O'Reilly To Release DRM-free Ebooks In July 132
andrewsavikas writes "Starting in July, O'Reilly Media will pilot select books as DRM-free ebook bundles (PDF, EPUB, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket) priced at or below the cover price of the book.
David Pogue comments on the pilot in the wake of his own recent dustup about ebooks and piracy, covered previously on Slashdot."
Re:DRM free eBooks could be easy (Score:3, Informative)
Just like making bits uncopyable is like making water not wet, so is making data unmodifiable. "Lock them for editing" is DRM, and can, has been, and will be circumvented.
Re:Formats (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Well (Score:3, Informative)
And where do you derive the x10 rule from? Rules of marketing from what I understood is to extract a maximum amount of money from as many as you can.
Traditional rules also said that the customer was always right. With recent days, DRM and lack of service says otherwise.
Re:DRM free eBooks could be easy (Score:4, Informative)
Re:I'll buy a few... (Score:3, Informative)
Light contrast and good monitor. (Score:3, Informative)
First make sure your monitor is working well. You can easily check this with a test pattern [entropy.ch] If it flickers or has aliasing you need better.
Try to reduce the contrast in light levels between your monitor and it's surroundings. High contrasts in light level will cause your eyes to work harder and reduce your ability to see fine details.
Re:I'll buy a few... (Score:4, Informative)
You might have noticed that they're going to be selling a bundle of three formats for one price (EPUB, PDF, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket). With the non-PDF formats you can reflow the text and adjust the font size to fit the screen.