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Originally Posted by jackinca
See front page of the NYTimes today-12/6/2010-Google will permit independents like Powell's Books to sell a vast catalogue of new books, presumably without DRM restrictions in addition to continuing to offer its free books. This is great news for all digital readers and Amazon is going to have to follow.
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The DRM restrictions I referred to were principally the DRMs placed on B&N sales(and Amazon-Kindle) so that only their Nook and other devices they sell can download "their" books. It appears that many other publishers, MacMillan and Simon and Schuster, to name some major ones, are joining in on the Google site. This could be a major move forward for the ebook industry, perhaps the best move forward since Sony started the whole process with their ereaders-something that should not be overlooked amid all the criticism directed at Sony, who at times seems "Too Big To Fail". Accolades for Google.