It has been a month since the launch of Lektu, the online bookstore that is characterized by selling ebooks without DRM. Also in Lektu we can find the ebooks of the literary saga of Game of Thrones, originally known as The Saga of a Song of Ice and Fire. Yesterday there was an act of presentation of the bookstore and to celebrate this fact, Gigamesh and Lektu give away the first ebook of the Game of Thrones saga so that we can enjoy it electronically and for free.
How to get the first Game of Thrones ebook?
The proposed Lektu and Gigamesh To get the ebook it is very original but it has a bit expensive mechanics, so if you do it, keep in mind that it will take time to send the ebook. What you need to get the ebook is a printed copy of any edition of the first title of the Saga, a camera, an email address and a lot of patience.
First we take the printed book and write our email address in the copyright page, which usually has the ISBN, the Legal Deposit, the publisher's data, etc ... It is located next to the index, as you can see in the photo.
Then we take a picture of those pages and send it to contact@lektu.com. Once we have sent it, the Lektu team will review the photograph and once they accept it, they will send you a link so that you can download the ebook for free. Easy do not? Well if you want the ebook you have to hurry, because Gigamesh and Lektu are only going to release 1.000 ebooks and only to Spain, so editions in other languages are not valid and neither are editions of other titles in the Game of Thrones saga.
For those who doubt all this, Lektu and Gigamesh have confirmed in the press conference that they have held that the ebooks are totally legal, they have paid the rights to their publishers and George RR Martin and they are totally free. In addition, indirectly, Lektu is promoting its position against DRM since those who have the printed book will be able to have the book in electronic format totally free, something that not all bookstores do. So do not miss the opportunity.
Honestly, I find it silly as a piano. I have to deface my book on paper and do I don't know how much juggling, total to get the same thing I can get in a minute on Google, both legally (because downloading books is legal if there is no profit motive) and ethically (hell, what? I have bought it on paper).
I see it as a bullshit only suitable for top geeks of the subject, those who would collect even a fluff from Mr. Martin's navel if they found it. Normal to limit it to 1.000, it will be so as not to make a fool of yourself.