The legality of reading books for free online is very much a grey area, but the website www.onread.com/ is one of a number that will enable you to read The Vampire Diaries and other titles free of charge.
Internet publishing presents a two way challenge to publishers. It is a good medium to promote your titles and being ignored by sites such as onread would be concerning for the marketing of titles. However, just like the music industry, piracy and any reproduction of your copyright material without compensation/payment puts the viability of a business under threat.
In favor of the publishing industry is the fact that there is not yet a comparable online format to replace books; although the iPad and Kindle reader are both proving popular. E-Books have been around for a while without really breaking through which has prompted the iPad and Kindle reader to reproduce the unique experience of reading a book.
The Vampire Diaries is a cult series of four books written by LJ Smith and was first published as a trilogy in 1991, with the success of the series a fourth volume was written before the series developed into an equally popular television show which was first shown in September 2010. The four volumes are: The Awakening, The Struggle, The Fury and Dark Reunion.
The story evolves around the complex relationship between a 17-year-old girl Elena Gilbert, a 162-year-old vampire Stefan Wesley and another related vampire Damon. Playing on the emotions involved in a unique triangle, the series has attracted a whole new audience of teenagers who weren't even born when the original trilogy of books were first published in 1991.
- What is the legal issue?
Internet publishing presents a two way challenge to publishers. It is a good medium to promote your titles and being ignored by sites such as onread would be concerning for the marketing of titles. However, just like the music industry, piracy and any reproduction of your copyright material without compensation/payment puts the viability of a business under threat.
In favor of the publishing industry is the fact that there is not yet a comparable online format to replace books; although the iPad and Kindle reader are both proving popular. E-Books have been around for a while without really breaking through which has prompted the iPad and Kindle reader to reproduce the unique experience of reading a book.
- What is the appeal of The Vampire Diaries?
The Vampire Diaries is a cult series of four books written by LJ Smith and was first published as a trilogy in 1991, with the success of the series a fourth volume was written before the series developed into an equally popular television show which was first shown in September 2010. The four volumes are: The Awakening, The Struggle, The Fury and Dark Reunion.
- What is the storyline?
The story evolves around the complex relationship between a 17-year-old girl Elena Gilbert, a 162-year-old vampire Stefan Wesley and another related vampire Damon. Playing on the emotions involved in a unique triangle, the series has attracted a whole new audience of teenagers who weren't even born when the original trilogy of books were first published in 1991.
