Nick Harkaway has an article on the site about DRM. Our audience knows most of what he says, but I found this section of interest. He wonders why people are still using DRM since it can be bypassed so easily: If we were talking about the movie industry, though, where I used to work, I might suggest a bit cynically that DRM was still used because: a) the people the industry has hired as consultants also sell DRM for a living b) the players have spent too much on DRM to admit that DRM isn't buying them anything except grief, and...

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Received an press release from Overdrive about a whole bunch of new services that they are adding for libraries. The one that interested me most was this: “Open eBooks”: DRM-free eBooks in both EPUB and PDF formats are being added to OverDrive’s catalog for libraries. These OverDrive “Open eBooks” will be compatible with nearly any eBook reader or software that can display EPUB and PDF files. Titles from Harlequin’s Carina Press, Saddleback Educational Publishing, and Rourke Publishing will be among the first DRM-free eBooks available to libraries. More info here....

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