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Originally Posted by 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.)
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Bullseye!
People just want to read their books!
It doesn't discourage me from sharing my books because I learned the hard way NOT to share books since when I got them back IF I got them back they were all jacked up!
As much as the Anti drm'ers state that stripping drm is easy, I've checked it out & quite honestly the time it would take me to go through all of the process, I could spend time actually READING my books.
I think I've taken sufficient means to protect my investment in ebooks. So unless all the stores that I've bought my books from, & Adobe all go belly up, I think I'm fine.