TDPL is an Amazon Kindle bestseller

[Caligo]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Walter Bright
<newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> On 6/21/2011 6:04 AM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>>
>> Another thing is that I actually like having real books in my shelf,
>> just like CDs and computer games (it already pisses me off that the they
>> are usually distributed in DVD cases now and not anymore in these big
>> cardboard boxes).
>
> I do too, until there get to be too many of them! Then they're a burden.
>
> I have too many.
>
> I don't mind DRM on things that I rent, such as Netflix movies. I'd have no
> problem renting books from Amazon that are DRM'd. I'd pay some modest
> monthly fee to Amazon if I could 'rent' one book at a time on my Kindle, up
> to so many per month.
>
> I also wouldn't mind DRM if the cost is low enough, but most DRM books on
> the Kindle are at price points where I'd want to own them free & clear.
>

yall forgetting about digital libraries such as http://my.safaribooksonline.com/
As a university student I get free access and I can read anything
anywhere.  The idea of ownership is obsolete. Strategic access is the
future.