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It's a shame that the Kindle will utilise the Mobipocket (acquired by Amazon in 2005) system, which means its proprietary DRM. Readers for their e-books are available on a large variety of platforms (PC/Mac, PDAs, mobile phones), so at least (in theory) we won't be trapped into reading books on a Kindle device.
There's something inherently wrong with purchasing a book in an encrypted format that I need a special mechanism to access. I think I'll stick with real books (i.e., the paper kind) until the vendors finally realise that the vast majority of buyers are not thieves.
I'd also like to know why digital books are still relatively expensive: given there's no cost to print or distribute physically, what are we paying for? Somehow I doubt that the authors are getting a large proportion of the cost. It seems like it's mostly profit for the publishers. - Posted by: Jason Etheridge Posted on: 11/18/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
DRM
Jason Etheridge | 11/18/07
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DRM - Deal Breaker
DannyO_0x98 | 11/19/07
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Decisions, decisions...
GoneNova | 11/18/07
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Wiireless is free
cseanor | 11/19/07
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Update- Decision Made
GoneNova | 11/19/07
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going to go the way of the Rocket eBook
j_joensuu@... | 11/19/07
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RE: Amazon's Kindle ebook reader: The cover story
edhsu55 | 11/19/07
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The Advantage is eInk
cseanor | 11/19/07
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Needs to be cheaper
kokuryu | 11/19/07
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I agree!! Nt.
JustAnAboveAverageJoe | 11/19/07
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GREAT idea but....
Laff | 11/20/07
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I disagree.
photog7 | 11/20/07
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But......a book you can toss and drop etc....
Laff | 11/20/07
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