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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
I do not think the problem is with Amazon but with the culture of publishing which (in my opinion of course) just does not care about e-books considering them irrelevant at best and a threat at worst.
As I mentioned in another post, this kind of discussion about the inevitability (or dustbin) of drm for e-books is premature for now, since e-books are just a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of ... the book publishing business. When they will achieve market penetration of say 10-20% we can talk and see who was right.
For the moment the only digital e-product that has non-negligible market penetration is music and there the evidence is clear against drm.
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I would agree. DRM is going to be around for a long time in eBooks and the lack of a clear consistent winner in the format issue is also telling. Publishers want DRM and eBook makers want control of their format it would seem (at least the big one's do). This is not likely to change in even 4 or 5 years I suspect.
Dale