Publishers and distributors use it by adding bits of data to an existing file. It’s already widely used in audiobooks and mp3, but it’s still only rarely used in ebooks. This firm, which is chiefly known for providing the social DRM used by Pottermore, the Harry Potter ebookstore, is hoping to offer publishers a new set of tools which will enable them to add digital watermarks to Kindle ebooks.ĭigital watermarks, a term which is often used interchangeably with social DRM, is a less intrusive way to lock down a file.
Publishing Perspectives is reporting today that the Dutch DRM specialists at BooXtream are working on a new version of their watermark type of DRM. This is one of the many less than pleasant changes Amazon made when building the Kindle platform out of Mobipocket, and fairly soon publishers will have a third option. And since Amazon was the only seller of DRM-ed Kindle ebooks, publishers either had to go commando (and give up on DRM) or sell via the Kindle Store.
BooXtream Now Working on Watermark DRM for Kindle eBooksĪ lot of publishers fear Amazon but virtually all will admit that they have to have their ebooks avaialble for the Kindle.
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