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Comment on Open Letter to book publishers by zds

zds — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:37:56 +0000

I can be argued, yes. However, Amazon was able to pull it of because they were the first to offer reasonably priced books and readers, and their selection is huge.

Theoretically, if we think of people who read only/mainly books published/sold by Finnish companies they could pull it of, if they could offer *all* books sold on Finnish market as ebooks at reasonable price (less than 15�), cheap readers, good usability and working ecosystem, and offer it within next year.

However, lacking any of those elements, you need to offer something else to sweeten the deal. Active young Finnish readers already read in English a lot, and order their books aboard. You need to make a solid deal, to attract them back to you.

And here dropping DRM helps: It not just means you can sell your books even without selling a device or having huge selection, and it gives customer more value for the money.

Comment on Open Letter to book publishers by Tero Y

Tero Y — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:03:24 +0000

I’m fully behind the idea. But it could be argued by your logic that ‘in Finnish’ already qualifies for the ‘better deal’, and therefore DRM-free is not needed. (Although DRM is a deal-breaker for me, I think Amazon has effectively proven it isn’t for the masses.)

Comment on Measured capacities of LSD AA batteries over time by zds

zds — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:57:02 +0000

Thanks!

Comment on Measured capacities of LSD AA batteries over time by SG

SG — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:46:23 +0000

Excellent.

I like it. Thanks for your efforts.

Regards,
S
Espoo

Comment on Measured capacities of LSD AA batteries over time by William

William — Sun, 15 May 2011 13:22:09 +0000

Thanks for your effort, it shows they don;t all come from the same factory!
Perhaps include the relative prices you paid?

Comment on Paljosta vetoa? by Otso

Otso — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:51:49 +0000

Miten ois 2013? V�it�n ettei ole silloinkaan Symbian voimissaan esitt�mill�si ehdoilla. 2012 menee jo v�h�n riskirajoilla, mutta voin ly�d� siit�kin vetoa, jos sovitaan, ett� voittosumma k�ytet��n viskiin, joka korkataan yhdess�.

Niin ja siis toki ly�n vetoa vain sen position puolesta, jota itsekin esitit, ett� joku muu kuin Symbian.

Comment on Nokia, Nokia, minne menet? by zds

zds — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:36:10 +0000

V�h�n kuin alleviivatakseen t�t�, Nokia tuotejulkisti uuden lippulaivamallinsa, E7:n:
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=2250759&ref=tf1

Niin, N8, se edellinen lippulaiva, ei ole edes kaupoissa viel�.

Nokia siis kertoo, ett� “�lk�� hyv�t ihmiset ostako niit� mit� me nyt myymme, koska puolen vuoden p��st� on tarjolla jotain paljon hienompaa!”.

Puolen vuoden p��st� toki on ehditty julkaista jo kolme uutta lippulaivaa, joita toki joudut hetken odottamaan, mutta nyt kannattaa odottaa!

Comment on Intel nousee maihin SSD-markkinoille by zds

zds — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:07:45 +0000

It’s “multi-color 1.7″ by Nischal Maniar.

Comment on Intel nousee maihin SSD-markkinoille by Camelia Weatherwax

Camelia Weatherwax — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:43:50 +0000

Hi, it’s a bit offtopic but may I ask you where did you get this blog template? I’m going to start bloggin as well, I’m a bit noob though but I really like it ;) Let me know…

Comment on Better batteries for you by Edu

Edu — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:19:34 +0000

I have bought GP ReCykos from Malmi’s Prisma so they are probably available in all Prismas. If I remember correctly they were ranked best in Kuluttaja magazine test.