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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I don't understand. Why would someone want to provide a service and NOT make it easy to use? Your description sounds as if the publishers want people to go through at least some effort to get at their books. In most business models, you will lose to the competitor that doesn't make you spend that effort.
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I remember all that fuss...can't find the exact quote one of the publishers used, but I definitely remember them saying friction should be added. It's unbelievable how anti-library they appear to be. This article has some of the background--since then, Penguin backed down again and I think it's been close to two years now since they dropped the USB transfer requirement. Now they all just charge libraries through the nose, instead!
http://www.pcworld.com/article/24986...difficult.html