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Originally Posted by conan50
I fully expect we will see a transition to ebook subscription services similar to the rise of music subscription services, on a much larger scale than current ebook subscription services. Ownership and DRM of ebooks will mean less over time. DRM has probably somewhat slowed the demise of print books, which may have been the ultimate goal of publishers, but change is upon them whether they want it or not.
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A subscription service, though, can only work in association with strong DRM; without DRM, or with DRM that's easily removed, it's not a book subscription service, it's a book giving-away service.
I'm not at all sure, personally, that book subscription service are a viable business model. I really don't think there are a sufficient number of people who read enough books to make them economically viable, except possibly in some specialist genres such as romance.