FireheadAB scribbled: Love it! Thank you Chris. 07/07/2009

bowerbird scribbled: you promised a free e-book. this is just a view-only .pdf, a significant bait-and-switch. a picture of text is not text... get advice from cory, please. -bowerbird 07/07/2009

herorat scribbled: Free as in free beer or free as in freedom ;-) Where is the download button gone? I'm afraid bowerbird is right 07/07/2009

gustav_goodstuff8176 scribbled: I agree with Bowerbird. This is free as in beer, not free as in freedom! 07/07/2009

alizof1999 scribbled: yes, disappointing. It seems unlikely that one could comfortably read a whole book in scribd. To be fair though the book seems to be about free/gratis not free/libre 07/07/2009

mwschmeer scribbled: Yeah, I agree with bowerbird. Follow Cory Doctrow's lead and make it DOWNLOADABLE in a MULTITUDE of formats. Idiots. 07/07/2009

anthonymyerspr scribbled: Some people can be very unappreciative. Read the introduction and you will understand free doesn't mean free. You bring people in with free stuff and then sell things around it. Scribd offers "Free... 07/07/2009

setatakahashi scribbled: How can I configure to view it like a PDF? It's too small to read at my computer. I need to display it as a single page. Is there a way to do this? 07/07/2009

clith scribbled: Can't be read on an iPhone due to use of proprietary Flash format. #flash #fail 07/07/2009

thecoolsundar scribbled: It is, for all intents and purposes, a promise kept. 07/07/2009

thecoolsundar scribbled: setatakahashi: on the top right hand corner is an icon that lets you read full screen. that's quite comfortable 07/07/2009

sadcox66 scribbled: where is the book ? 07/07/2009

ganeshapp scribbled: You expect one to sit and read 288 pages online in this Scribd interface? I guess this is the 'strings attached' free. 07/07/2009

mzinmfjsddgphl scribbled: Where's the PDF download option??? 07/07/2009

iguana_box scribbled: In plain Spanish: gratis = free libre = free (~dom) 07/07/2009

buddhaplex scribbled: you should be able to download this. especially with that title. 07/07/2009

mzinmfjsddgphl scribbled: No printing possible either. WTF? 07/07/2009

gross50 scribbled: There is no such thing as a free book. No printing, no download. Fcuk you Chris. 07/07/2009

kathleenfitz scribbled: love it! where do i sign up to make Jell-o millions$ ? :) 07/07/2009

foodcreate scribbled: Love it very much! Thanks Chris:) 07/07/2009

musafir 4u scribbled: hi i am manish 07/07/2009

fockhead scribbled: I was going to go to Borders and buy it. Now I'm going to go to Borders and just read it there. You promised the book free here. You lied. 07/07/2009

hochallee77 scribbled: pretty good marketing for a free book, read the malcom gladwell description yesterday 07/07/2009

JonathanAlvarez scribbled: Fantástico!!! el mundo estaba esperando esto...que inicie la revolución!! 07/07/2009

fockhead scribbled: False advertising. 07/07/2009

claudiobravo scribbled: Yes..all thins will be free, but no all! It's impossible.. 07/07/2009

dmjcalma scribbled: You are truly awesome. This is what I call practicing what we preach. Looking forward to this read, Chris. Thanx! 07/07/2009

ejjonk scribbled: Briljant, totally consistent, still ordering it anyway, i am a bit old fashioned ;-) but i can start reading now ! 07/08/2009

englishbanana scribbled: "This is what I call practicing what we preach." Really? The first thing I noticed when flipping through this book was "All rights reserved". Then I noticed that we can neither print nor dow... 07/08/2009

ejjonk scribbled: @englishbanana, with regard to reading in the browser, i will, not completely, but enough to decide whether i will buy a hardcopy 07/08/2009

tefloncat scribbled: He he he... it's not truly "FREE" if it's read only in browser and not downloadable, is it? As we're finding in the music biz, "free" means "FREE"... without restraints or limited use. This is ... 07/08/2009

tefloncat scribbled: :) Well it's not really "FREE" at all, is it Mr Anderson? If we can only read it in this browser, that's a pretty hefty restriction, and not really "FREE" at all. Maybe just "free". I planned to ... 07/08/2009

tefloncat scribbled: :) Well it's not really "FREE" at all, is it? If we can only read it in this browser, that's a pretty hefty restriction, and not really "FREE" at all. Maybe just "free...". I planned to buy the b... 07/08/2009

zlite scribbled: Chris Anderson here. Some clarifications for those who don't find this version sufficiently free. First, it's available for free in many other forms: full downloadable audiobook (http://www.wired.... 07/08/2009

