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jes1 · 08-20-2010, 11:26 PM

I resisted the idea of stripping DRM for a long time, until the Fictionwise debacle this April. Most of my DRM'd books are in the ereader format, and I believed it would be supported for a long time, so I did not worry. But after watching the Adobe PDF mess, and figuring pdb format and lit format are at the end of their useful lives, I decided to go to the effort of future proofing my books. I do re-read books I enjoy. I have read some many times, so this is an important issue to me. The whole mess has made me appreciate sites like Baen, Smashwords, A Writer's Work, and others. Many small press and independant authors are starting to get more and more of my money in appreciation for their courage to go DRM free. I want to support that attitude as much as possible.

08-20-2010, 11:26 PM	#33
jes1 Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 698 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Device: Astak EZReader, Dell Axim x50v, iPod Touch, nook	I resisted the idea of stripping DRM for a long time, until the Fictionwise debacle this April. Most of my DRM'd books are in the ereader format, and I believed it would be supported for a long time, so I did not worry. But after watching the Adobe PDF mess, and figuring pdb format and lit format are at the end of their useful lives, I decided to go to the effort of future proofing my books. I do re-read books I enjoy. I have read some many times, so this is an important issue to me. The whole mess has made me appreciate sites like Baen, Smashwords, A Writer's Work, and others. Many small press and independant authors are starting to get more and more of my money in appreciation for their courage to go DRM free. I want to support that attitude as much as possible.