DRM overkill is costing publishers many millions in lost e-book sales, and big houses have especially suffered. Just what is a sensible DRM policy if you're a giant of the book trade? For the smallfry, the question is much simpler since their books are less likely to be pirated. But suppose you're a house brimming with valuable best-sellers--just how far can you go in protecting them without scaring off readers? Jon Noring, an invited expert to the Open eBook Forum, main cofounder of the OpenReader Consortium and moderator of the eBook Community list, shares some thoughts in an essay. An earlier version of the material appeared on TEBC. [TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home]
Another one for the reading queue.
