Book People Archive

Re: Internet piracy spreads from music to books

Charles Hall wrote:

> Don't you also find it odd that it's going to take them a year to put out
> 200 books? Are they having to scan in the text too?

  They probably (though not certainly) have the typesetting tapes stored,
and will 'only' have to translate them to whatever internal format the
e-books require.

  That won't do, though: the books will have to be in a format suitable
for reading on an e-book device, and that will almost certainly require
resetting the text to new specifications -- size as well as typeface.

  And add to that that this will probably not be a very 'safe'
commercial venture: no need to push out 200 books without any strong
signals that it works. The first titles will be selected so that they
can be used to predict remaining sales -- the bulk of the titles will
come fairly late.

  And add to *that* the problems that RC4 encryption key management
is beginning to show ... there are certainly dangers ahead for anyone
trying to go commercial.

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