E- Reader version of TPS or Serialization

[George M. Purtill]

Wouldn't it be a dream come true to have those books on your E-reader or iPad?
Will it ever come to be?
Even the Parker Pages?

I might never leave my beach chair in August except to get another cigar.

[Rick Losey]

Before all the rest of the retro grouches chime in

I guess we all have different dreams. :rolleyes:

[Dean Romig]

What's a "retro grouch" I might be one and not even know it?? :throw:

[Rick Losey]

Originally i think it was a cycling term for those of us who did not think every new piece of technology was either required or even an advancement in the over all scheme of things.

I would think most of us shooting Parkers are one

Extra points for either damascus or hammers. And a bonus for shooting them over big square muzzled setters.

[charlie cleveland]

i think ill pass on just setting in a chair...that time will be on me soon enough...but not a bad idea after i have no choice but to sit in it.... charlie

[Dave Suponski]

Sign me up Rick. Murphy is one too...:rolleyes: And Dean..You were one before they even invented the word.....:rotf:

[John Dallas]

Retro Grouch is a low brow version of "Curmegeon" or "Luddite"

[Bob Roberts]

all of our cherished reference books will be available for free to everyone on the internet, but the copyright holders, authors, photographers and illustrators, their heirs and assigns, will never see a dime from their being viewed. Only those outfits like Google which derive significant advertising income from running ads on the web pages where they will inform and entertain us by delivering this "free" content to all.

But there is already, and will be more so in the future, a price - a few weeks ago I was looking for information on cast iron bathtubs for a couple of rental apartments my brother and I have. I found a particular one, bookmarked it and returned to that site a couple more times. Since then almost every time I happen to go to any site which runs Google ads I have been presented with an ad featuring that particular bathtub and a link to that site. Having experienced this, one is left to ponder one's own conclusions...

[Daryl Corona]

They are watching us.

[Dean Romig]

Cookies is the catch word... and I don't mean Kathy's.

[George M. Purtill]

OK
now that everyone has weighed in on the decline of modern civilization and the theft of copyrighted material................
I would gladly PAY to get a complete set of Parker Pages so i could easily turn to Murphy's article on early 28 guages and read the damn thing
I would also PAY gladly to have a TPS that didnt weigh 30 pounds and occupy 2 volumes.
damn I would love to have a serialization app on my smarter than iPhone so when i am looking at a gun at a shop I could run the number......

[Robin Lewis]

George, there was an attempt to put all the Parker Pages on a DVD and it was well underway when one of the authors to several Parker Pages articles pointed out that he held the Copyright to his article(s) and it was granted to the PGCA for use in Parker Pages and not a DVD. So, that ended the project.

At that time, most of us assumed that the PGCA owned the copyright to all the articles and didn't realize that two or three professional writers and photographers made their submission with restrictive copyright attached.

This just goes to prove that "the decline of civilization and the theft of copyrighted material" isn't as far gone as you assume. If it were, we would have the Parker Pages DVD, but correctly, we don't.

Parker Pages articles accepted since then do not have these restrictive copyright and that is why John has been able to make a few issues available to PGCA members on our members only web page.

I am sure that if the holders of copyright for The Parker Story wanted to make an ebook and sell it in the apple store, or some other commercial ebook supplier, for their profit then it could be done.

I too think it would be nice to have The Parker Story on my iPAD as I walk through a gun show or look over Parker's on for sale tables at a gun shoot. Maybe they will consider doing it someday?

[Rick Losey]

OK
damn I would love to have a serialization app on my smarter than iPhone so when i am looking at a gun at a shop I could run the number......

ok George- even I will admit that part would be handy - seriously - the only app I have downloaded on my phone is the "flashlight" which turns on the camera flash constant for emergencies, I would download that one if available - who owns the rights to the serial number lists?
edit- I see that was answered as I was pecking away at the keyboard (why is the printing always worn off my backspace key first?)


heck - it took 15 minutes for someone to respond last time I posted a serial number request from my phone :whistle:

the current plan is to just keep a copy of the serialization book in the truck with the measuring gauges from now on.

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

I only have one thing to say about all this! I would rather hold a book in my hand, at least I can read and enjoy when the internet is down! Books are like Parkers, made to use and hold!

[Rick Losey]

I only have one thing to say about all this! I would rather hold a book in my hand, at least I can read and enjoy when the internet is down! Books are like Parkers, made to use and hold!

agreed -I love books - and the library floor is sagging from the weight - I still find few titles to add each month, unfortunately few are newly published.

Shooting Sportsman's e-mag drives me crazy, and although I bought the electronic version of the late Tony Treadwell's restoration book to not miss out on the information, I am still hoping that his wife can complete the hardcover publishing deal.

as I said the current plan is to add a copy of the serial number book to the other stuff i keep in the truck

having said all that , if the basic serial number search was availalble on the phone- i would use it. You won't find me wth an e-reader on a beach, but you could find me on the phone with my hand on a Parker in a rack.

[Richard Flanders]

I'll glady sit in a chair and watch if Dean will come up with his splitter and finish the other half of my log pile!! Short of that... no thanks.

[George M. Purtill]

I only have one thing to say about all this! I would rather hold a book in my hand, at least I can read and enjoy when the internet is down! Books are like Parkers, made to use and hold!

you dont need the internet if the book is on your ereader.