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Why would fear of piracy prevent this? I don't see why a free ebook (included as part of a physical purchase) should/would be any less secure than a normal purchased ebook?
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Oh it's not rational. But I have seen firsthand the notion that "If we sell lots of
eBooksdigital albums there will be more chance of illegal copies being made. Let's just throw more and more DRM at the problem and make the experience shit for the consumer, whilst the piracy experience for them is both free and more convenient."It killed EMI and I saw BBC Worldwide beginning to make the exact same mistakes in the early days of digital video.
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A normal purchased ebook can only be used on the account it's purchased with. A DRM free one could be emailed to all your mates, uploaded, torrented, etc
Whether that would really have a material impact on sales is of course another matter.
mashton
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If I didn't already own a Kindle, then If probably get a Kobo.
But I do. Grrr
It seems to me that this should be being addressed by the publishers. So that every physical book had the option of an eBook purchase as well.
I bet that what is holding them back is the stupid old "fear of piracy" rather than "out compete the pirates with a convenient and well priced service" bullshit. I worked at EMI in the early noughties so know this only too well.