Scribd put on a white hat?

[andygates]

Scribd, the ebook host, has started doing a profit-sharing downloads-for-sale deal with authors.  Given that their previous entry into my thunkosphere was "waily waily, some ass has uploaded my magnum opus" from minor authors, this sounds pretty cool.  Anything that isn't device-locked and fitted with a killswitch is a big win in my (e)book.

Would you writery folks use it? 

Comments

[thudthwacker.livejournal.com]

Aside from the DRM nonsense, how do you rate the Kindle? The readable area seems a little low (well, unless you consider the DX, but that runs afoul of the size constraint), but otherwise it seems not so bad.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Seems okay, but alas, the DRM nonsense includes region-restriction nonsense. I haven't seen one in the flesh!

[estaratshirai.livejournal.com]

I like the hardware but not the possessiveness shown in the execution. Which is to say that I own one and am all about putting docs and pdfs from non-Amazon places on it, so, go Scribd.