Is this a new (worse) form of DRM?
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New York Observer:
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The journal Electric Literature has started a service that will allow authors to transmit their work directly to customers' iPads and iPhones by selling the book as an app rather than as an ebook sold through the iBooks or Kindle programs.
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The apps come with variety of features, such as commenting tools or audio and video clips. "People want to talk about the books they are reading with other people," said Stephen Elliott, whose The Adderall Diaries will be Electric Publisher's first app. "Why, with everything we know, wouldn't you include a chat room with your e-book?" Also, in Mr. Elliott's case, the iPad apps cost about five dollars more than the ebook versions.
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I don't know what I think about this. It seems, especially for new or unknown authors to be very limiting. At least Kindle books can be read on a variety of platforms (same with nook and Kobo) and ePub can be read on a large number of devices. I'm not sure how this new "format" is helpful (aside from the whiz bang audio/video features).
Would you buy a book as an app?