ebook shakeup
Mar. 6th, 2009 19:06![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
piranhabarnes & noble have acquired ebook seller fictionwise.
hm. didn't B&N try their own ebook store a few years back, in cooperation with microsoft? i studiously ignored that because a) microsoft and b) DRMed content only. i continue to ignore DRMed work, and usually buy my ebooks in pdf format, since the OLPC is happiest reading that. if i ever MUST have something that's DRMed i buy it in a format that's been cracked, and convert it as soon as i've got it downloaded. it's a pain, though, i usually just don't bother buying it.
i guess B&N trying again because amazon seems to really make a go of it, what with the kindle in edition 2 now. possibly the mainstream is waking up to the glory that are ebooks, now that the readers are getting cheaper and ebooks are easier to find.
i spend a fair penny at fictionwise these days; i hope nothing changes for the worse. of course their own announcement is filled with how this portents an exciting future -- but somehow that rarely seems to mean "exciting" in a way i'll appreciate.
hm. didn't B&N try their own ebook store a few years back, in cooperation with microsoft? i studiously ignored that because a) microsoft and b) DRMed content only. i continue to ignore DRMed work, and usually buy my ebooks in pdf format, since the OLPC is happiest reading that. if i ever MUST have something that's DRMed i buy it in a format that's been cracked, and convert it as soon as i've got it downloaded. it's a pain, though, i usually just don't bother buying it.
i guess B&N trying again because amazon seems to really make a go of it, what with the kindle in edition 2 now. possibly the mainstream is waking up to the glory that are ebooks, now that the readers are getting cheaper and ebooks are easier to find.
i spend a fair penny at fictionwise these days; i hope nothing changes for the worse. of course their own announcement is filled with how this portents an exciting future -- but somehow that rarely seems to mean "exciting" in a way i'll appreciate.
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on 2009-03-07 04:13 (UTC)no subject
on 2009-03-07 20:32 (UTC)I only buy eReader format DRMed books at this point, because I consider their DRM to be below my pain threshold. Naturally I would never violate the wise and benevolent strictures of the DMCA in any way.
(One sign of hope: Speakeasy was bought by Best Buy some time ago, and yet has continued to not suck despite the sheer suck-force that is Best Buy.)
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on 2009-03-08 16:51 (UTC)Platform warz are on.