Individual chapter download
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sadmir
Moe Connoisseur
Is there a reason why we can't download the individual chapters of the books that are being released this month, or individual chapters in general?
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
They have to make 10 dls instead of one book dl. Could be also to keep it onsite so the pirate version would be late.
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sadmir
Moe Connoisseur
animefreak_usa wrote...
They have to make 10 dls instead of one book dl.I think that extra 20 minutes that it would take per chapter, if it even took that much time, would be worth it. I hate having to be online to read my porn. Not to mention people with old or terrible mobile devices can't even use the reader.
animefreak_usa wrote...
Could be also to keep it onsite so the pirate version would be late.DRM that hurts the customer and not the pirates? That would be a terrible move.
All they have to lose is maybe twice as much space on their server per book if they decide to keep the individual chapter version on the server after the entire book is out.
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animefreak_usa wrote...
They have to make 10 dls instead of one book dl. Could be also to keep it onsite so the pirate version would be late.Not really effective, since you can just right-click > Save link as... for the images.
Try it:
https://books.fakku.net/images/manga/welcome-to-tokoharu-apartments-english/9F6ZoBaOIVmZD69H.5d79e977af17b7b6ac6c2abba6758b76.d02d881a7685cb7e43558001a3926390
It opens up in paint just fine.
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
sadmir wrote...
animefreak_usa wrote...
Could be also to keep it onsite so the pirate version would be late.DRM that hurts the customer and not the pirates? That would be a terrible move.
All they have to lose is maybe twice as much space on their server per book if they decide to keep the individual chapter version on the server after the entire book is out.
Making people wait until a full vol dl =/= DRM
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sadmir
Moe Connoisseur
animefreak_usa wrote...
sadmir wrote...
animefreak_usa wrote...
Could be also to keep it onsite so the pirate version would be late.DRM that hurts the customer and not the pirates? That would be a terrible move.
All they have to lose is maybe twice as much space on their server per book if they decide to keep the individual chapter version on the server after the entire book is out.
Making people wait until a full vol dl =/= DRM
The only way to read the chapters is being online and logged in. That's DRM if it's being used to control piracy, and if they are doing this to prevent piracy it's a really shitty move considering that this doesn't stop anybody from ripping the images and posting somewhere else. If someone actually does that it makes it even worse considering the pirates would have access to a not 'always online' version while customers don't. But we have no reason to believe it is being used to control piracy. They probably just didn't thought that having individual downloads for the chapters was necessary or maybe it wasn't even considered. Which is why I made this thread.
I know it's only until the end of the month but I see no reason why we can't have downloads of the chapters that are already out, by the end of the month they can delete the individual chapter files if they really are such a blot to the servers and everybody wins.
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Don't worry this has nothing to do with DRM. The options are to have a month or two pre-order window before anything is available or to release chapters as we finish them (which is what we are doing now). This is a brand new market so we don't know what the best distribution method is for these books, so we'll be trying lots of different things to see what people like (you can read a bit more about it here).
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sadmir
Moe Connoisseur
Jacob wrote...
Don't worry this has nothing to do with DRM. The options are to have a month or two pre-order window before anything is available or to release chapters as we finish them (which is what we are doing now). This is a brand new market so we don't know what the best distribution method is for these books, so we'll be trying lots of different things to see what people like (you can read a bit more about it here).What about having the option to download individual chapters as they are released for those who can't or don't want to stay online to read it?