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I've got two reasons (among others) why I don't like DRM:
1. You must install special DRM'd ebook mgmt software on your PC (in my case Adobe Digital Editions), download the ebook, load it into the DRM'd ebook mgmt software, authorize my ereader in ADE, and finally have ADE load the book onto my ereader. Now I can begin reading.
With Smashwords I can download the ebook, copy it to my ereader, and begin reading.
2. I can't give a DRM'd ebook to a friend. It just can't happen. Period. The DRM'd ebook is locked to my device and only my device.
With Smashwords I can cut the ebook from my device and paste it into my friend's device. Just like you'd do with a regular paper book. Cutting is removing the book from my possession, pasting is giving the book to someone else.
I have never bought a DRM'd ebook. And I will never buy a DRM'd ebook for just the very reasons I mentioned above. Like electricity, I follow the path of least resistance.
All that aside, I do wish you success in the ebook marketplace.
Last edited by speedtouch; 08-05-2010 at 04:31 PM.
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