The link below is to an interesting article concerning DRM, Amazon and big book publishers, and a lawsuit filed by independent bookstores. This is another very interesting case.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/amazon-big-six-sued-by-independent-bookstores-over-drm/
The link below is to the second in a series of articles looking at sources of DRM free ebooks.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-5-favorite-sources-for-drm-free-e-books-part-2-of-2/
The link below is to an article that looks at sources of DRM free ebooks.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-5-favorite-sources-for-drm-free-e-books-part-1-of-2/
The link below is to a an article that looks at the relatively new BookOS site that currently offers some 1.4 million ebooks for free, in the DRM free FictionBook format (fb2).
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/bookos-the-free-online-ebook-resource/
The link below is to an article that briefly considers a very important issue – DRM and the visually impaired.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120923/05265720472/why-everyone-should-care-about-drms-punishment-visually-impaired.shtml
As reported some time ago here At the BookShelf, fantasy and Sci-fi publisher Tor, was dropping DRM from all of its ebooks. The link below is to an article confirming that that has now happened.
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http://www.ebookmagazine.co.uk/tor-confirms-drm-dropped-from-all-titles/20122685
The links below are to articles concerning the science fiction and fantasy book publisher Tor/Forge and the DRM-free ebook store they will soon be opening.
– http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/torforge-unveils-drm-free-ebook-store_b23446
– http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/06/torforge-books-announces-drm-free-e-book-store
The links below is are to articles reporting on the possibility of DRM free ebooks in the future, especially with reference to Macmillans books.
For more visit:
– http://boingboing.net/2012/04/24/tor-books-goes-completely-drm.html
– http://boingboing.net/2012/04/24/stross-makes-the-case-for-eboo.html
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