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Unfortunately, it's not something a national government can do anything about. It's an EU Directive, and all member states have to obey it.
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They can work towards changing that directive, no?
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True, but I don't think they'd stand much chance of success, unfortunately.
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To go up against EU bureaucracy you need lots of money, hire a couple of lobbyists to run the case and a hole lot of patience. EU is a money eating machine.
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If your kommune's bibliotek subscribes to elib or ebib you can get ebooks for nothing (apart from the 40% tax that we all pay!), for either 8 days or 30 days. With ebook prices in DK being what they are I would hope as time goes on that public libraries will really get into ebook lending.
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Except that ebib.dk doesn't have that much of a selection of fiction for adults... I assume it will get better - I hope - with book prices being what they are here.
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On the 21st of October the pilot project that's been going on for a year in Norway/Drammen will go from beta to live. I'm not so sure what took them so long since it seems like they're going for the same solution like e-lib in Sweden but I'm glad things are finally starting to happen.
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I'm thinking they've been stalling. There's no strong forces to get it in place. Quite the opposite. The publishing industry has probably been lobbying against it from the get go.
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And here we can see how reluctantly Gyldendal acts around it. They're dipping their toes and finding the water very cold... So to speak
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Føtex reader
[QUOTE=KunoK;1061053]This 5 inch reader is being introduced in one of the biggest danish supermarket chains this week. If anyone knows the device under different names, please reply and say which.]
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If you look at the attached photo of the advert, it says "epub, txt, html and pdf (no DRM)".
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Right now, there are 3 Stieg Larsson books for sale, electronically: 1 at €10 ($12,71) 2 at €15 ($19,07) Most ebooks are priced between €15 and €20. Most paperbacks are priced between €10 and €15. |
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Is that in Dutch translation?
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