prevent their texts from being downloaded or freely copied.
One reason publishers are excited to work with us is that they worry that publishing channels are contracting as Amazon and Google are gaining control over the e-book space
partly because standard publishing is so slow. “If this is a book that is going to be interesting to people, now is the time that it fits into the national mood,” he said.
I've used Scribd for a while now - great service. This NYTimes article describes how it's moving into becoming a platform for e-publishing with a business model for authors/ publishers. Also meant as a diversification / challenge to Amazon's Kindle, and to Google.
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