Different e-book formats: blessing or a hassle – Part 3

Arantza Larrauri, CEO of Libranda—the company created by seven publishing groups in Spain to distribute digital books, explained that “most publishers and authors charge distribution with DRM. Although more and more people taken the option out, some editors have chosen not to use it and authors like Lorenzo Silva, Bethlehem Gopegui or Matilde Asensi prefer their books to be sold without DRM.

“In a year and a half we have reached agreements with 119 publishers and 83 online stores. Libranda.com opened “digital notebook”, a space where readers can resolve any questions about reading on e-ink devices.”

EPub is the standard file for editing digital books. However, currently there is no standard DRM, because of Adobe but we have seen that it has to evolve. “When we started, there were no devices or online stores in Spain and could not come up with a DRM ourselves. Adobe was used generally, which required a double record that nobody liked and made purchase more complex, especially for the uninitiated. Investing in a DRM is very expensive and almost nobody has been able to do it. In the middle of next year we will launch our DRM for each store, “says Larrauri.

Almost all ciphers prevent illegal copies of books but there are applications easily available on the internet that can break the code. Proponents of different file formats argue that different formats are required to prevent the infringement of usage on different devices. “The paradox is that the pirated books are also the most sold and most protected,” said Alberto Vicente.

Steve Jobs Biography by Walter Isaacson was released in late October. It was the bestseller at Amazon in 2011, both in paper and e-books. However, the irony is that the book was available on pirated site on the same day it was released worldwide.

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