c|net Australia has just put up an article “Tor Books: piracy not an issue despite lacking ebook DRM” that state what I and others have been preaching for years.
From the article:
“One year after Tor launched its DRM-free store, the publisher has said that there has been “no discernible increase” in piracy.”
On April 25, 2012, Tor Books UK removed DRM from all of their ebooks. According to a blog post by Julie Crisp on the Tor Books site, “We made this decision in conjunction with our sister company in the US, for our shared brand imprint. It was something that we’d been exploring for quite a while and a move that we felt committed to for our particular area.”
DRM is copy protection added to ebooks and other media by publishers and retailers supposedly to prevent piracy. It assumes that the person legitimately buying the media from the retailer is a thief. As a purchaser, I find this kinda insulting; if I was a thief, I wouldn’t be buying the work in the first place. Duh!
The Integratron is a building – or a ‘device’ – built entirely without nails in Landers, California, near Joshua Tree. It was designed by aeronautic engineer George van Tassel, who finished the main structure in 1959, but left the building unfinished at the time of his death in 1978.
BBC News is reporting that 2012 was a record year for the UK publishing industry.
Overdrive has sent a letter to librarians worldwide inviting them to join a pilot program called “Big Library Read” running from May 15th through June 1st. This unique program allows all participating libraries to feature the Sourcebook title “Four Corners of the Sky” by Michael Malone simultaneously on all of their respective OverDrive homepages at no cost. The book will be accessible to patrons of these libraries simultaneously.
KSEE is reporting that the Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument have already implemented early fire restrictions, starting back on May 1, 2013.