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Originally Posted by markrich
Sell the books on SD cards in the book shops on the high street and you have instant mass market. The reseller is happy as it is able to sell more than one copy of a book, the publisher is happy as there is a market for the books and the purchaser is happy as they can pass on the book when finished with - just like a real book by unloading (unlocking) from the reader.
You will need DRM in some form else the market will never grow and if the market never grows then the readers will always cost silly money.
Marky
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Good points but don't forget that hardware changes often. How long do you think that SD cards have left as a standard ? How long do books last compared to that
There is another thing I see that bothers me when I read replys .
Why is it that when we talk about readers we must assume that they are content dependant ? Certainly Irex has proven that wrong, they are only interested in the revenue brought by their machine (and the repairs
) Sure Sony thinks otherwise but that does'nt mean that others woud think the same.
Don't forget that readers are not only for books, I will use mine for reports and work, and maybe shop manuals.
You'll also use them to learn software away from the computer.
A friend of mine bought a digital camera. The instruction manual comes on a CD, imagine working that on the field without a computer.
I know today's kids read less novels but there is still a
load of information that has to be read, and most of it is free .
