Comments on: One world, united under Mobipocket? Jeff’s Kindle-DRMed e-books to be readable on PC, other machines? http://www.teleread.org/2008/06/05/one-world-united-under-mobipocket-jeffs-kindle-drmed-e-books-to-be-readable-on-pc-other-machines/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:35:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2008/06/05/one-world-united-under-mobipocket-jeffs-kindle-drmed-e-books-to-be-readable-on-pc-other-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-819628 David Rothman Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:37:06 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/06/05/one-world-united-under-mobipocket-jeffs-kindle-drmed-e-books-to-be-readable-on-pc-other-machines/#comment-819628 Glad to be back. Thanks, Rob. Actually, as I see it, Bezos is no dummy and might actually be smart enough to preempt the competition with an e-book equivalent of his DRMless MP3 store. Such a store could offer just books from interested publishers, although the pressure would be on the laggards to catch up. Thanks, David Glad to be back. Thanks, Rob. Actually, as I see it, Bezos is no dummy and might actually be smart enough to preempt the competition with an e-book equivalent of his DRMless MP3 store. Such a store could offer just books from interested publishers, although the pressure would be on the laggards to catch up.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.org/2008/06/05/one-world-united-under-mobipocket-jeffs-kindle-drmed-e-books-to-be-readable-on-pc-other-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-819420 Rob Preece Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:40:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/06/05/one-world-united-under-mobipocket-jeffs-kindle-drmed-e-books-to-be-readable-on-pc-other-machines/#comment-819420 David, Glad to see you and TeleRead back in operation--and preaching the anti-DRM word. I think Amazon did make a mistake when they chose not to use native Mobipocket format on the Kindle--which might be what Bezos was saying here. The ability to read your book on the device in front of you is powerful and the Kindle can be seen as a primary reading device, supplemented by, let's say, your Blackberry when you're on the run. (Just as I use my eBookWise as primary and my Palm when I'm on the run). I don't think you're going to get Amazon to take the lead on anti-DRM. What they might do, though, is, as you say, take baby steps. A Fictionwise approach, where they offer DRM for those publishers who insist, and no DRM (multiformat over at Fictionwise) for others, might be a way to move forward. Something to think about, anyway. I continue to be excited about the Kindle because I know a number of people who never considered eReading before who got themselves Kindles and are now converted. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com David,
Glad to see you and TeleRead back in operation–and preaching the anti-DRM word. I think Amazon did make a mistake when they chose not to use native Mobipocket format on the Kindle–which might be what Bezos was saying here. The ability to read your book on the device in front of you is powerful and the Kindle can be seen as a primary reading device, supplemented by, let’s say, your Blackberry when you’re on the run. (Just as I use my eBookWise as primary and my Palm when I’m on the run).

I don’t think you’re going to get Amazon to take the lead on anti-DRM. What they might do, though, is, as you say, take baby steps. A Fictionwise approach, where they offer DRM for those publishers who insist, and no DRM (multiformat over at Fictionwise) for others, might be a way to move forward. Something to think about, anyway.

I continue to be excited about the Kindle because I know a number of people who never considered eReading before who got themselves Kindles and are now converted.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

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