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08-01-2007, 09:14 PM | #62 |
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There was a Star Trek New Frontier Hardcover that had a CD attached to the first printing that had all the previous stories in PDF with no DRM.
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08-02-2007, 12:56 AM | #63 |
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Exactly and Baen gets my money. Even if I don't find the book attractive if it comes with electronic versions attached I buy it. Well... within reason. I love Sci-Fi and Fantasy so... I don't really know if it's being done outside of that Genre. My biggest beef with the Sony store is their Sci-Fi and Fantasy stuff reeks.
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Well, I just bought a book a collection of an author's first three books in a series (in one book) for $9.95. Pretty good price I'd have to say. Brings it to $3.32 per book.
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You keep making that distinction, but it's meaningless. If something is of value to the "manufacturer," said "manufacturer" is going to pass it on to the consumer. Safety goggles in an auto factory are only of value to the employees. So are salaries. So are health care benefits. Those things still show up in the bottom line. |
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One has only to read these forums to see how many dishonest people there are around, who have no qualms about reading illegally-downloaded versions of "Harry Potter", for example. It is clear that DRM is critically important - without DRM these dishonest people will carry on illegally downloading books rather than buying them. Book publishers exist for one reason, and one reason alone - to make a profit; they are not charities. No DRM means no profit and hence no books. Open formats are worthless - DRM is the only way to go if you want to see more commercially-published eBooks. I am astonished that you fail to see this self-evident truth! Long live DRM! |
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08-02-2007, 08:56 AM | #67 | |
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Maybe some thought should be given to a script that could be used by consumers to send to publishers, hitting on our desired points so as to make clear to them what we want and how we want it. Some unity from us would be a help to them to make the final decisions. |
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08-02-2007, 12:22 PM | #68 |
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Fact: DRM doesn't work. All DRM has been cracked. DRM exists for only 1 purpose: to lock a user into a certain company. It does not, cannot, protect the content. DRM is a failure. To think it's "critically important" is to ignore the facts and think that customers are morons. |
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Give me URLs to prove that ever ebook DRM has been cracked.
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Only thing hindering development of Mobi/E-Reader DRM cracking, one suspects, is that currently everything published in those two formats is also available in MS-Reader. Disclaimer: I was only using the program on my own secure Mobi digital files, from an especially-NSFW-during-summer imprint. |
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08-02-2007, 04:25 PM | #75 |
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On Slashdot today:
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/2218256 OOps. Sorry, that was audio and video, not eBooks. But the quote: "When you look at the technology, there's no getting around the fact that DRM is an abject failure." applies to eBooks. I would argue that eBooks aren't in high enough demand to merit the same attention from the people who enjoy crasking DRM. Last edited by rlauzon; 08-02-2007 at 04:37 PM. |
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