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Originally Posted by hollyert
Wow, guys, thanks so much for your feedback thus far! The comments (critical and positive) are also very enlightening.
I have indeed thought about the rent-with-option-to-buy and now I regret not remembering to put that on the poll. It seems kind of like a no-brainer.
I too am interested in the prevalence of DRM-cracking. I'm a huge techie, very computer-oriented, and starved for books and money but I have never once had the desire to break DRM. So I don't know really what proportion of lay book readers want to put that much effort into getting a few more days out of a library book.
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I don't trust companies any farther than I can throw them. I'll leave it at that.
It's like filling out mail in rebates. You do it right away, before you get to enjoy your new product. Otherwise you keep stalling until it is too late and then you get screwed.
I love the idea of a netflix-style subscription service. I'd probably consider it a must-have, just like netflix. Good luck getting publishers to agree to it. Netflix has been working for years to get as far as they have.