[bookcourier] Enhancement Suggestions
- From: Katie Walker <katie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:06:46 -0800
Hi Debee, Darren, and others who have made enhancement suggestions,
I've read through all the recent suggestions for Transfer Tool
improvements and passed them on to Steve. Thank you for taking the
time to put everything in writing -- it's a big help for us. We are
planning a new release in the near future with support for RFB&D
DAISY titles as well as some fixes. We will look closely at these
recent suggestions to see if we can easily include them in the
release. I do want to mention one very important factor that we all
need to keep in mind regarding any enhancements: Digital Rights
Management (DRM). We have several content partners who are very
concerned about BookCourier's ability to perform DRM. These partners
won't work with us if we can't ensure that their content goes only to
those people who have paid for it. For this reason, we have chosen
not to make the Transfer Tool an open source application. This is
also a big factor in creating some kind of card reader transfer
solution. Yes, transfers would be much faster if we took advantage of
today's USB 2.0 card readers, but we also must ensure that the data
we transfer is encrypted for a particular BookCourier that has been
registered or activated for a particular content provider. This isn't
to say that card reader transfers can't be done -- only that it's not
a slam dunk.
Again, thanks for your input.
Katie
Katie Walker
Springer Design, Inc.
katie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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