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Originally Posted by tirsales
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.
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).
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That's not exactly true. Mobipocket ebooks can be purchased through, among others, BooksOnBoard, Fictionwise and Mobipocket. Plus, once I've registered my PIDs from each device I own, I can then read the *ONE* ebook purchased on any of the registered devices. So while I don't *like* DRM, I find Mobipocket DRM to be the *LEAST OBJECTIONABLE* and have decided it's uncomplicated enough for me to continue to buy. I think many others have discovered the same thing.
Derek