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BWhite · 11-09-2010, 05:42 PM

I am more interested in where things are headed; which is to say I like to try to read the future.

Stars being knocked off - the title of this thread - is all very interesting but it seems like this sort of protest movement will not have a broad impact.

I do not see the Agency 5 budging unless one or more State Attorneys actually announce they are bringing suit.

Someone on these forums mentioned you can perform your own little survey and ask a person you meet on the bus, train, plane what he/she thinks about DRM in that book they are reading on their iPad - and you will most likely draw a blank stare. I believe them. As to pricing, well ebooks are growing so I do not really see pricing as holding back growth.

So I am not even sure there will be a "shake out" of ebooks in the short term. Nothing significant in regards to pricing nor restrictions on consumption. That is what I am most interested in. The question of what we see now - a sort of limited chaos - is this all we get for the next few years?

I personally believe the answer to be 'yes'. And consumption restrictions... I am old school, a book USED to be something you did not consume with a single reading, but seems like we are being shepherded in that direction by the publishers.

I don't really see this changing short term either.

11-09-2010, 05:42 PM	#158
BWhite Connoisseur Posts: 97 Karma: 526 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Sony PSP, Palm TX	I am more interested in where things are headed; which is to say I like to try to read the future. Stars being knocked off - the title of this thread - is all very interesting but it seems like this sort of protest movement will not have a broad impact. I do not see the Agency 5 budging unless one or more State Attorneys actually announce they are bringing suit. Someone on these forums mentioned you can perform your own little survey and ask a person you meet on the bus, train, plane what he/she thinks about DRM in that book they are reading on their iPad - and you will most likely draw a blank stare. I believe them. As to pricing, well ebooks are growing so I do not really see pricing as holding back growth. So I am not even sure there will be a "shake out" of ebooks in the short term. Nothing significant in regards to pricing nor restrictions on consumption. That is what I am most interested in. The question of what we see now - a sort of limited chaos - is this all we get for the next few years? I personally believe the answer to be 'yes'. And consumption restrictions... I am old school, a book USED to be something you did not consume with a single reading, but seems like we are being shepherded in that direction by the publishers. I don't really see this changing short term either.