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mk · 3797 days ago · link · · parent · post: Sony admits defeat in battle with Amazon, discontinues e-reader
Yeah TIL, and not a bad one from what I gather. I was just talking to b_b this morning about a bitcoin bookstore: Make the books available on a standard format that e-reader manufacturers can't ignore (PDF, and those that libraries use, etc.), make copyright open books free with the option of a $0.50 donation, and for copyright content, give verified holders a 90% cut. Also, outside of copyright considerations, make the platform content agnostic when it came to the printed word. Perhaps you could opt for a somewhat smaller author cut, and use the difference to support the production of a quality open-source e-reader with the goal to make DRM readers unnecessary.