Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf
Amazon right now is out to help Amazon. What Amazon does or does not do with DRM will not affect the rest of us. Just look as the exclusive deals Amazon makes. That's good for Amazon, but not for the rest of us or eBooks in general. So in order for Amazon going DRM free to work, they'd have to open their eBooks up to everyone Kindle owner or not. But I doubt they would. It would not be good for Kindle sales.
|
Jon,
I agree. I think the main reason that Amazon started selling DRM free music was that it was the best way to carve niche out of the Digital Music market. The market was dominated by iTunes; there was no way to develop a DRM'd system and market it quickly enough to make a dent. By going DRMless, they can be platform independent, and by offering higher quality, they gave people an incentive to purchase music from them. It worked too. I don't buy tons of digital music, but what I do buy, I buy from them.
With the Kindle, DRM allows them to tie Kindle owners to Amazon. Lets say your Kindle breaks a year from now, you have say 10 books on it that you have not read yet... what reader are you going to be more likely to buy?
--
Bill