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Originally Posted by NickSpalding
First off, I don't quite know why your getting so hot under the collar...we've just got a difference of opinion, that's all.
Second, I didn't know what DRM meant when I posted the book up and of course Amazon won't let you go DRM free unless you republish the entire book again - which is a real winner of a procedure, I don't think.
The very fact my book is quirky and doesn't have an obvious place in the market is precisely the reason why I chose to self-publish it. It's also not the only thing I've written.
I stand by the argument that to be a successful author - at this time - you need an agent and a publisher.
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I'm hot under the collar because every other month it's another person in and around here defending DRM or calling people thieves when they share a story or having a go at the very system they're now utilising for their own ends. And then to boldly state that writers don't care or are not good enough because they choose to publish themselves, is an insult. Add to that a sense of bafflement that anybody who valued their own 'product' would blindly walk into digital publishing without knowing, or really caring about what DRM is and what it does to the audience.
You come off as someone who is gaming this site. Just using digital readers and their good will as a stepping stone or a stop gap on your way towards where you actually want to be, within the traditional publishing ecosystem.