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And people hating Amazon enough to forgo profit may possibly be a minority group. I imagine most of us would like it if everyone ran things for our benefit. Today Amazon and all the book sellers, tomorrow the world. |
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What I can't understand is how the book publishers are willing to spend $0.22+ per ebook on Adobe's DRM. Dropping DRM and increasing profit per ebook by $0.22 should be a no-brainer. |
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03-22-2013, 01:31 PM | #34 | |
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And I wasn't suggesting selling a $9.99 ebook at $9.77. I was suggesting making $7.21 from a $9.99 ebook instead of $6.99. |
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To clarify for "AnemicOak" (an ill oak in Minnesota?) My post expressed my impression of
the situation based on what appears to be the results in the marketplace. I have no leaked e-mails, interdepartmental memos, or whistle blower testimony, and the interworkings of such corporations are seldom made public. I too would love to have more factual information on this subject, from any who have been involved in the process. That a company would go to the trouble to develop/adapt a DRM system that restricted the use of the ebooks they sell to only those devices and applications that they sell/control, is a considerable expense and commitment on their part. Such actions are not often taken without some potential profit in mind. I have no proof that "they" have made it a part of their negotiations with authors and publishers, and it could be that no overt actions are part of the process. It would be odd though if they went to the trouble to create their own proprietary DRM and neglected to promote it. That they allow no other DRM on the books they sell might indicate something, as well. Luck; Ken |
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Book retailers provide DRM because the major publishers require it.
No DRM, no sales of those publishers' eBooks. |
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This seems false to me since if the publisher told the book retailer that they could choose to have DRM or not at least Amazon would choose to have DRM.
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The major publishers do require DRM. Retailers must provide it to sell those eBooks. |
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That their belief is wrong is irrelevant. It would be foolish of them to act against their beliefs, and even more foolish of us to expect them to. |
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Of course, they may make a different choice with a big publisher, but the only evidence I'm aware of (ie how they act with KDP-published books) suggests that Amazon don't really care whether DRM is used or not. Last edited by avantman42; 03-22-2013 at 06:16 PM. Reason: Changed "They" to "Amazon" to improve clarity |
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03-22-2013, 06:21 PM | #43 |
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IIRC aren't all Amazon published books (ie put out by Amazon Publishing) DRM'd? That would seem to show they care when it comes to what they themselves are putting out.
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I'd forgotten they have their own publishing arm I honestly don't know if they're DRM'd or not. You're right, though, that would probably be a better indicator of whether or not Amazon would choose to use DRM if the publisher left the choice to them.
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