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Old 09-13-2010, 09:48 PM   #33
J. Strnad
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I'm really getting the feeling (can't tell you exactly why) that retailers care a lot less about DRM than the publishers do. I wonder if they'd all open up if publishers didn't insist on "protecting" (aka "crippling") their ebooks with DRM.

I've sold x-many copies of Risen at Smashwords, without DRM. I've sold 3x-many copies of Risen at Amazon, without DRM. I've sold, as far as I know, zero/zilch/nada copies of Risen at B&N and the Sony store and Kobobooks with DRM.*

What do I think of DRM? Guess.

*I know this is not a scientific study with controlled variables. It could be any number of other factors. I'm just saying.
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