Comments on: Instant Downloads are Here!

By: ace

ace — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:22:02 +0000

i got 1 insent downloud and i hated it because it did notwork on my computer that made me made ace out

By: PEto

PEto — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:00:24 +0000

Instant Downloads, like instant potatoes, are great because they are…well…instant! But they aren’t quite as good as the real thing (an actual book or actual mashed potatoes). Of course with the money you save on lower costs on the books, you should be able to print out either the whole thing or just those sections of most interest. So don’t say “Down with Downloads!” Just get down with the downloads, man!

By: Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:10:13 +0000

@Steven – You should see my selection of printed e-books. It’s huge!

@Dan – Thank you. I’ve got a few things in the works that are downloads. The whole download thing is still an experiment right now, but so far it’s looking good.

@Chetly – The Punster strikes again!

@Mathias – I used to coil bind mine too until I had a pile of coil bound books linking to each other. I decided to go for the HUMONGOUS binder technique instead

@Magicman – The dowloads are $4.00 bucks each, or you can get all four for $12.50

By: magicman384

magicman384 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:10:42 +0000

On the downloads, do you get all 4 for 4 dollars, or 4 dollars each?
thanks! also, love visa 2.0! going to use that in my show!

By: Mathias

Mathias — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:42:23 +0000

I also just print out the important parts of the big ebooks, and just print out the smaller ebooks and get them spiral bound for next to nothing.

The only thing I don’t like about reading ebooks on my laptop is the slight eye-strain, and the fact that my laptop has a very short battery life. 😛

By: Grandpa Chet

Grandpa Chet — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:33:16 +0000

Steven, I used to highlight and make notes to my e-books, but it took forever to clean off the monitor.

*jeep!
–Grandpa

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:48:17 +0000

I just stumbled across this site by viewing your free trick on Jay Sankey’s site. I must say that I am quite impressed. Great stuff Jeff.

As a Canadian, I really like the idea of instant downloads. Most magic I purchase is from the US or Europe, and it either takes weeks to arrive, or I have to pay customs fees.

By: Steven Dickinson

Steven Dickinson — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:34:03 +0000

BTW-sometimes I cheat (shh don’t tell anyone) I print out the real important stuff so I can read it in my easy chair or at my desk.

I tend to make a book or magazine my own by highlighting and making notes on it.

By: Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:36:12 +0000

In reply to Mathias. @Mathias - the overseas shipping was one of the reasons I've decided to test out downloads. While I do offer free international shipping, often I have customers who end up paying customs fees. It's a bit of a bummer. It only costs me a few dollars to ship overseas (depending on what the product is), but sometimes it takes forever, and other times the customer gets stuck paying a customs fee. The other thing is that the price is much better on instant downloads because the production costs are much cheaper (no duplication), so I'm dabbling and experimenting as always. :)

By: Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:31:38 +0000

@lands10 – While I’m still considered by man a “young buck” (37 years), I do agree with you. I know what you mean about fear of loosing files. Remember, If I lose the files, I’m losing the originals. That’d be a bummer.

I also use Carbonite as Steven Mentioned. It’s great. It’s only like 50 bucks a year, and they back up an unlimited amount of space.

The other thing that you mentioned, portability, I’m with you there too. However, for me, I’m never more than 4 feet from my laptop. Plus I think that soon the Kindle type technology will will get to the point that this won’t even be a concern anymore.

I still always print any ebooks that I purchase. I’ve got a humongous binder full of them.