[neilmarr]

If you buy one of my ebooks from a store that uses DRM, and you can't download or read the book on your chosen device—whether it's the reader you originally bought it for or another—I want to help. Email me, preferably with some evidence of your purchase, and I will provide you with a copy that works for you. If you want to share it with a family member or a close friend the way you might a paper book, that's fine with me. If you want to convert the file to work on a different device, feel free. I trust you not to share it indiscriminately. I figure if I treat you with respect, you'll respect my need to earn a living, so I can continue to write. And you'll get to read my book and own a copy of it, which was the whole point to begin with.


This is quite brilliant, Starrigger.

And, with your permission, I will shamelessly plagiarise it for my own site (I'll pass a draft by you).

Being a partner in our indie publishing house (and knowing my other partner and co-workers so well), we will have no problem making this promise ourselves.

There may be some opposition from third-party retailers who slap their own DRM on our ebooks and without our permission. Quite honestly, I don't give Kurt Vonnegut's 'flying f*ck at the mooooon'.

We detest DRM, but the only assurance we've been able to make up to now is that ebooks from our own site are GUARANTEED DRM-free. This idea of yours means we can take that a tad further. And tell those who use DRM to exploit and inconvenience the honest buyer, 'Up yours!'

Many thanks, Starrigger -- and here's maximum karma to you for a fine thought. Best wishes. Neil