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nowthenmobile · 10-05-2010, 04:53 AM

"-X-" You make some good points. I suppose that I am not really seeing a big long term picture. Your point about Adobe DRM is well made but I don't understand enough about Adobe's role in this and what motivates them. I guess I am just venting frustration that with ebooks it seems that you are not really allowed to own your books. It seems that competition is often lacking an element of cooperation that would allow the interests of the customer to be served. It is like being asked to pay £100 for a radio that will only receive radio signals from the BBC, and then having to buy other radios for other stations. They have managed to sort that out. If everything was as disconnected as eReaders there would be so much waste.

Re: Amazon Can Exterminate Everyone Else In eBooks
I don't believe the article. It looks like Amazon don't believe it either. It wouldn't surprise me if the author were actually doing his little bit to tempt Amazon out into the open.

Bookworm_Girl
I am waiting to see if my neighbouring county allows me to borrow their ePUBs. (My county doesn't lend them.) This is not unheard of. I suppose there is always Philadelphia.

OK - Something I am struggling to understand - What is the point of Overdrive? I can search for a book and then find out which libraries have it. What's the point of that if I can only join my local library? Am I using it wrongly? It seems that Overdrive actually sell these ePUBs and their website services to the local libraries. Why don't Overdrive just lend them directly to the public and charge book rental?

10-05-2010, 04:53 AM	#77
nowthenmobile Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 50 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: United Kingdom Device: none	"-X-" You make some good points. I suppose that I am not really seeing a big long term picture. Your point about Adobe DRM is well made but I don't understand enough about Adobe's role in this and what motivates them. I guess I am just venting frustration that with ebooks it seems that you are not really allowed to own your books. It seems that competition is often lacking an element of cooperation that would allow the interests of the customer to be served. It is like being asked to pay £100 for a radio that will only receive radio signals from the BBC, and then having to buy other radios for other stations. They have managed to sort that out. If everything was as disconnected as eReaders there would be so much waste. Re: Amazon Can Exterminate Everyone Else In eBooks I don't believe the article. It looks like Amazon don't believe it either. It wouldn't surprise me if the author were actually doing his little bit to tempt Amazon out into the open. Bookworm_Girl I am waiting to see if my neighbouring county allows me to borrow their ePUBs. (My county doesn't lend them.) This is not unheard of. I suppose there is always Philadelphia. OK - Something I am struggling to understand - What is the point of Overdrive? I can search for a book and then find out which libraries have it. What's the point of that if I can only join my local library? Am I using it wrongly? It seems that Overdrive actually sell these ePUBs and their website services to the local libraries. Why don't Overdrive just lend them directly to the public and charge book rental? Last edited by nowthenmobile; 10-05-2010 at 04:58 AM.