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The Raynfall Agency misses the point in its article on e-book piracy

Juli Monroe — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:09:54 +0000

Claire Ryan of The Raynfall Agency posted a pretty good article today on piracy; it includes the agency’s thoughts about what authors need to know, along with some practical tips for avoiding piracy of their works. Ryan didn’t cover anything new, but she did discuss the basics. I agree with most of what she wrote, but [...]

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Weekend Roundup: Reading on cell phones in Africa

Dan Eldridge — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:10:37 +0000

What news organizations are learning from their e-book efforts (Poynter Online) What’s left if B&N sells the Nook division to Microsoft? (The Passive Voice) A ‘novel’ idea for spreading literature in Africa: The cellphone (Christian Science Monitor) The e-book piracy debate, revisited (NYTimes.com) The fascinating stories behind classic book titles (Flavorwire) Kindle Daily Deals: Subterranean by James [...]

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Netflix CEO: Password Sharing is Not a Big Deal

Joanna Cabot — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:00:05 +0000

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is on the record with a comment over at GigaOM that password sharing among family members is not a big deal. I applaud him for his sensibility in recognizing this. I think too many content creators fail to make a distinction between casual sharing amongst members of a household, and uploading to [...]

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Digital manga site JManga to shut down, take all customers’ purchases with it

Chris Meadows — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:15:00 +0000

DRM opponents should be sending love letters to the Japanese Digital Comics Association. As of March 26th, its “streaming manga” website JManga (which I covered here before) will stop selling new manga—and as of the end of May, manga already purchased will become unavailable to view. And there is no way to download and back [...]

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Why We Pirate, and Why We Don’t

Joanna Cabot — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:05:11 +0000

One of the anti-DRM arguments people often make is that if you make it easy enough for people to buy content legitimately, they won’t need to pirate anymore. Here is a case study in favor of that argument: Thorin Kiosowski over at Lifehacker has a great essay up about why he stopped pirating media and started [...]

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eBook Plus Wants to Connect Readers to Authors, End Piracy

Stanley Goodner — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:47:09 +0000

eBook sales have been skyrocketing since 2011, and the publishing market, of course, has been revolutionized as a result. But as the volume of available e-books grows, so does the consumer piracy of e-books. eBook Plus has been launched with the intention of improving the system. As a platform that connects readers, authors, publishers and advertisers, eBook [...]

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How to Deter Piracy of E-Books

Juli Monroe — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:15:44 +0000

In my last post, I discussed what I’ve observed to be the three biggest reasons people pirate e-books. Now that we understand the reasons, how do we actually deter piracy of e-books? Let me answer that question for each of the three reasons. 1. I Like To Collect stuff Here’s the bad news: There’s not [...]

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Why Do People Pirate E-Books?

Juli Monroe — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:00:03 +0000

Piracy is an endlessly debated topic. Views on it range from “don’t worry about it too much” to “it has a huge impact on sales.” What is often ignored are the reasons why people pirate and, from there, what publishers could do about it. I’ve hung out in forums with e-book pirates. I’ve read about the [...]

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Morning Links — Is the piracy debate coming to an end?

Dan Eldridge — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:25:07 +0000

The piracy debate may well be irrelevant in the future of publishing (Tools of Change) Piracy is yesterday’s worry for today’s ‘artisan authors’ (The Guardian) Macmillan to launch two-year ebook library lending pilot (Paid Content) This Clever Resume That Looks Like an Amazon Page Is So Good I Would Buy It (Gizmodo) Kindle Daily Deals: [...]

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DBW 2013: Piracy Does Harm Sales

Juli Monroe — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:32:00 +0000

Digital Book World just published a report that piracy does harm sales and backed it up with a list of 25 studies that prove the point. Okay, splashy headline. You can agree or disagree with it, your choice. What I found interesting were the recommendations to publishers: 1. Make content available online 2. Use existing [...]

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Public domain and piracy: Once Upon a Time and my epiphany

Chris Meadows — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:15:00 +0000

When I was visiting relatives over the weekend, I had a fairly potent reminder of the enduring power of the public domain—and I finally succumbed to the inevitable realization, that in some cases, piracy is just too much work. On Saturday night of our stay, it turned out we didn’t have time to watch Marvel’s [...]

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UK writer Ewan Morrison, Authors Guild President Scott Turow decry approaching death of professional writing

Chris Meadows — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:56:46 +0000

Is the era of the professional writer drawing to a close? At least one contemporary British author thinks so. In a recent article, the Globe and Mail quotes UK writer Ewan Morrison’s contention that advances from traditional publishers have declined so much in recent years that he is practically working for free. Morrison sees self-publishing, [...]

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Redditors discuss why they pirate e-books

Chris Meadows — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:26:11 +0000

Reddit has an interesting thread soliciting reasons (or rationalizations) from people about why they pirate e-books. There are people who say things like “I’m poor and I like to read, but I can’t pirate food, so I pirate everything else,” or “I limit myself to pirating things that are out-of-print or otherwise unavailable through a [...]

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Authors band together to attack pirate e-book site

Chris Meadows — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:04:55 +0000

Here’s something I just became aware of on Facebook. A number of authors are banding together to fight a popular e-book piracy site based in Canada. Author Stephen L. Wilson has been posting information to his blog, and to a Facebook community formed to coordinate efforts. The pirate site is called “The Ultimate Ebook Library,” [...]

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Tor/Forge announces its e-books are now completely DRM-free going forward

Chris Meadows — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:44:52 +0000

We reported that it was coming, and now it is here: Tor announces, via Tor.com, that all Tor e-books currently being sold anywhere are now DRM-free. Any Tor e-books bought from now on from any retailer that sells them will have no DRM. (Whether previously-purchased Tor e-books include DRM is up to the individual retailer. [...]

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