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Some of us knew this 30 years ago

Some of us knew this 30 years ago

Posted Jul 26, 2013 21:07 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: Some of us knew this 30 years ago by ewan
Parent article: Android 4.3

DRM doesn't make a Kindle any more convenient to use

It does. Large selection of books is available on Kindle because it supports DRM. And this is one the most important characteristics of usability for bookreaders. Kindle is better not because it's interface is more convenient then, e.g. Cool Reader. It's better for one simple reason: it's much easier to buy book if you want to read it on Kindle. It also supports synchronization between devices and other similar goodies. And all such properties are directly related to the DRM. Yes, DRM is not an advantage for user, it's a price - but for that price user gets other advantages.

If I'm going to buy a Kindle and buy Kindle books because it's convenient, then I'd still do that if there were no DRM

But this is exactly the choice you don't have and will not have for the foreseeable future! Compare Lulu's catalog to Kindle's or Nook catalogs! It's not even a contest...

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Some of us knew this 30 years ago

Posted Jul 26, 2013 21:17 UTC (Fri) by shmerl (guest, #65921) [Link]

I already explained above what I was talking about - about equal comparison (which should be evaluated by the publisher). Your comparison is not equal, i.e. you aren't talking about DRM vs no DRM, you are talking about existing services which use DRM on publishers' terms. I'm challenging the sanity of these terms, you ignore them and say that service has good usability as is. That wasn't the point.

Some of us knew this 30 years ago

Posted Jul 26, 2013 23:13 UTC (Fri) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

in all of this, it's worth pointing out that there are some publishers who publish on the Kindle store who do NOT require DRM, and their books are on kindle devices without DRM

DRM is a publishers option, If publishers didn't want to use DRM, nothing on the Kindle would change, except for the content.

Baen is one publisher who doesn't use DRM (and hasn't, ever since they started publishing e-books over a decade ago)


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