[ExI] NYT: Amazon Says E-Books Now Top Hardcover Sales

Colin D colin.dodson at gmail.com
Thu Jul 22 17:03:58 UTC 2010


Of course I have faith that that will happen, but centralized control
implemented in the first place is quite scary as it mandates a painful
transition.

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Come on Colin. Young hackers will fix that in no time.
>
> 2010/7/22 Colin D <colin.dodson at gmail.com>:
> > I am saddened by this. Unfortunately, most ebook platforms are heavily
> > DRM-encumbered and tightly controlled by their vendors. No amount of
> > convenience can justify such behavior-if I purchase a piece of hardware,
> I
> > should get to decide what it does, and proprietary software solutions
> take
> > that away from me. Even worse, DRM mandates conformity to a single or a
> few
> > platforms, all of which will be proprietary, and thus beyond the user's
> > control.
> >
> > Yours etc.,
> >   Colin D
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:57 AM, John Grigg <possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Amazon Says E-Books Now Top Hardcover Sales...
> >>
> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/technology/20kindle.html
> >>
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