After many false starts, the universe of digital books is poised to expand dramatically.

An expansion that should perhaps be viewed with both excitement and wariness.

Excitement because digital books could...

  • revolutionize reading;
  • make more books...
    • findable; and
    • more accessible...
      to more people in more ways than ever before.

Wariness because the various entities that will help make this digital book revolution possible may not always respect the rights and expectations that...

  • readers;
  • authors;
  • booksellers; and
  • librarians...

...have built up, and defended, over generations of experience with physical books.

Hugh, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says...

"EFF has released a white paper to help readers of digital books answer questions about privacy, book licenses, DRM and other issues."

Read the full article and/or download the pdf publication at https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-books-and-your-rights.