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Originally Posted by crich70
And you don't have to worry about becoming intoxicated on tea either.  There are some differences between pbooks and ebooks. Even though they degrade over time pbooks are still there a few yrs later and no special equipment is needed to read them. The same can't be said of ebooks. A personalized watermark would serve as well as DRM to catch if someone was misusing an ebook I think. Anyway, above and beyond why DRM is needed to prevent theft there is the problem that when I buy a pbook I know the publisher can't just come to my home and take it back. With DRm'd ebooks I could have books at Amazon today and find tomorrow that they have locked me out if they wished. And there would go all the funds I'd spent on ebooks. |
I agree so much with the above. That pretty much sums up why I value printed books more than e-books. E-books don't have the permanence and freedom (to meet my personal definitions, anyway) that physical books do. They are simple, uncomplicated, and I still have them.
I love the convenience of e-books from the library, since I don't have to leave my house on a stormy day to get one. I love the plethora of stories I can download from various places. But to me, free as in freedom when it comes to things like
books is paramount. There are very few things I will agree to buy and then have the seller track how I'm using the item.
I'll pay full retail price only if I don't have to
pretend I own the thing.