The Dream of Used eBooks is Over...for Tom Kabinet.
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A Dutch Court of Appeals has ruled that Tom Kabinet must shut down within three days or pay a daily fine of €1,000.
Tom Kabinet is a Netherlands based used e-Book website that was first established during the summer of 2014. Their launch immediately put them at odds with the Dutch Publishing Association. The publishers believe Tom Kabinet infringes on copyrights. Research suggests 90% of all eBooks that are listed on the site are pirated and that criminals are reselling books they download from torrent websites.
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Original article from Michael Kozlowski, Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader
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While the very idea of reselling ebooks is not new, Tom Kabinet has tried to circumvent at least one objection to reselling ebooks: the platform promises to pay publishers and authors a form of royalty through its “Friends of Tom” program. We will have to wait and see if this works.
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Original article from Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives)