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HarperCollins US limits library ebook loans
Librarians are up in arms at a new policy from HarperCollins US that will restrict ebook loans to 26 uses.
Ebooks and territorial rights debated at DBW
One of the hot topics at this year's Digital Book World conference in New York has been the future of territorial rights for digital products, with some speakers suggesting that global electronic righ...
DRM removal instructions go mainstream
Until now, stripping DRM from ebooks has been something of a dark art for hackers, but numerous popular websites have started posting step-by-step guides to allow ebook purchasers to remove rights man...
Pricing and DRM dominate UK FutureBook conference
The FutureBook conference in London last week was dominated by talk of ebook pricing and DRM.
Piracy 'about to arrive on a massive scale'
'If book publishers want to see the next decade in any reasonable health, then it’s absolutely imperative that they rethink their pricing strategies and business models right now,' writes Adri...
Doctorow wins DRM fight with Amazon, B&N and Kobo
Author and anti-DRM activist Cory Doctorow has convinced Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo to sell his ebooks unencumbered by DRM, but Apple and Sony are not convinced and will not remove DRM.
Smashwords Q&A
An interesting Q&A with Mark Coker, the founder of Smashwords, a digital services provider for small and self-publishers.
DRM 'is a felony', conference hears
Digital rights management is a 'felony', delegates at the second day of a UNESCO conference on digital books heard, as proponents for the liberalisation of copyright laws clashed with those favourin...
Copyright, piracy and (anti-)DRM dominate TOC
Key topics at the recent O'Reilly Tools of Change (TOC) conference held in New York included copyright, piracy and a strong anti-DRM sentiment.
Digital publishing program at MWF
A full-day digital publishing program was held for the industry and public on Thursday 28 August during the Melbourne Writers Festival. The daytime events were all chaired by Queensland Writers Centre...
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