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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
It will take pictures of the surrounding area to ensure that the book is only read by you on the proper desk, and will flash you with annoying laser lights in your eyes until you comply.
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I figure GPS with electroshock if you try to move the book once you open the cover and break the seal.
Actually, this doesn't go far enough. You ought to have to thumbprint the book to get the cover to open. Maybe the book should even continuously monitor the biometric data of the person holding it. You shouldn't be allowed to let someone else read the book, even at your desk.
All this reminds me of Garth Nix's
Abhorsen series. The
Book of the Dead had some pretty tight DRM, as I recall. "Only a trained necromancer could open that book... and only an uncorrupted Charter Mage could close it." Anyone else who tried would get burned to a crisp. Now
that's DRM!
Nix's books sometimes have other interesting features, too: "You could never truly finish reading such a book, for the contents changed at need, at the original maker's whim, or to suit the phases of the moon or the patterns of the weather. Some of the books had contents you coudn't even remember till certain events might come to pass. Invariably, this was an act of kindness from the creator of the book, for such contents invariably dealt with things that would be a burden to recall with every waking day." Yeah, I've read stuff I wish I could forget until I "need" it, too.
Nix's books are available in Mobipocket and Palm Reader formats for mostly paperback prices, though I don't think they have such tight DRM (or such intriguing content access features). Highly recommended.