mikedudas scribbled: I have to agree- this isn't "free" at all. It's like getting a free McDonald's hamburger but having to eat it w/o removing the wrapper. 07/08/2009

davidwinder scribbled: I have finished reading my printed copy and looking here for the promised online version with the references included. It seems to me that the publisher is trying to use the 'freemium' model but o... 07/08/2009

edmercado scribbled: I don't think this will go well. Many readers are confused as to what was expected with respect to a free download. Just as confusing is where and what to download. So there are audio versions a... 07/08/2009

edmercado scribbled: I don't think this will go well. Many readers are confused as to what was expected with respect to a free download. Just as confusing is where and what to download. So there are audio versions a... 07/08/2009

gross50 scribbled: Yes, you can see FREE for free on Scribd. Chris, Scribd is for reading. If you want us to watch your book post in in YouTube. As FREE as fcuk. 07/08/2009

nimblejack scribbled: Based on all of the comments below, here is a summary of what the word "Free" now appears to mean to those who have made an effort to make their (mostly negative) opinions known: "Free is only fre... 07/08/2009

jandersonlee scribbled: Nice bit of work. Thanks Chris. With a 1920x1200 screen it was easy to read in this format. I'm not sure how well it would read on a net-book. I think I grok the "free"-market better now. Ins... 07/08/2009

GilbertoReinaldo scribbled: Tudo o que poderá ser digital será! Tudo o que for digital poderá ser gratuito... 07/09/2009

ljrjqu scribbled: Chris Anderson had an excellent opportunity to prove his point that free offerings can indeed be a viable business strategy but the free text versions of FREE are so restricted that they seem to b... 07/09/2009

alasdairroberts scribbled: This is lame. The implication was that the "free" version would have close functional equivalence to the purchased version. An example of an author who took "free" seriously is Ben Wilson, who ma... 07/10/2009

alasdairroberts scribbled: The implication was that the "free" version would have close functional equivalence to the purchased version. This doesn't meet that test. An example of an author who took "free" seriously is Ben ... 07/10/2009

alasdairroberts scribbled: The implication was that the "free" version would have close functional equivalence to the purchased version. An example of an author who took "free" seriously is Ben Wilson, who made his book avai... 07/10/2009

zlite scribbled: Chris Anderson here again: to the commenters who don't like the free Scribd version, I'll repeat: it's also available for free in lots of other versions, from Kindle (coming next week) to Google Bo... 07/10/2009

tdeckard scribbled: I have to agree with the author that if you read the book which i have read most of at this point, you will see that he is practicing what he preaches. If you don't want the audio version you can ... 07/12/2009

b0b12 scribbled: Zlite: The book *is* CreativeCommons. The text here on Scribed is a derivative work of text that included CreativeCommons material from Wikipedia. 07/12/2009

ringlord_oc scribbled: Sorry, this content is geographically restricted Due to our agreements with our publishing partners, the document you requested is only available to users located in the United States. 07/13/2009

nonparei scribbled: Why can't I simply download this is as a PDF and read it at my leisure offline? 07/13/2009

Citylady scribbled: I am in the US and am unable to download it. Why not? 07/14/2009

nonparei scribbled: I am in the US and I cannot download it. Lame. I want to be able to read it offline, outside of the browser context, or on my Kindle. 07/14/2009

neonlily scribbled: um. I would be happy to read it on here if the user experience were... well I'm having a heckuva time with the reader. Can I scroll without using the mouse? Does it run smooth or is it just my bro... 07/15/2009

magister_ludi scribbled: http://www.amazon.com/Free-ebook/dp/B... for one week 07/16/2009

b0b12 scribbled: The INTERNET is NOT geographically restricted, your "publishing partners" do not deserve to be in business if this is their attitude, and you are a disgrace for pandering to their ridiculous demands. 07/17/2009

motherbear4 scribbled: Chris, Thank you! 07/20/2009

DavidFoxfire scribbled: Hi there Chris. Listening to your audio book now. I'm writing the first book in a fiction series and I'm looking for a way to promote it, hopefully to a publisher. I'm wondering if you have any ... 07/23/2009

jinglefritz scribbled: wow, can't download and can't read in firefox. Amazing fail there by both chris and scribd. Guess you got my email address to sell to someone though. Nice work... 07/23/2009

erasergirl scribbled: dumbest online ebook reader i have ever seen. 07/23/2009

zlite scribbled: It works fine in Firefox, Jinglefritz. I'm reading it that way right now. Maybe you've got flash disabled? 07/25/2009

tammysf scribbled: read this! 07/27/2009

JonathanAlvarez scribbled: Super metido analizando este libro de Chris Anderson 07/28/2009

robertreno scribbled: Chris, I just hear about this book on the Adam Carolla podcast.. which is free. Get it on. 07/30/2009

