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06-14-2013, 06:01 AM | #48 |
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There's only one person (actually two - they're a couple) who've bought Kindles on my recommendation. Everyone else bought their Kindle independently, or were given them as presents.
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06-14-2013, 12:32 PM | #50 |
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Perhaps you have comprehension trouble? Taking his statement too literally? It's quite possible that he meant it in the generic sense, and there's nothing to indicate that it must be taken as literally "Kindle and only Kindle".
The underlying meaning was that most people don't care about DRM because they buy books that work with their device and don't think twice about it. Last edited by twowheels; 06-14-2013 at 12:37 PM. |
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The bargain price of the Nook (also the Kobo Mini at £30) must be making some inroads into Amazon's dominance though. |
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06-14-2013, 04:27 PM | #56 | |
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That said, I personally don't really care too much either. I don't re-read books, except for technical books, which I buy in paper. If the book is cheap enough for me to consider it a one-off expense, I'll buy it, otherwise, I either borrow it from the library, use the Prime Lending Library, or read something else on my overly long to-read list. |
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06-14-2013, 04:52 PM | #58 | |
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Look. The people on this forum are all book buyers with a different perspective than the publishers. From the publishers point of view, book piracy is rampant. Walk into a used bookstore anywhere in the world and you see shelf after shelf of pirated books. It's the same thing with Public Libraries: they rebind the books to make them last longer and then they loan the same books over and over without making another payment. Yes, the publishers sued over those issues a long time ago and lost in court. Naturally they want that revenue as much now as ever, and DRM presents their main chance in many decades to side-step the courts: a new technology so new rules--or at least, the old rules don't apply anymore. DRM with Overdrive, etc., has the public libraries locked down to "pay per read" but not the rest of us. The publishers can argue that books without DRM could be listed on the internet and shared to millions of non-paying pirates. Okay, that hasn't happened but no one can prove it could never happen. Therefore, I think it's logical to believe that DRM will remain on eBooks as long as the publishers can keep it there. I don't think they will sue anyone for breaking it unless they can prove that individual bought an eBook, stripped it, and then distributed it on the internet. If they sue someone who merely strips DRM to protect their investment the publishers risk losing the suit and the power to keep on using DRM. |
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It's not just the publishers. The major retailers will hang onto DRM as long as they can, for their own reasons. Yes, even those with a proprietary format as a backup.
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