ereaders: is there such a thing as too much data?
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1southernbooklady
Is your ebook keeping tabs on you?
If you can step away from the big brother undercurrent in the article, I do sometimes wonder if there is such a thing as too much data.
If you can step away from the big brother undercurrent in the article, I do sometimes wonder if there is such a thing as too much data.
2VisibleGhost
If they start keeping an orgasm count then that's probably too much.
3AlanPoulter
>1 southernbooklady: I do not have an ebook reader but if it is possible to disable the network connection on a reader, then buy your ebooks via another device from which you transfer them onto your reader?
4TimSharrock
I wish my kindle kept stats that I could get at: eg looked at 27 pages from Perdido Street Station on 15th November, then no more until 29th...
5thorold
>2 VisibleGhost:
Could be interesting if it's factored into the author's royalty payments. And it would be fascinating data. Just imagine if we discovered that Henry James has a higher orgasm count than D.H. Lawrence, or George Eliot hits the G-spot more often than Anaïs Nin....
>3 AlanPoulter:
You can always get an ereader that doesn't have a network connection at all. Most of the first generation e-Ink devices, other than the Kindle, just have a USB connection.
Seriously, I should think this is much scarier for authors than readers. Just imagine getting a report showing that only 5% of readers get beyond page 120.
Could be interesting if it's factored into the author's royalty payments. And it would be fascinating data. Just imagine if we discovered that Henry James has a higher orgasm count than D.H. Lawrence, or George Eliot hits the G-spot more often than Anaïs Nin....
>3 AlanPoulter:
You can always get an ereader that doesn't have a network connection at all. Most of the first generation e-Ink devices, other than the Kindle, just have a USB connection.
Seriously, I should think this is much scarier for authors than readers. Just imagine getting a report showing that only 5% of readers get beyond page 120.
6anglemark
Just imagine if we discovered that Henry James has a higher orgasm count than D.H. Lawrence
Oh no, Colm Tóibín would have to rewrite his The Master...
Oh no, Colm Tóibín would have to rewrite his The Master...