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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The Real question is what does it buy Pocketbook Global?
Enough to justify the license fee?
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Exactly. Only the company can make that decision. There are significant R&D costs. However, the issue of the license fee could be passed to the customer. Do you want Amazon Kindle DRM compatibility? Do you want MobiPocket DRM compatibility? Do you want Adobe ADEPT compatibility. One could be included and others are extra cost and imply multi-boot to get past licensing restrictions.
I think it is going to be difficult for PocketBook to compete on price with the giants who could use their online book sales to subsidize the eReader devices. And use their massive sales to drive down component costs.
I can only say what I would be willing to buy. Given my hypothetical 3 options, I probably would buy Amazon DRM compatibility and Adobe Adept compatibility and deal with Overdrive Mobipocket DRM another way. But, for my partner, I would recommend Adobe Adept compatibility and Overdrive Mobipocket compatibility.
If DRM were gone......