I had been waiting for the announcement of Apples tablet computer, not particularly because I wanted one, but because the rumor mill had been talking about deals between Apple and various book and magazine publishers. Being in the backwaters of the publishing ecosystem, I wanted to be ready to piggy-back onto whatever new opportunities opened… Continue reading iPad, ePub and the Future of Bookreaders
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DRM is for Children
When we had little children, we had beds with railings so they wouldn’t fall out, playpens to keep them from crawling away, and the electric outlets were plugged with plastic stoppers so they wouldn’t try to stick a fork into the slots (that didn’t always work). The whole idea was that when they were too… Continue reading DRM is for Children
It’s an Economy
With the announcement today of the conviction of the Pirate Bay crew, various news blogs carried the news, and as usual, the angry chorus of righteous indignation by the file-sharing fans in the comments below each news article. I declined to participate, because there’s not much chance my words would be heard. However, there were… Continue reading It’s an Economy