Comments on: O’Reilly to Sell Multi-format Bundles and Books without DRM

By: ジェーン(Jān)

ジェーン(Jān) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:15:20 +0000

Oh cool! I’ve wanted some searchable e-versions of some of their books, but like everyone else won’t buy anything with DRM.

Anyone I know who’s had to deal with a hard drive dying or buying a new computer and losing all their DRM’d ebooks never wants to touch the things again.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:41:52 +0000

Angie, I am glad you pointed it out. On Sunday, my article on ebooks includes how ebook publishing has made money in spite of piracy because if there is any business that would be strongly impacted by ebook piracy, it would be the ebook business where 100% of the sales (in some cases, I know that Samhain and others have print arms) are in digital format.

By: Angela James

Angela James — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:35:25 +0000

The thing about DRM that I wish publishers would realize, is that it doesn’t stop people determined to share the books. It only stops people who want to purchase and read on multiple devices. How many times have you heard someone say they won’t buy an ebook reader/ebooks until publishers get rid of DRM? DRM formatting is easy to break for a moderately tech savvy person, so it’s not stopping anyone from illegal activities. I truly believe it’s the legitimate buyers it’s discouraging. Epublishers did not grow to popularity by using DRM formats–I think that’s an important part of the equation that larger publishers have ignored to their detriment.

Can you tell I don’t like DRM? lol