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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
You do realize that this has happened in the past. There are no popular modern readers that support lrf or lit and probably a few other formats.
I doubt B&N going under will have a bigger effect and I am sure that if Amazon went under and most of the kindles broke, that would make a difference to the world at large, but not to DRM. Many publishers/authors etc. already use both Amazon and Adobe DRM. Would be simpler for them.
Are you that confident Amazon is going under soon? are you short selling stock or making wagers? Just curious.
Helen
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Yes, I do realize it has happened in the past, but not on as large of a scale as if B&N disappeared, which seems more than likely, or Amazon disappeared, which seems less likely, but anything is possible.
DRM could be dropped tomorrow, and if publishers had half of a brain and wished to stop being Amazon's slave they would drop DRM. Users are getting locked into devices and one or two stores and it is going to bite everyone eventually IMO.
Pottermore is using a non-DRM, common sense solution that would stop piracy and yet gives readers the ability to actually own their books and use the ebooks wherever they want--on any Epub capable device.