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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Another issue that is a problem that needs to be sort is the tower of ebable.
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I think most would agree that the many disparate formats of e-books has been a major contributor to the issues of theft and piracy... primarily by adding confusion and frustration to the overall picture, elements that tend to "loosen" people's morals in direct proportion to the amount of confusion and frustration they encounter.
As the music industry is currently demonstrating, settling on a single format (or two, considering iTunes) would be key to reigning in much of the confusion and frustration, standardizing systems, and making it easier to create a fair and understandable system that benefits both the consumer and the creator.
E-book readers that can handle all of the standardized formats would help, too.