Social DRM: How Much is Too Much Information?
I have been thinking about the concept of Social DRM for e-books a bit more lately. It’s a model I beleive can work, but I wonder how much is too much information to embed. I think a watermark containing something like “This e-book prepared especially for John Doe (jdoe@jdoe.com)” is perfectly acceptable.
But, does [...]
No Starch Tries No Cost with Free Apple e-books via Bittorrent
Many publishers are struggling with the idea of free content, and how it fits into their traditional business strategy. Square peg, round hole - the model needs to change, but that’s another post. When it comes to electronic content, the issue of DRM arises as well - how do you protect your IP [...]
The Radiohead Model for Book Publishers
Radiohead’s “pay what you think we deserve” experiment has been the topic of much discussion lately. Of course, as a content publisher I am interested in how such a model might look for my industry - book publishing. A small independent publisher, Another Sky Press has been using a very similar model for their books [...]
Kassia Krozser Ruined Today’s Blog Post
Like many a geek, I feverishly refreshed web pages during yesterday’s Apple event - waiting to get that next scrap of gadgety goodness Steve Jobs throws our way every so often. The new iPod touch is actually the first iPod I have ever actually wanted, and I immediately started thinking about the applications one could [...]
The future of the e-book might be a… book?
Check out this amazing hybrid creation from Manolis Kelaidis that combines a traditional book over-printed with conductive ink. Manolis presented his project blueBook at the O’Reilly TOC conference this week and is receiving rave reviews.
From Andrea Laue:
He asked the audience if, upon encountering an obscure reference or foreign word on the page of a [...]
