[SensualPoet]

In spite of the constant harangue about DRM here on Mobileread, it doesn't appear to have impacted the ability of Amazon, B&N, Sony, Kobo and everyone else who is doing it ... from selling ebooks with (and ebook readers supporting) DRM.

ebook DRM does not get in the way of the reading experience but it does discourage a tidal wave of sharing. Give someone your paperback and you no longer have your paperback; that is not the same thing with ebooks.

For those really fussed by DRM, well, it can be removed. The evidence suggests the public, however, can't be bothered and is content to vote with their cash, buying DRM ebooks in greater and greater volume.

(It would be interesting to know how many ebooks purchased with DRM stay locked by the original purchaser. My guess is that, in percentage terms, virtually all of them stay that way.)