A publishing exec speaks out — paidContent

/breaking-drm-publishing-exec

  • “Why I break DRM on e-books”: A publishing exec speaks out — paidContent
    http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/24/breaking-drm-publishing-exec

    By that point, I had purchased several dozen e-books from Amazon, and thanks to the fact that Amazon has Kindle apps for all major platforms I didn’t feel all that locked in. But what happens when Amazon decides not to support a platform? Or what if it rolls out new features on Kindle e-readers but doesn’t make those features available on the Kindle apps?

    I had also bought an e-book from Apple and quickly realized the options there were even more limited. You’ll probably never see an iBooks app for Android, for example. I decided it was time for me to take control and not let the retailer lock me in.

    #ebook #drm