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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
That doesn't matter. What matters is, if a consumer wants a DRM'd product, and the DRM does not upset them as much as not having the product, they buy the product. Examples: iTunes; Adobe; Kindle; Electricity; Gasoline. Example of DRM'd product that does not satisfy most users: Microsoft... witness the drive to Macs and Linux.
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That is correct so far - but with e-books (at least nowadays) DRM DOES upset customers - it restricts them to a single POS and a single device. And that will annoy customers.
Where is the difference to iTunes? The iPod is a very nice Player, with its sister products it fullfills every need. The Kindle e.g. does not. Neither does Sony or any other single device. So - you would have to decide for a subset of functionality, and noone likes to do that.
And btw: iTunes again is switching.
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I expect this fact to lead to either all e-book creators switching to ePub (or an equivalent), and allowing owners to freely convert into whatever reader they have... OR for conversion SW to be available, legally or otherwise, and used regularly. The publishers can decide which they think will be a better solution...
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Í agree.
ePub (or similar) would be the only solution giving a certain market share - if I already have to break a law why not get the book for free? After all a) I am already upset (no service, etc) and b) the punishment will be the same (at least under German law. And no, I am not kidding).