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Electric Head · Post by **Electric Head** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:49 am

Simon_Cann wrote:
Electric Head wrote:thanks for the books Simon
is there no hardcover or an option to print?
I am not always on my pc so I'd like this as a hardcopy.
I bought the FM and Additive books either way.
Although I'll add as above that I payed more around $4.99 per book.
Hey Electric Head

Thank you for buying the books--I hope you find them interesting and useful.

There is no hard copy option. If you want to have the books when you're away from your PC, you can view them on a Kindle, nook, Sony Reader or other ereader, iPad/Android tablet, iPhone/Android phone, or BlackBerry.

Alternatively, you could get hold of one of my books in hard copy format...

As for the cost--all I can do is set the basic price. I can't influence sales tax or the practice of Amazon/the other retailers, I'm afraid.

Simon

Hi Simon

I am really not concerned about the price, it was just a mention more than anything.
I would have bought the books either way.
Thanks again.

Simon_Cann · Post by **Simon_Cann** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:34 am

Electric Head wrote:I am really not concerned about the price, it was just a mention more than anything.

But I am concerned about the price! I want there to be a consistent price for these books irrespective of where they are bought.

While I have no control, it still upsets me to see these unexplained inconsistencies.

Electric Head wrote:I would have bought the books either way.

That's good to hear.

All the best

Simon

stimresp · Post by **stimresp** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:53 pm

Any chance you could release these to the Dutch itunes store? I changed country to UK but I am still prevented from purchasing...

cheers

edit: same with the Kindle store - I am prevented from purchasing based on IP.

Edit 2: Nevermind - I got it from the US Kindle store

Simon_Cann · Post by **Simon_Cann** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:15 pm

stimresp wrote:Any chance you could release these to the Dutch itunes store? I changed country to UK but I am still prevented from purchasing...

cheers

edit: same with the Kindle store - I am prevented from purchasing based on IP.

Edit 2: Nevermind - I got it from the US Kindle store

Hi stimresp

I'm sorry to hear you have had difficulty getting hold of my books, but I'm glad to hear you've found a solution.

Although you have sorted the issue, since others have raised the question, let me state the position--unambiguously--from my perspective: there are no geographical restrictions placed on any of the How to Make a Noise ebooks. In other words ANY retailer can sell any of my ebooks in ANY territory.

If a retailer chooses to sell my books in one territory, but not to sell the books in another, then that is a decision by that retailer, and I am afraid I have no influence over that decision.

I wish the situation was different, but, it's not.

All I can suggest--if you cannot buy a book from your chosen retailer in your chosen territory--is that you purchase the book(s) from another retailer. As you have indicated, Amazon seem happier about selling the books to people in other territories. I don't know whether you could have bought from Amazon/Germany or Amazon/France (who both price in Euros), but I'm glad to hear that Amazon/US worked for you.

Now that you've got your book, I hope you enjoy your reading.

Cheers

Simon

stimresp · Post by **stimresp** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:47 pm

Hello Simon,

Thanks for your post. I was happily reading away when I received a mail from Amazon telling me that I had to prove residence of the US. I challenged them on this. Their reply:

Since publishers give us e Book rights on a country by country basis, availability and pricing of titles from the Kindle Store will vary by your home country or region.

In order for you to purchase content from a specific country, your account must reflect residency in that country. You can update your country of residence when you are traveling to another country.

You can update your country of residence by visiting www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle .

If you are unable to provide any documentation to demonstrate residency we may need to limit your country setting to Netherlands.

The implication I see is that if I cannot prove US residency they will prevent me from reading the book.

Is it just me or is this a flagrant breach of EU rules? I want to take this further - who can advise me?

Simon_Cann · Post by **Simon_Cann** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 5:02 pm

stimresp wrote:Hello Simon,

Thanks for your post. I was happily reading away when I received a mail from Amazon telling me that I had to prove residence of the US. I challenged them on this. Their reply:

Since publishers give us e Book rights on a country by country basis, availability and pricing of titles from the Kindle Store will vary by your home country or region.

In order for you to purchase content from a specific country, your account must reflect residency in that country. You can update your country of residence when you are traveling to another country.

You can update your country of residence by visiting www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle .

If you are unable to provide any documentation to demonstrate residency we may need to limit your country setting to Netherlands.
The implication I see is that if I cannot prove US residency they will prevent me from reading the book.

Is it just me or is this a flagrant breach of EU rules? I want to take this further - who can advise me?

Hey stimresp

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. It is quite worrying/perplexing.

You ask who can advise you here. The answer is probably not me--I am not aware of the legal issues here, so I'm slightly cautious about giving you a steer as to which way to go.

However, I can give you some thoughts and a few suggestions.

First off, Amazon are correct in their assertion that "publishers give us e Book rights on a country by country basis, availability and pricing of titles from the Kindle Store will vary by your home country or region." However, the How to Make a Noise series is not one of those books and does not have any geographical restrictions applied.

Therefore, for the How to Make a Noise books in Kindle format Amazon should not withdraw the book from you. I'm not saying they won't--whether as a matter of policy or due to error--simply that they should not. As a side issue, if I go to Amazon.com and put my location as "Europe" they appear willing to sell me the How to Make a Noise books.

As to how you proceed, I have a few thoughts:

* Tell that the truth about your location. As I keep saying, there is nothing to prevent Amazon selling a How to Make a Noise book to anyone anywhere in the world. In other words, they SHOULD not withdraw your purchases if you confirm you are resident in the Netherlands.

