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sic · 02-14-2007, 05:04 PM

thanks Igorsk!
interestingly though these are usually offered free -- as the author's or publisher's advertisement.

The more I think about it the more I want to turn this model upside down.

I mean: if publishers start selling digital content (be that ebooks or music) without DRM then how do they motivate customers to buy when it'll be so easy to just download from "somewhere else"?
I think the lind of extra stuff that you listed would motivate people... but then they shouldn't be offered free to the public. They should be offered only to those who purchased the content.
This would work like people buying DVDs because they like the box-set, the extra features etc.

What do you think?

02-14-2007, 05:04 PM	#3
sic Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 692 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: SONY reader	thanks Igorsk! interestingly though these are usually offered free -- as the author's or publisher's advertisement. The more I think about it the more I want to turn this model upside down. I mean: if publishers start selling digital content (be that ebooks or music) without DRM then how do they motivate customers to buy when it'll be so easy to just download from "somewhere else"? I think the lind of extra stuff that you listed would motivate people... but then they shouldn't be offered free to the public. They should be offered only to those who purchased the content. This would work like people buying DVDs because they like the box-set, the extra features etc. What do you think?