Tor, a Macmillan imprint focusing on sci-fi and fantasy titles, is testing the waters for Macmillan by ripping up the rulebook on digital rights management as a tactic in the on-going war against the closed-loop book buying/selling model represented by outfits like Amazon.
This means readers will be able to buy a Tor e-book once and thereafter use it on any platform of their choice. Could be the start of something interesting in the e-book world.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/ap ... management
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Tor goes DRM-free
Tor goes DRM-free
Last edited by annis on Fri April 27th, 2012, 9:22 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... -good-news
Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... -good-news
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Yes, this is definitely where the market is going. I read the comments on QuarkExpress and was glad I had chosen to buy InDesign instead. I already wasted a decade learning the Corel suite, only to have Adobe become the industry standard for graphics, and AutoCad and SolidWorks become the standard for computer-aided design.
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[quote=""MLE""]Yes, this is definitely where the market is going. I read the comments on QuarkExpress and was glad I had chosen to buy InDesign instead. I already wasted a decade learning the Corel suite, only to have Adobe become the industry standard for graphics, and AutoCad and SolidWorks become the standard for computer-aided design.[/quote]
I've spent years getting familiar with Freehand only to see Adobe buy Macromedia out and freeze all future development on it. Fortunately I already know InDesign, however its design features are rather limited in comparison. One needs to use it with Illustrator. I'm busy mugging up on Illustrator at present - a very versatile programme and, like InDesign, it has a good quality screen display, which for me is a real plus.
I've spent years getting familiar with Freehand only to see Adobe buy Macromedia out and freeze all future development on it. Fortunately I already know InDesign, however its design features are rather limited in comparison. One needs to use it with Illustrator. I'm busy mugging up on Illustrator at present - a very versatile programme and, like InDesign, it has a good quality screen display, which for me is a real plus.