Cursing DRM

I curse DRM

DRM Screws Users Again: eBooks About To Disappear Due To DRM Provider Shut Downfrom the don't-buy-anything-with-DRM dept.

Around here, it's basically preaching to the choir, so most of you probably recognize this already, but buying anything with DRM on it is basically asking for trouble down the road. The latest example? An eBook seller named Fictionwise has realized that one of the companies that provides DRM for some of its books has announced that its shutting down at the end of the month. Because that DRM has to check in with an authentication server that's no longer going to be there, everyone who "bought" (really: incorrectly thought they bought) eBooks that used this DRM will discover that the books they paid for no longer work (Update: as noted in the comments, this DRM doesn't authenticate every time -- just any time you try to move the content to a new device. Also, Fictionwise is working to get replacements and has done so for many of the eBooks impacted already).It's as if a publisher could retroactively erase the text from within a physical book that you bought. Since Fictionwise is just passing on the eBooks from third party aggregators, it has no means of replacing the "disappeared" eBooks. Has anyone found any thing that DRM is actually good for yet?

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Books for iPhone

If you’re looking for some books to read on your iPhone, you might be interested to know that an online bookstore called BooksOnBoard has just released over 30,000 eBook titles for the iPhone.

iPhone owners can now get most new books released on their Apple iPhone or iPod Touch with direct downloads to the device through the wireless network. These 30,000+ books include titles by Gena Showalter, Nora Roberts, Michael Connelly, David Baldacci, Stieg Larsson, Susan Mallery, and Harlequin’s One Click Buy January Blaze Bundle.

Users currently require the free Stanza application found in the iPhone apps store in order to download and read the books, while BooksOnBoard plans to work with additional iPhone eBook readers developers to allow its customers to read popular new titles from the publishing community.

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iPhone's eBook offering

Jorge Pinto of PintoBooks weighs in on the iPhone's new eBook offering.

He says he's selling more eBooks for the iPhone than the Kindle (which may have something to do with the lower price).

Enjoyed reading Dan Frommer's article describing the iPhone as a viable challenger to the Kindle. As a small niche publisher with more that 50 titles in print (all copyright protected), I have been looking at ebooks for a long time. I try to get from my authors / agents electronic rights to use them at the right time.
I currently have 5 titles in Kindle and in the iPhone. Printed editions are between $15.95 and 19.95, in Kindle are $9.99 and in iPhone $5.99 and some in future titles $7.99.
Sales in iPhone have been great. If you are interested you can look for these titles in Apps or

iTunes search:

1. Irvin Yalom: On Physiotherapy and the Human Condition (non-fiction)2. Nigel Holmes: On Information Design (non-fiction)3. Alan Siegel : On Branding and Clear Communications (non-fiction)4. Manual of Contemporary Art Style(non-fiction)5. The Conversation (fiction)
Soon: The Witches of Tepoztlan (and Other Unpublished Operas) (fiction)
Sales in iPhone have being great and steady. Kindle no so good.I look forward to a larger size iPod or eReader from Apple since I have many copyright works to be published.


See Also: Look Out, Amazon Kindle: Here's Come Apple iPhone eBooks

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Smashwords for iPhone

If you're one of the 10 million or so iPhone and iPod Touch users out there, you know it's sometimes a pain to visit web sites on the Safari browser that aren't optimized for the iPhone's screen size and slow download rates.

We feel your pain, which is why we're excited to announce today that we've optimized the Smashwords web site for iPhone users.Simply visit the site and we'll automatically recognize you're an iPhone or iPod Touch user, and then we'll serve you pages optimized for your device.iPhone and iPod Touch users can now easily browse our small but growing catalog of independently published ebook authors.

All of our books are available DRM-free and multi-format, including the increasingly popular epub format used by Stanza, the leading ereader app for the iPhone.And speaking of Stanza, Stanza fans are in for a real treat.We also today introduced full integration with the Stanza ebook reader (see image below). Stanza users can now easily access the complete Smashwords catalog on their iPhone or iPod Touch, download book samples and free books, access their personal Smashwords library, and even download full books they've purchased online at Smashwords.com.Visit the Smashwords.com website by entering the URL "smashwords.com" in the Safari browser. You can add all Smashwords books available in ePub format to Stanza's online catalog by tapping the "Stanza" link at the top of any page, and following the instructions there.To purchase Smashwords books, tap "Join" to sign up for a free account, or tap "Login" if you already have an account. Find the book you wish to purchase, or just tap the link at the end of the sample copy right inside Stanza to launch Safari, and click "Add to Cart". You can pay with a PayPal account or credit card, all right on your iPhone.To load the books you've purchased into Stanza, tap the "Library" button at the top of any page on the Smashwords website.

A list of books you've purchased will appear. Tap the book's title, and tap the "Download to Stanza" link on the page that appears. Stanza will launch, download the book, and you may begin reading instantly.Alternatively, you can also access your entire personal Smashwords library directly within Stanza, by adding it as an Online Catalog. From the Library or Stanza pages on Smashwords.com, tap "Access your Library in Stanza." Stanza will launch and add your library as a new menu item under "Online Catalog." Be sure to name your catalog, otherwise Stanza will give it a default name of "www.smashwords.com". Any books you purchase or add to your Library -- whether on your PC or Mac, or while browsing Smashwords.com on your iPhone -- will appear there automatically.If you're an indie author, there's never been a better time to publish your books on Smashwords. And if you're a fan of indie ebooks, there's never been a better time to start enjoying our small but growing catalog of books.

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PHONEREADER Library - - Jean-Philippe Pastor