FireheadAB scribbled: Love it! Thank you Chris. 07/07/2009

bowerbird scribbled: you promised a free e-book. this is just a view-only .pdf, a significant bait-and-switch. a picture of text is not text... get advice from cory, please. -bowerbird 07/07/2009

herorat scribbled: Free as in free beer or free as in freedom ;-) Where is the download button gone? I'm afraid bowerbird is right 07/07/2009

gustav_goodstuff8176 scribbled: I agree with Bowerbird. This is free as in beer, not free as in freedom! 07/07/2009

alizof1999 scribbled: yes, disappointing. It seems unlikely that one could comfortably read a whole book in scribd. To be fair though the book seems to be about free/gratis not free/libre 07/07/2009

mwschmeer scribbled: Yeah, I agree with bowerbird. Follow Cory Doctrow's lead and make it DOWNLOADABLE in a MULTITUDE of formats. Idiots. 07/07/2009

anthonymyerspr scribbled: Some people can be very unappreciative. Read the introduction and you will understand free doesn't mean free. You bring people in with free stuff and then sell things around it. Scribd offers "Free... 07/07/2009

setatakahashi scribbled: How can I configure to view it like a PDF? It's too small to read at my computer. I need to display it as a single page. Is there a way to do this? 07/07/2009

clith scribbled: Can't be read on an iPhone due to use of proprietary Flash format. #flash #fail 07/07/2009

thecoolsundar scribbled: It is, for all intents and purposes, a promise kept. 07/07/2009

thecoolsundar scribbled: setatakahashi: on the top right hand corner is an icon that lets you read full screen. that's quite comfortable 07/07/2009

sadcox66 scribbled: where is the book ? 07/07/2009

ganeshapp scribbled: You expect one to sit and read 288 pages online in this Scribd interface? I guess this is the 'strings attached' free. 07/07/2009

mzinmfjsddgphl scribbled: Where's the PDF download option??? 07/07/2009

iguana_box scribbled: In plain Spanish: gratis = free libre = free (~dom) 07/07/2009

buddhaplex scribbled: you should be able to download this. especially with that title. 07/07/2009

mzinmfjsddgphl scribbled: No printing possible either. WTF? 07/07/2009

gross50 scribbled: There is no such thing as a free book. No printing, no download. Fcuk you Chris. 07/07/2009

kathleenfitz scribbled: love it! where do i sign up to make Jell-o millions$ ? :) 07/07/2009

foodcreate scribbled: Love it very much! Thanks Chris:) 07/07/2009

musafir 4u scribbled: hi i am manish 07/07/2009

fockhead scribbled: I was going to go to Borders and buy it. Now I'm going to go to Borders and just read it there. You promised the book free here. You lied. 07/07/2009

hochallee77 scribbled: pretty good marketing for a free book, read the malcom gladwell description yesterday 07/07/2009

JonathanAlvarez scribbled: Fantástico!!! el mundo estaba esperando esto...que inicie la revolución!! 07/07/2009

fockhead scribbled: False advertising. 07/07/2009

claudiobravo scribbled: Yes..all thins will be free, but no all! It's impossible.. 07/07/2009

dmjcalma scribbled: You are truly awesome. This is what I call practicing what we preach. Looking forward to this read, Chris. Thanx! 07/07/2009

ejjonk scribbled: Briljant, totally consistent, still ordering it anyway, i am a bit old fashioned ;-) but i can start reading now ! 07/08/2009

englishbanana scribbled: "This is what I call practicing what we preach." Really? The first thing I noticed when flipping through this book was "All rights reserved". Then I noticed that we can neither print nor dow... 07/08/2009

ejjonk scribbled: @englishbanana, with regard to reading in the browser, i will, not completely, but enough to decide whether i will buy a hardcopy 07/08/2009

tefloncat scribbled: He he he... it's not truly "FREE" if it's read only in browser and not downloadable, is it? As we're finding in the music biz, "free" means "FREE"... without restraints or limited use. This is ... 07/08/2009

tefloncat scribbled: :) Well it's not really "FREE" at all, is it Mr Anderson? If we can only read it in this browser, that's a pretty hefty restriction, and not really "FREE" at all. Maybe just "free". I planned to ... 07/08/2009

tefloncat scribbled: :) Well it's not really "FREE" at all, is it? If we can only read it in this browser, that's a pretty hefty restriction, and not really "FREE" at all. Maybe just "free...". I planned to buy the b... 07/08/2009

zlite scribbled: Chris Anderson here. Some clarifications for those who don't find this version sufficiently free. First, it's available for free in many other forms: full downloadable audiobook (http://www.wired.... 07/08/2009

