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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Yeah, that's worked out real well for musicians.  |
yeah, there's no single solution, however DRM is imo causing authors more problems than it's solving. My point of comparison with music wasn't so much how well they are or are not doing, more that I can buy an mp3 or aac file from any store I want and load it onto my iPhone, mp3 player etc I'm not tied to Apple and I don't recall ever buying music from them since other stores sell higher bitrate and can on some tracks be cheaper. With ebooks, I have a kindle and if I don't want to free the book the only store I can buy DRM'd content from is Amazon.
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Even if you could buy a mainstream DRM-free book from another vendor, Amazon will have a huge advantage with its customers via Whispernet and instant delivery.
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Yep, they're going to have an uphill battle, I don't dispute that at all. Amazon has ticked pretty much all the boxes when it comes to provide a good service to customers, it's going to be hard for any store to beat that.
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In theory they could pressure Amazon into removing DRM. In practice, I expect Amazon will fight tooth and nail against that, to maintain vendor lock-in.
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I agree. However, it would be bad PR for amazon if publishers said we sell our books DRM free everywhere except for Amazon because Amazon insist on it.
For example, the recent Pottermore release, amazon was keen to point out it was at Pottermore's request.