The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released "Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers."
Here's an excerpt from the announcement:
What questions should consumers ask before buying a digital book or reader? Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) published "Digital Books and Your Rights," a checklist for readers considering buying into the digital book marketplace.
Over the last few months, the universe of digital books has expanded dramatically, with products like Amazon's Kindle, Google Books, Internet Archive's Text Archive, Barnes and Noble's Nook, and Apple's upcoming iPad poised to revolutionize reading. But while this digital books revolution could make books more accessible than ever before, there are lingering questions about the future of reader privacy, consumers' rights, and potential censorship.
EFF's checklist outlines eight categories of questions readers should ask as they evaluate new digital book products and services, including:
*Does the service protect your privacy by limiting tracking of you and your reading?
*When you pay for a book, do you own the book, or do you just rent or license it?
*Is the service censorship resistant?
