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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Name one vendor using DRM with ePub who is not using Adobe's DRM? You can't because there isn't. So please don't be the first to go and cock up the works.
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As long as the publishers require DRM, an industry standard that does not standardize the DRM doesn't change anything. If you are buying a DRM book, ePub won't matter -- the consumer will have to look for Digital Editions books, or eReader books, which is to say ePub will not change the status quo.
Actually, I am looking forward to Fictionwise's change over and ePub's formatting options will be a great upgrade to the eReader format. Obviously DRM-free would be much better (and I hope they make their multi-format books available in ePub soon!), but if I have to have DRM, I prefer eReader's DRM to Adobe's. As things stand now, with Adobe as the only option , I am simply not buying ePub books.
As I said, not ideal, but hardly a disaster. If you want to blame someone for ePub not being a better solution, you need to take aim at the IDPF or the publishers that continue to require DRM -- take your pick.
The Bandit