Thread: So you have a ebook device. When will you upgrade?
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Old 06-19-2007, 09:39 AM   #66
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Originally Posted by rlauzon View Post
DRM = no eBook that anyone wants to pay money for. That means it won't sell.

Any eBook reader who's sole format is DRMed is doomed to fail. Any eBook reader that doesn't support open eBook formats is doomed to fail.

And you are wrong: no DRM support doesn't mean that the eBook reader won't sell. It means that the Content Cartel won't sell it.
The reader can still support non-DRM formats. But it would need at least one DRM format in order to allow people to purchase books you cannot get otherwsie. The average person would just go to some online shop, purchase a book, and happily go off and read on his/her reader. And if it had open formats as well then it would make the geeks happy too.
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