* Ask for your Kindle purchases to be transferred to one of the European Amazons (when the Amazon UK Kindle operation opened, my Amazon US Kindle books were transferred to the UK).

* Get a refund and repurchase the book(s) from one of the European Amazons.

At the moment, I don't think this is a breach of EU legislation since we are dealing with a company domiciled outside of the EU selling product to someone who they believe is outside of the EU. If one of the European Amazons refused to sell you a book, then I believe that you may have a case for a challenge under the single market directive. But that's just my view--I'm not a lawyer-- and as I said at the top, I'm not able to give anything more than my thoughts.

I hope this helps and I hope you're able to get this sorted.

All the best

Simon

Igro · Post by **Igro** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:10 pm

Please forgive me if this was already mentioned: is the new book "Analog Synhesis" a hard book (selling in Amazon)? Or pdf?

Simon_Cann · Post by **Simon_Cann** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:25 pm

Igro wrote:Please forgive me if this was already mentioned: is the new book "Analog Synhesis" a hard book (selling in Amazon)? Or pdf?

Hi Igro

The three new books (How to Make a Noise: Analog Synthesis, Frequency Modulation Synthesis, and Sample-Based Synthesis) are all available exclusively in electronic format. There is no hard copy of these books (and there are no plans for hard copy versions).

The electronic format of the book depends on where you get the book. If you buy from Amazon, then you get the book in Kindle format (and the books are produced in color so they'll look cool on a Kindle Fire). Kindle format books can be viewed on Kindle hardware, Kindle desktop software (on your Mac or PC), on Android, BlackBerry, and Windows phones, and on Kindle apps on your iPhone/iPad. If you buy the book from the iBookstore, then they'll be in Apple ePub format which you can view on iBooks (both for the iPhone and iPad).

Versions are also available from Barnes & Noble (for the nook/nook color), the Sony Reader Store (for the Sony Reader), and are intended to be available from Kobo stores before too long.

There is not--and will never be--a PDF version. You can read my logic behind this decision here: http://noisesculpture.com/frequently-as ... stions#pdf.

I hope this makes sense, but please shout if you want me to elaborate.

All the best

Simon

Jake Andrews · Post by **Jake Andrews** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:46 pm

Hey Simon, I've gotta say thanks for this being free! I've got your book "Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard" and I love it. I do feel I need to take it back a step though and go through "How to Make a Noise" since I'm almost a complete beginner at this. Your writing style is MUCH easier to follow than some of the other books/articles I've read on synthesis.

Simon_Cann · Post by **Simon_Cann** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:53 pm

Jake Andrews wrote:Hey Simon, I've gotta say thanks for this being free! I've got your book "Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard" and I love it. I do feel I need to take it back a step though and go through "How to Make a Noise" since I'm almost a complete beginner at this. Your writing style is MUCH easier to follow than some of the other books/articles I've read on synthesis.

Thanks, Jake.

Your kind words are very much appreciated.

Simon

Jake Andrews · Post by **Jake Andrews** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:16 pm

Don't mention it, Simon!

Now to follow along in this book you reccommend to use the sunths you feature in the book. I've already purchased Zebra2, VazModular, KarmaFX and Synthedit to follow along in "Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard". Plus I've got Ableton's Analog and Operator synths, and Lennar Digital's Sylenth1.

I don't have the money for any more synths, so I was wondering if "How to Make a Noise" is written so that I'd be able to follow along with the synths I already have?

Simon_Cann · Post by **Simon_Cann** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:46 pm

Jake Andrews wrote:Don't mention it, Simon!

Now to follow along in this book you reccommend to use the sunths you feature in the book. I've already purchased Zebra2, VazModular, KarmaFX and Synthedit to follow along in "Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard". Plus I've got Ableton's Analog and Operator synths, and Lennar Digital's Sylenth1.

I don't have the money for any more synths, so I was wondering if "How to Make a Noise" is written so that I'd be able to follow along with the synths I already have?

Hey Jake

Much as I would like to encourage you to throw money in my direction, if you've got Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard and then grab the free download of How to Make a Noise: a comprehensive guide to synthesizer programming (http://noisesculpture.com/comprehensive), then you've got enough to cover your synths.

I don't think you need any more books, but if you really want to spend more cash, then get:

* How to Make a Noise: Analog Synthesis (http://noisesculpture.com/analog) This will cover you for Ableton's Analog and for Lennar Digital's Sylenth 1.

* How to Make a Noise: Frequency Modulation Synthesis (http://noisesculpture.com/fm) This will cover you for Ableton's Operator.

One of the key differences between the free download and these two books is that the free download focuses on six specific synths (none of which is on your list). By contrast, these two books are intended to cover any synthesizer. You can read more about the overlap between these books and the free book here: http://noisesculpture.com/frequently-as ... ons#ebooks

I hope this helps, but if you want any further thoughts, just shout.

All the best

Simon

Jake Andrews · Post by **Jake Andrews** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:10 am

Thanks for clearing that up Simon. I went ahead and bought "Analog Synthesis". 2.99 is a great price for an iBook! I'll move onto "FM Synthesis" when I get a better feel for analog synthesis

Simon_Cann · Post by **Simon_Cann** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:44 am

Jake Andrews wrote:Thanks for clearing that up Simon. I went ahead and bought "Analog Synthesis". 2.99 is a great price for an iBook! I'll move onto "FM Synthesis" when I get a better feel for analog synthesis

Thanks, Jake!

Enjoy your reading.

Simon

Jake Andrews · Post by **Jake Andrews** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:47 pm

It's a great read so far! I'm already feeling a lot more comfortable with Analog and Sylenth1.

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