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I Need a Shredder
It’s been just over a month since I started my digital migration. I’m making slow but steady progress on getting rid of paper. I’ve been getting digital statements where possible for several years…
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Ebook Pricing vs Print Pricing
It really isn’t that much cheaper to produce an ebook. The binding/printing costs are depending on the book and the binding and the numbers printed somewhere around 1 to 3 bucks a book,…
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Harper Collins Wants to Limit Library Circulation of Ebooks
Apparently because of Overdrive’s recent release of an ebook client for iPhones and iPad (read more about Overdrive and library ebooks here and here), Harper Collins has responded by announcing that new Harper…
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Why Technology Fails to Stop Book Theft
Various forms of technology intended to control who could read books have failed. All of them have failed, and largely, for the same reasons. We have first the book curse, sometime called a…
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Baen Books Ebook CD-ROM Images
Here’s the host’s statement: The Baen CDs hosted here are freely-distributable disks provided to promote the sale of the books contained within. Baen allows these CDs to be distributed not simply to provide…
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MacWorld on DVD Ripping: Is It Legal?
One of the smartest, most thoughtful discussions I’ve seen about ripping backups of DVDs you own, from MacWorld Staff: Is DVD ripping illegal? The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can’t…
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Two Graphic Explanations of why DRM doesn’t work
DRM really doesn’t work; it doesn’t even slow down pirates, but it frustrates honest users, and programmers. Here are two clear explanations of why it doesn’t work to protect artists, creators and publishers.…
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O’Reilly DRMless High Quality Technical Ebooks
O’Reilly is one of my very favorite technical book publishers, right up there with Peach Pit and Take Control Ebooks. O’Reilly earned a reputation almost immediately for reliable, useful high quality books about…
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What Do you Mean, “DRMless”?
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. It’s a way for content producers (publishers, television and movie producers, music production companies and artists) to control who can play or “consume” their work by embedding limitations…
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Steve Jobs on Copyright
“If copyright dies, if patents die, if the protection of intellectual property is eroded, then people will stop investing. That hurts everyone. People need to have the incentive that if they invest and…