Eric Hoefler

Doctorow’s Anti-DRM Address to Publishers

Cory Doctorow spoke at the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference1 recently and warned against allowing platforms to determine whether or not publishers would use DRM on digital works. Ultimately, Doctorow argues against DRM altogether, and this speech is a concise and convincing presentation of that argument. His message for publishers in particular is [...]

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The Spirit of the Revolution

I’ve been reading Joseph Ellis’s Founding Brothers, a book that’s been on my shelf for a while, and I’m fascinated by the echoes between the struggles this nation faced in its early years and the ones it faces now. In chapter one, Ellis explains that America was founded in the conflict between the opposing principles [...]

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Amazon is Not Your Friend

If you don’t already know about the “#amazonfail” controversy that occurred over the weekend, these sources will get you caught up: Neil Gaiman’s explanation of his involvement Two possible explanations for the problem: thing one and thing two Publisher’s Weekly summary and Amazon’s first official response From these, it should also be clear why all [...]

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