How Publishers Will Beat Amazon

Companies that have existed for centuries could be gone in a generation unless they make a single radical change. Christopher Mims 04/17/2012 1 Comment Physical books don't have DRM - so why should their digital equivalents? Publishers who want to stay in business are going to have to start selling books without digital rights management, says science fiction author Charlie Stross. DRM locks customers into individual ebookstores and devices, which is the primary way that Amazon perpetuates its stranglehold on this market. For AMZN, the big six insistence on DRM on ebooks was a windfall: it made the huge