mikedudas scribbled: I have to agree- this isn't "free" at all. It's like getting a free McDonald's hamburger but having to eat it w/o removing the wrapper. 07/08/2009

davidwinder scribbled: I have finished reading my printed copy and looking here for the promised online version with the references included. It seems to me that the publisher is trying to use the 'freemium' model but o... 07/08/2009

edmercado scribbled: I don't think this will go well. Many readers are confused as to what was expected with respect to a free download. Just as confusing is where and what to download. So there are audio versions a... 07/08/2009

edmercado scribbled: I don't think this will go well. Many readers are confused as to what was expected with respect to a free download. Just as confusing is where and what to download. So there are audio versions a... 07/08/2009

gross50 scribbled: Yes, you can see FREE for free on Scribd. Chris, Scribd is for reading. If you want us to watch your book post in in YouTube. As FREE as fcuk. 07/08/2009

nimblejack scribbled: Based on all of the comments below, here is a summary of what the word "Free" now appears to mean to those who have made an effort to make their (mostly negative) opinions known: "Free is only fre... 07/08/2009

jandersonlee scribbled: Nice bit of work. Thanks Chris. With a 1920x1200 screen it was easy to read in this format. I'm not sure how well it would read on a net-book. I think I grok the "free"-market better now. Ins... 07/08/2009

GilbertoReinaldo scribbled: Tudo o que poderá ser digital será! Tudo o que for digital poderá ser gratuito... 07/09/2009

ljrjqu scribbled: Chris Anderson had an excellent opportunity to prove his point that free offerings can indeed be a viable business strategy but the free text versions of FREE are so restricted that they seem to b... 07/09/2009

alasdairroberts scribbled: This is lame. The implication was that the "free" version would have close functional equivalence to the purchased version. An example of an author who took "free" seriously is Ben Wilson, who ma... 07/10/2009

alasdairroberts scribbled: The implication was that the "free" version would have close functional equivalence to the purchased version. This doesn't meet that test. An example of an author who took "free" seriously is Ben ... 07/10/2009

alasdairroberts scribbled: The implication was that the "free" version would have close functional equivalence to the purchased version. An example of an author who took "free" seriously is Ben Wilson, who made his book avai... 07/10/2009

zlite scribbled: Chris Anderson here again: to the commenters who don't like the free Scribd version, I'll repeat: it's also available for free in lots of other versions, from Kindle (coming next week) to Google Bo... 07/10/2009

tdeckard scribbled: I have to agree with the author that if you read the book which i have read most of at this point, you will see that he is practicing what he preaches. If you don't want the audio version you can ... 07/12/2009

b0b12 scribbled: Zlite: The book *is* CreativeCommons. The text here on Scribed is a derivative work of text that included CreativeCommons material from Wikipedia. 07/12/2009

ringlord_oc scribbled: Sorry, this content is geographically restricted Due to our agreements with our publishing partners, the document you requested is only available to users located in the United States. 07/13/2009

nonparei scribbled: Why can't I simply download this is as a PDF and read it at my leisure offline? 07/13/2009

Citylady scribbled: I am in the US and am unable to download it. Why not? 07/14/2009

nonparei scribbled: I am in the US and I cannot download it. Lame. I want to be able to read it offline, outside of the browser context, or on my Kindle. 07/14/2009

neonlily scribbled: um. I would be happy to read it on here if the user experience were... well I'm having a heckuva time with the reader. Can I scroll without using the mouse? Does it run smooth or is it just my bro... 07/15/2009

magister_ludi scribbled: http://www.amazon.com/Free-ebook/dp/B... for one week 07/16/2009

b0b12 scribbled: The INTERNET is NOT geographically restricted, your "publishing partners" do not deserve to be in business if this is their attitude, and you are a disgrace for pandering to their ridiculous demands. 07/17/2009

motherbear4 scribbled: Chris, Thank you! 07/20/2009

DavidFoxfire scribbled: Hi there Chris. Listening to your audio book now. I'm writing the first book in a fiction series and I'm looking for a way to promote it, hopefully to a publisher. I'm wondering if you have any ... 07/23/2009

jinglefritz scribbled: wow, can't download and can't read in firefox. Amazing fail there by both chris and scribd. Guess you got my email address to sell to someone though. Nice work... 07/23/2009

erasergirl scribbled: dumbest online ebook reader i have ever seen. 07/23/2009

zlite scribbled: It works fine in Firefox, Jinglefritz. I'm reading it that way right now. Maybe you've got flash disabled? 07/25/2009

tammysf scribbled: read this! 07/27/2009

JonathanAlvarez scribbled: Super metido analizando este libro de Chris Anderson 07/28/2009

robertreno scribbled: Chris, I just hear about this book on the Adam Carolla podcast.. which is free. Get it on. 07/30/2009