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Originally Posted by DMSmillie
I do have a problem, though, with the notion that publishing an ebook in just one format, through one major retailer, is somehow evil, and deserves to be punished by having the books pirated and distributed indiscriminately; and in particular I have a problem with the constant misinformation that it is "denying access" to those books for those without a Kindle, when that patently isn't true.
The fact that I dislike that kind of dishonest argument doesn't mean I'm "in favour of" Amazon exclusive deals, as implied by the quote above. I'm simply not willing to accept that this kind of exclusive deal - with any major retailer - is the monstrous evil being portrayed here.
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But it is an evil that is helping to again cause more of a mess with eBooks. We had a tower of eBable and we still do just not as much as before. Now we have a tower of DRM with Apple and B&N. The Tower of eBable is being propped up by Apple, Amazon, and B&N not going with something that would work for everyone.
Now, I know you can get apps for B&N and apps for Amazon and iBooks for iOS devices. But if you don't like those choices and they have the eBook you want locked up tight and nobody else has it, then it is a bad thing and if the DRM can be stripped, those exclusive eBooks should be set free and made free. I don't care if this is a time limited exclusivity of say 6 months or whatnot because when they make these deals, they never say if they are permanent or temporary. So for all we know, we could be waiting forever.
I know you feel it's wrong to pirate these exclusive eBooks. But I feel it's wrong to have them be exclusive in the first place. And I for one do not want to buy eBooks from Amazon. So I don't. But if I am forced to and I do, then I will help set it free.
If the publishers and authors do not want me pirating their eBooks, then they can stop me doing it very easily. Stop making exclusive deals.