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Originally Posted by starrigger
Anyway, can't I give a copy of my book to a reader if I want to?
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Well, not if you expect the book to sell on Amazon.com. Amazon will match the price of a book at any competing retailer, and if the price is zero, it can and at least sometimes has de-listed the book.
I fail to understand the dislike of DRM on this board. All my books are DRM-protected, to the extent that it provides any protection at all, and I can't image why any author wouldn't protect his literary rights to the best of his ability. DRM-free is the equivalent of publishing in a world where machine copying was free and instantaneous. In such a word, nobody would publish anything worth reading, because it would all be stolen without recompense; the only books available would be propaganda and special pleading.
Art is not free. Even journalism--at least, journalism worth reading--is not free. Get over it.