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Over 160 O'Reilly Books Now in Kindle Store (without DRM)
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http://toc.oreilly.com/2009/04/over-...n-the-way.html Also includes some interesting commentary on formatting issues with Kindle 1. Last edited by anurag; 04-17-2009 at 01:14 PM. |
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The O'Reilly Head-First books are DRM free PDF files. You don't need a Kindle. O'Reilly is doing a great job allowing the customer the freedom of fair use. When I get a new reader I won't have the hassle of the license issue. I don't want to sound preachy but this is what we all want and O'Reilly has stepped up to the plate. They are taking a chance on us. I hope a few don't ruin it for the rest of us by making copies for friends. In order for this model to succeed we all have to be honest and do the right thing. If this model is successful then maybe other publishers will join in.
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Reposted from another thread, but also relevant here:
Amazon corrected the downloads of both "Tha Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Rings"; this involves not just changing the filename but the data in the MOBIs themselves. People who download the incorrect versions, if they delete the bad file, will redownload the CORRECT versions. So unlike what was claimed above, it seems that Amazon can INDEED do this. Perhaps only big name authors like Tolkien are given this consideration, though. |
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I'll probably expect people to jump on those 160 books now they are DRM free?
Is there currently a way to create free ebooks for the kindle? |
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If as a publisher you upload your ebook to DTP it will be DRM-free on the Kindle unless you upload a DRMed MOBI. However, all MOBIs that get to the Kindle via mobipocket.com have DRM because MobiPocket has no way to accept DRM-free ebooks (i.e. you can't upload a DRM-free MOBI to mobipocket.com).
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It wouldn't make sense to me if Amazon kept track of which version of a book you had, and then fed you that version again. (Of course, hat brings up the question of what they would do if a new version came out that was greatly expanded.) I suppose it's possible that they actually keep track of what version of a text you have, but that wouldn't fit with the publishing-on-demand model I thought they were using for this. |
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