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Originally Posted by pssquirrel
... if Kobo is transitioning to a walled kepub-only garden, then keep saying, "Sorry, that ebook is so special that it's only available as kepub. You'll have to buy a Kobo reader or download the Kobo app if you want to read it.
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Originally Posted by murg
Hopefully Kobo isn't running the B&N playbook!
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It sure looks to me like Kobo and B&N are both moving toward a walled garden -- and Amazon and Apple/iBooks are already there.
I'm wondering how much publishers are driving these changes. From
Publisher's Weekly:
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HarperCollins has started using Digimarc Corp.’s watermarking system for e-books to provide an extra layer of security ... Although the system is capable of identifying consumers who download e-books illegally, HC is using it to make sure that its e-tailers “are using the highest degree of security possible,” Restivo-Alessi said. If the Guardian Watermarking finds e-books that are being downloaded illegally, they will ask that e-tailer to either upgrade their security efforts or risk being dropped as an account. [emphasis added]
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