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JHeavner · 02-07-2007, 01:16 PM

I'm not sure if this has been discussed before but I'm surprised that the Connect Store is "selling" ebooks vs "renting" them. First off, with DRM the idea that we'll be able to access and read our purchases forever seems highly unlikely. Hardware will change, licenses will be lost, and owned content will disappear. The bigger issue is the usage model. I would never purchase an album with the intent of listening to it once but that's exactly what I intend to do with most of the books I purchase. So why not build an all-you-can-eat model where users can download as many books as they want for a monthly fee and just use that marvelous DRM to expire the content after a period of time? Personally I would find it more palatable to read 5 books a month for $15 (and never read them again) than to read 1 book for $15 (but know that it's mine to read as long as I have my reader and the DRM gods smile upon me).

02-07-2007, 01:16 PM	#1
JHeavner Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2007	Subscription model for content I'm not sure if this has been discussed before but I'm surprised that the Connect Store is "selling" ebooks vs "renting" them. First off, with DRM the idea that we'll be able to access and read our purchases forever seems highly unlikely. Hardware will change, licenses will be lost, and owned content will disappear. The bigger issue is the usage model. I would never purchase an album with the intent of listening to it once but that's exactly what I intend to do with most of the books I purchase. So why not build an all-you-can-eat model where users can download as many books as they want for a monthly fee and just use that marvelous DRM to expire the content after a period of time? Personally I would find it more palatable to read 5 books a month for $15 (and never read them again) than to read 1 book for $15 (but know that it's mine to read as long as I have my reader and the DRM gods smile upon me).