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However, Amazon is in a position to do something more limited. If you bought a paper book through them, they could conceivably give you a discount on the Kindle version later on. Probably good for Amazon, but for the publisher . . . maybe not so much. |
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However with both B&N and Kindle you can buy books from outside their stores. With the Kindle they must be DRM free. For B&N they must be Adobe DRM or DRM free. Your lack of understanding in DRM is really the issue I have with ePUB. It's a subtle detail with a HUGE impact, most people don't understand it and see ePUB just like you. That is if they buy ePUB then it is accessible across all devices and that is far from the truth. If a format is associated with a DRM scheme then that virtually creates it's own format. With ePUB you have three formats an with the Kindle you have only one. To further exemplify my "One Format" point, you can even read MobiPocket books bought from any eBook store including library books on your kindle. So long as that Mobi book has your Kindle PID. Also it looks like you are new to the eBook industry, so I'll clear something up, Amazon does not have a head start. SONY was in the business years before Amazon as was eReader. However Amazon came in and did one thing neither of these guys did. Make buying books easy, selling books at low prices, and have a selection. Which goes back to my point, price, selection and convenience really are key. I've said it back when even when SONY was ahead of the game as I say it today. When B&N came into the business they too where priced much higher than Amazon so they where playing catchup since they started. The only reason today that B&N have the same prices as Amazon is due to the publishers who forced this model on all retailers. However when their contract ends beginning of next year well see if this model will still be in place. Quote:
I hope that in the next ePUB go around ePUB nails down DRM, just like DVD nailed down DRM. This way when people buy ePUB it truly works across all devices. Yeah, I've never understood the library argument. Hey Amazon if you want my money support ePUB so I can borrow library books for free. |
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So, if you have a Nook, Pandigital Novel (either the LCD readers or the new SiPix reader), the Jetbook or Jetbook-lite, you can buy books from B&N, Borders, Kobo, Fictionwise, Books on Board. If you buy books from B&N, you can read them on the Nook, Pandigital or Jetbook readers (and potentially other readers if they decide to support it). How are you locked in again? Yes, you can't access ebooks from Kindle or Apple, but they are about the only ones. -- Bill |
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It's the same idea as when free e-books are offered--you read something by an author that's new to you, you like it, you buy more books by that author. If I read a library book and enjoy it, I'll buy it, or something else by that author that the library doesn't have. |
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10-28-2010, 05:35 PM | #142 |
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I have to say that, as a consumer, I am rather reluctant to call Adobe's DRM scheme "open" or a "standard". I had an experience several years ago with a very early e-book ("God's Debris", by Scott Adams) which at that time was released as a DRM'd PDF file of some sort. Well, guess what happened when I bought a new computer? That DRM scheme was no longer supported, and I couldn't read the book. Granted, I'd only spent a couple bucks on it, but still.
Personally, I hope someday soon the publishing industry realizes the folly of DRM and we can all move on. In the meantime, I'm downloading those DRM-stripping tools so that if/when Amazon's AZW format becomes an orphan, I'll be able to rescue my content. (I expect that the DMCA or its administratively-created exemptions will allow such behavior by then, but who knows.) |
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And if I want to read a new/popular e-book from the library, the situation is the same as with a physical book--either I get on a long waiting list, or I buy it. The question really is why Amazon--the biggest fish in the pond--apparently feels most threatened by the library system. |
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If Amazon was the one who sold the books to the library in the first place, and if the library's Kindle support gave more people a reason to run out and buy a Kindle, perhaps that would give Amazon a reason to embrace limited library support. As I mentioned in an earlier post, if Amazon can enable "lending" on the Kindle, then theoretically they should be able to set up library loans as well (via their own DRM, not ADE/ePub). I hope they do, but I have no sense of whether that's in the cards.
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Nowthenmobile, if you haven't made your decision yet, Sony is offering a deal in the UK on ereaders. There are a few threads in the Sony forum about the discount. Make your purchase before 24th December and then claim back the VAT from Sony.
http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/1237479399273 There is also an advert on the Waterstones website. http://www.waterstones.com/waterston...vat-back/2238/ |
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Thanks. Waterstones were selling the PRS-350 for £130. So it is actually now slightly more expensive at £160 - £24.
I have had a bit of trouble selling my Sony PRS-600. I sold it on ebay and then shipped it to the buyer. As soon as he received it he said that it had frozen and that he couldn't even reset it. It worked the whole time I had it. I just can't understand it. To make matters worse the chap is now away for 3 weeks and unable to return it. It's the first time I have ever sold anything on ebay and it has gone horribly wrong. It makes me look like a crook...and if it really is broken then I have just lost a lot of money. |
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Wow. I am really sorry to read of your troubles! I have bought on ebay without problems but never tried to sell anything. His story sounds suspect if he says it doesn't work and he can't return it.... Does ebay have any kind of recourse for the buyer/seller to resolve the issue? I sure hope it works out for you.
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