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Originally Posted by Alan
Low price? Yes, but ebooks can be significantly cheaper in price and still generate more profit than paper books because the costs are also much lower. And I would not consider DRM a problem. Other than with music files, DRM in ebooks is very transparent and easy to use even for a novice user. Consider sites like fictionwise or mobipocket, where you can register four different e-readers. It's easy and no hassle at all.
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I must take issue with the above statement. DRM is
not transparent and easy to use -- at least not for a Mac user. I can't purchase a book at Sony's store. Heck, I can't even register my machine with them!
If they were DRM free, they wouldn't need any interface beyond a web-browser.
Fictionwise does better. Mobipocket doesn't even have a Mac-supported reader (although they do make it possible to at least purchase books for a hand-held).
Lucky for me that my three main sources of books are all DRM-free -- Baen, Gutenberg, and Fictionwise multi-format (in that order).
Xenophon