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Re: Playable e-book (cbv format)
Reply #63 - 02/16/09 at 20:03:12
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I vote for Pirc and Scheveningen.  I'd also be willing to pay extra for the eBook service.
  
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Reply #62 - 02/16/09 at 17:01:37
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Thank you Tony, always helping your subscribers.

I would like to see the Sveshnikov/Kalashnikov (my pet line) updated as payable ebook.

If possible, of course.
  
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Reply #61 - 02/15/09 at 16:47:05
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Incidentally, I know there are lots of undocumented shortcuts in Chessbase that you can customize (I still use a couple of my old customizations despite the fact they no longer appear in the Customize list!), is there a chance we could customize the Game Quotation one, so it is something simpler than Ctrl+ Enter (right arrow would be nice!)? Undecided
  
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Reply #60 - 02/15/09 at 16:14:00
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If we can get a couple, let's get brand new ones, rather than updates of ones that already exist.   

Examples:  QGD, Catalan, Scheveningen and Classical Sicilians, Pirc, Benko, Exchange Gruenfeld, and 1..e5 English.
  
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Reply #59 - 02/15/09 at 16:00:40
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King's Indian Fianchetto, Nimzo-Indian, Catalan would be my choices.
  
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Reply #58 - 02/15/09 at 15:42:41
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Well, since you're asking, my votes are the Scheveningen and the Queens Gambit Declined.

  
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Reply #57 - 02/15/09 at 13:42:54
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For Fausto, Anti, Monkey, Lou et al: After I've finished putting this round of updates online I will do a couple of new style eBooks just for you. Smiley
Now you just have to decide which ones you want! Wink
  
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Re: Playable e-book (cbv format)
Reply #56 - 02/14/09 at 17:45:23
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Antillian wrote on 02/14/09 at 17:34:15:

But isn't this because the PDF books are far more current?  

They are now, but you forget that the playable eBooks were new once! Wink
I suppose the main reasons that people prefer the PDF ones is because they are cross-platform, you can use them on handhelds and you can print them out. But I could be wrong?! Undecided
  
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Re: Playable e-book (cbv format)
Reply #55 - 02/14/09 at 17:34:15
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 02/13/09 at 01:44:11:
ChessMonkey wrote on 02/12/09 at 17:52:44:
Any way to change that practice?

I suppose I could stop updating the PDF ones, but the problem is a lot more subscribers download these than the playable ChessBase eBooks.
Actually, I even tried selling a couple of the playable ones online to see if this would help pay for them ... and managed to sell about 2 in 2 years!! Sad
I guess they are just not very popular.


But isn't this because the PDF books are far more current? 

I simply can't imagine that given a choice, people will choose PDF books over Chessbase e-books.  Shocked But, maybe I am just really biased because of my own strong preference for e-books.  I don't buy Everyman Chess paper books anymore unless I really can't wait. Otherwise, I wait a while for the e-book to come out instead.
  
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Re: Playable e-book (cbv format)
Reply #54 - 02/14/09 at 15:30:32
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Fausto Alava-Moreno wrote on 02/14/09 at 05:20:06:

What about put a Gold+ Subscription with that service for a reasonable fee?

I will pay for that extra service, so valueous for me, and probably the people who are usings ebooks.


That's a thought! It's true I haven't ever increased the prices - in fact, I even brought them down when I took over in 2002! Roll Eyes
Maybe it is time to put up a poll and decide the eBook question for once and for all?
  
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Re: Playable e-book (cbv format)
Reply #53 - 02/14/09 at 05:20:06
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Tony, which are the actual possibilites of make playable ebooks accesibles to subscribers updated on monthly bases (or bi-monthly) instead of have 2004 ebooks without any updates.

What about put a Gold+ Subscription with that service for a reasonable fee?

I will pay for that extra service, so valueous for me, and probably the people who are usings ebooks.


Lou_Cyber wrote on 02/13/09 at 16:38:21:
The ebooks are a very good feature and in principle far more useful than the pdf-books.

So far I thought that ebooks and pdf-books were updated at the same time. As the ebooks offer more features to the subscribers it might even be better to concentrate on updating them instead of the pdf-books. I wouldn´t mind.

  
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Re: Playable e-book (cbv format)
Reply #52 - 02/13/09 at 16:38:21
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The ebooks are a very good feature and in principle far more useful than the pdf-books. I often can only have a look on the pdf books, because my business pc does not allow to attach chessbase. At home I feel much more comfortable with the ebooks.

So far I thought that ebooks and pdf-books were updated at the same time. As the ebooks offer more features to the subscribers it might even be better to concentrate on updating them instead of the pdf-books. I wouldn´t mind.
  
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Re: Playable e-book (cbv format)
Reply #51 - 02/13/09 at 14:27:58
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Really a pity Cry.  I have a bunch of the Everyman books both in paper and eBook form and find it very convenient when I want to do a quick check on a variation or to save analysis (w/Rybka's assistance Grin) that is not covered in the book.  I also have Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual in paper and CD form (the CD is for the 1st edition from what I can tell) which makes it a breeze to go through sidelines and sub-subvariations.
  
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Re: Playable e-book (cbv format)
Reply #50 - 02/13/09 at 01:44:11
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ChessMonkey wrote on 02/12/09 at 17:52:44:
Any way to change that practice?

I suppose I could stop updating the PDF ones, but the problem is a lot more subscribers download these than the playable ChessBase eBooks.
Actually, I even tried selling a couple of the playable ones online to see if this would help pay for them ... and managed to sell about 2 in 2 years!! Sad
I guess they are just not very popular.
  
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Reply #49 - 02/12/09 at 17:52:44
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Any way to change that practice?
  
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