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DRM is a stage I think we'll have to go through, until the eBooks formats kind of standardize and eBook readers become cheaper and more available. I'm going through the deja-vu of the whole music thing. Because the music companies were so afraid digital and kids pirating things, they didn't really standardize and support Apple and others, who were willing to do the DRM for them, this then led to all sorts of other approaches like Napster, whole thing got out of control, only reigned in more recently. The basics, of eBooks, then are:
1. All titles need to be on eBook
2. They must be readily available and downloadable
3. They (eventually) won't need DRM
Same as when iTunes/iPod went DRM-less. But only after the first two are in place and well established, can 3. happen. This will all take some time. But hopefully, the publishers will realize the errors in the music industry historical approaches, and get behind eBooks, instead of fighting it, which will lead to a black-market of some sort. You either take control of your own destiny, or others will.
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