Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton

O’Reilly Press has started to offer a small number of their high-tech titles as DRM-free PDFs, 30 in all and 12 of which work on the Kindle.  Now, remember please that DRM-free doesn’t mean "open access free."  You can choose to buy a print title or a DRM-free electronic title (or both).  The DRM-free e-copies cost less, typically.  The publishing industry has been dabbling in DRM-free content to see how it resonates with the market, and I think we will slowly see a slow release of the tight-fisted control, and the many problems and costs, associated with DRM.  Congratulations to O’Reilly for walking the walk.