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It's interesting to me that most publishers won't sell ebooks directly to the public. DRM not only protects the content but it also locks the customer into a v
by officemonkey 14y ago
It's interesting to me that most publishers won't sell ebooks directly to the public.
DRM not only protects the content but it also locks the customer into a vendor. By the time the publishing industry decides to give up on DRM (like they did with music), the landscape will be buttoned up by the big three (B&N, Apple, and Amazon.)
- dredmorbius 14y agoAs Charlie Stross noted very aptly: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-their-own-throats.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-...
- officemonkey 14y agoHe said it better than I, that's for sure.
- smallblacksun 14y agoThe publishers answer to the threat of Amazon.com was (allegedly) illegal price fixing. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/business/media/penguin-and-macmillan-deny-e-book-price-fixing.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/business/media/penguin-and...