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By David Rothman

Michael HyattThe CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, which describes itself as the world’s biggest Christian book publisher, is an e-book believer. Michael Hyatt has been on quite a streak recently in his new blog, and here’s a list of relevant posts:

–The Death Of Traditional Book Publishing
–More Thoughts on the Future of Book Publishing
–iRex Announces an ePaper Device
–The Shift Toward Digital Continues
–Could This Be the iPod for Books?

Michael Hyatt just might appreciate the virtues of the OpenReader format and OSoft‘s forthcoming implementation of it. Hyatt notes that publishing “is not awash in profits” and that just a small decline in sales could inflict some nasty damage.

Exactly! OSoft’s version of OpenReader will slash the format/DRM costs of legitimate e-book publishers and, I might add, help make them more competitive against pirates–by reducing the hassles of using legal books. Can others do better than OSoft and end up with OpenReader’s DRM standard for content-providers wanting copy-protection? It’s always possible but unlikely, given the novel DRM system that OSoft will be offering. Whatever happens, publishers would do well to use the OpenReader standard to control costs.

(Via MobileRead.)

 
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