...

I BID $0.2597 for a lifetime 1-user license of digital thing X, but the default ASK is $1.00

Will someone hit my bid? Or am I desperate enough to go to the ask immediately? Or will I just go away and nab it off FreeNet?

(need painless micropayment)

BadgesPublishers? We dont need no stinkin badgespublishers. . .

Hell, he's got my $2.

Doh, just realized I don't have Acrobat reader. What the hell is wrong with me...

people still pay for kings books..

surprising
SkarodomM

aol's gost 22 million customers?
suckage.
how many ppl are online?

SWEETNESS! Today I got BlowDry DVD with Jenteal ANDr} Kiss Psycho Circus AND Q3 Rocket Arena ! Oh what a MAGIC DAY !!

So, after a few rounds of masturbation, installing and deleting Kiss, then it's ROCKET ARENA all night long baby YEAH!

(and then some more masturbation)

Why is it that most people don't steal their books from Barnes and Nobles ('cept for Uncle Leo!) ?
- They're afraid they'll get caught.
Why is it that most people don't steal the car that the dealership let them testdrive?
- They're afraid they'll get caught.
Why is it you pay for gas instead of speeding away after pumping? ('cept for prepay)
- Afraid you'll get caught.
Why don't most people steal music CD's like they do .mp3's (forget the who sampling debate right now)?
- Afraid of getting caught.
Why don't people steal their clothes?
- Afraid of getting caught (and those little magstrips that set off the alarm)

But, when online, no one's accountable for their actions... and digital content is just 1's and 0's, so it's a free for all.

Afraid of getting caught dl'ing some .mp3? Didn't think so. Afraid of getting caught warez'ing Quake2? Didn't think so. Afraid someone will find "ScaryMovie.divx.avi" on your harddive? Didn't think so. Feel guilty reading 0day-book.pdf for free? Didn't think so.

People are selfish, and need a little "help" to remain "honest."

(Oh yeah... forgot about the "invisible man" test)

um, keep that ascii spam contained to werd at least. im gonna nuke all that crap sorry.

I hate staring at my CRT just to read for long periods of time, and printing is a waste of paper. What I need a wireless, flexible "web pad" thingy, that's easy on the eyes. :)

(That is, before retinal scanning displays become the norm in a few years)

This dickhead can do this because he has a few extra million bucks soXor3d away. The honor system.... BAAAAAHAHAHAHAH! Don't make me laugh.

[-(too late)]-

I LOVE ALL OF YOU GUYS!*

*and want to rape you all anally


FPC Madgrad

106, it's "people" not "ppl" you lazy bum.

i like most of stephen king's novels, but this won't work.
look at the percentage of warez-ppl and ppl who buy stuff.
then look how many ppl who buy stuff get to know about that kinda stuff, cuz they read (or don't, what i mean) news-sites.
figure.
then look how many warez-ppl just load everything to get a cd full of shit to sell.
figure.