Comments on: Should Oprah start her own e-book-oriented publisher? Meanwhile should e-houses lobby for O-recs? http://www.teleread.com/drm/time-for-e-publishers-to-lobby-oprah-and-maybe-for-her-to-start-her-own-e-book-oriented-publisher/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/drm/time-for-e-publishers-to-lobby-oprah-and-maybe-for-her-to-start-her-own-e-book-oriented-publisher/comment-page-1/#comment-1101854 Steve Jordan Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/13/time-for-e-publishers-to-lobby-oprah-and-maybe-for-her-to-start-her-own-e-book-oriented-publisher/#comment-1101854 Although I could well imagine Oprah starting her own publishing house, I wouldn't bet on her going no-DRM on us. After all, she's a businesswoman, too, and let's face it, she's in this for the bucks. Amazon does DRM... Murdock's future e-book and e-newspaper plans make it clear he's looking at DRM... Oprah doesn't have enough at stake in the non-DRM market to give her a good reason to buck that trend. Now, when we see her recommending e-books through indie publishers that can be read on the Kindle, <em>whether they're bought from Amazon or not</em>... we may see the beginnings of a sea-change. Until then, I'm not holding my breath for no-DRM proclamations from O. Although I could well imagine Oprah starting her own publishing house, I wouldn’t bet on her going no-DRM on us. After all, she’s a businesswoman, too, and let’s face it, she’s in this for the bucks. Amazon does DRM… Murdock’s future e-book and e-newspaper plans make it clear he’s looking at DRM… Oprah doesn’t have enough at stake in the non-DRM market to give her a good reason to buck that trend.

Now, when we see her recommending e-books through indie publishers that can be read on the Kindle, whether they’re bought from Amazon or not… we may see the beginnings of a sea-change. Until then, I’m not holding my breath for no-DRM proclamations from O.

]]>