Ari Armstrong reviews e-book readers, and then argues against exclusive digital rights management. He also reviews ebooks.com and gripes about non-transferrability. I have many disagreements with Ari; I’m pretty sympathetic to Kendall’s various comments on those posts. Yet I also share many of his frustrations. (How’s that for vague!) Kendall recently penned his own blog post on e-books too.) Personally, I’m betting on Amazon as the major e-book content provider, but I doubt its Kindle will remain dominant for long. I’m desperately hoping for Apple to blow away all the competition with some new device, perhaps using an iPhone-like OS, all nicely managed on your PC/Mac through iTunes.
A fascinating article from The Economist on the small industry created by Harry Potter: The Harry Potter Economy.
Father Tim Jones suggests that the poor shoplift when in need. Don’t worry though, he only recommends doing so from big corporations. (I kid you not!) Gus Van Horn comments.
