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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
I think this has been mentioned before, but my only puzzlement is why this is in a Sony forum...  |
I suppose it's just the human nature of wanting your "team" to win. The unfortunate part is that there are too many eReader owners that think their platform = a team. It's too bad the fans of eBooks can't come together to "fight" for a universal format instead of over which platform is best.
To me what would really improve the whole eBook experience and bump sales would be:
1) the ability to read your paid eBooks in ANY reader, Kindle, Sony, etc. Most d/l'd music is going the way of "invisible" DRM, why not eBooks too? Give people the piece of mind their paid book will work in whatever eBook they might have in 5 years.
2) the ability, for at least the original owner, to transfer the book to someone else, just like a real book. I get publisher are threatened by a "used" eBook market since used eBooks are not like used paper books. But with digital management they could allow for 1 transfer. That would then devalue the eBook sold as "used" because the used copy would not come w/ transfer rights.