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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I do not like DRM and I do not like the idea that I do not own the book when I buy it although we should all be used to that through software licensing.
I do not see a viable alternative for publishers at the moment. Self publishing authors or authors in general could request donations, but not a hope in hell for publishers.
Publishers have been doing business for quite a while and generallly doing a reasonable job with no hue and cry up until recently. Perhaps they are doomed, but one can't fault them for trying to stay in business.
What would you do in their shoes? Just give up?
This is a serious question and maybe someone has a good idea.
They do have responsibilities to authors, shareholders, employees, subsideriary companys, family etc. Plus they may have gotten into the habit of eating regularly.
Meanwhile DRM is what they have got and it may get them bad press but perhaps a few more sales.
Most ebook reading people I have come across don't know what it means even though they have managed to authorize their device.
Don't like it but can't blame them
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I think that the whole publishing industry is unnecessary for ebooks.
What is required to create an ebook:
1. An author
2. An editor
3. A website
4. Advertisement
What is NOT required to create an ebook:
1. Logging
2. Paper mills
3. Printing presses
4. Distribution warehouses
5. Transportation/Trucking/Fuel
6. A store front
7. Reprinting for popular books
8. Returns for unpopular books
9. All the people/energy for the above operations
Yet none of this is reflected in the price that is charged for an ebook. The readers of ebooks are being ripped off. Prices need to come way down. The authors need to be paid more. The publishing industry is a dinosaur and will soon go extinct.
