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Originally Posted by Belfaborac
Are you actually saying that you didn't understand that the subject was the rights you have regarding what to do with a book after purchase? Really? Really really?
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No, I'm saying that digital books and paper books are not the same, and that's the problem. You can easily copy (backup if that salves your conscience), and redistribute a digital file but you can't easily do that with paper that's more than a few pages.
You said you wanted to do everything with an ebook that you can with a pbook, but by the nature of paper you can’t do everything with a pbook that you can with an ebook. From the publishers’ and by extension the authors’ point of view ebooks are very threatening to their business model. They can’t put the jinni back in the bottle, so they have to adapt. Some are going kicking and screaming, and others are experimenting with and embracing new models.
When the dust settles we will see a very different landscape, and I for one can’t wait to see it happen.