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Well, good. If this catches on, it might increase the likelihood that I'll be able to buy ebooks from other than Amazon. I'd like to have that option into the f
by a_a_r_o_n 15y ago
Well, good. If this catches on, it might increase the likelihood that I'll be able to buy ebooks from other than Amazon. I'd like to have that option into the future.
- incongruity 15y agoDitto that – but I feel like the only way that'll really happen is if some publisher is gutsy enough to put out a format with little to no DRM – maybe a print restricted PDF or something similar. Only something that is able to be read on any platform, in any of hundreds of apps will it be viable competition at this point. It would genuinely be refreshing to see some sort of innovation come out of the old-media content creation industries for once.
- a_a_r_o_n 15y ago"if some publisher is gutsy enough to put out a format with little to no DRM – maybe a print restricted PDF or something similar." Pakt http://www.packtpub.com/ http://www.packtpub.com/ and O'Reilly http://oreilly.com/ http://oreilly.com/ do exactly that. Pakt's pdfs have your name and address printed on each page.
- incongruity 15y agoExcellent point – I should probably have said mainstream fiction or general/non niche publishing house or something similar. Tech, while not a small market is specialized enough to not threaten entrenched publishers – unless O'Reilly wants to branch out into fiction, etc. Also, the simple idea of putting your name and address on each page is pretty good low-tech copy deterrence, IMHO. I didn't know about that – thanks for the insight. Though
- a_a_r_o_n 15y agoYeah, I think embarrassment is about the right level for DRM.
- incongruity 15y agoEmbarrassment, indeed =) Relatedly, it's about simply making people choose one of three options (at the moment): 1) Don't copy it 2)Be okay with everyone knowing your name – i.e.: take a stand and flaunt your disagreement with copyright law or 3) Do a lot of manual work to scrub your name off (even harder if they're PW locked). Regardless, I like it because it's simple and it embraces the new realities (and abilities) of digital distribution. They could never do that with mass-market books 10 years ago, but now, it's trivial to do with on demand pdfs.
- aidenn0 15y agohttp://www.baenebooks.com/ http://www.baenebooks.com/
- incongruity 15y agoInteresting – are there any big name authors or titles on their list of books?
- tomjen3 15y agoI don't think that is likely to happen. I for one don't want to install apps or even worse: buy devices from every bookstore. I went with amazon because they are good and have a lot of books.
- a_a_r_o_n 15y ago"or even worse: buy devices from every bookstore." And there's the problem. You shouldn't need but one device to read any ebook, from any source.