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Originally Posted by starrigger
Perhaps I should explain my thinking a little further, since that's the flag that most people will raise.
Do I think that some people will steal my books or put them up on the darknet? I'm sure some will. (I don't think the majority will, though.) Most of my books are already up on the darknet. But I think the people inclined to steal them will do so, DRM or no DRM. All but a couple of my books are available somewhere without DRM already.
So, leaving aside the whole question of whether having my books pirated helps or hurts (you know, that obscurity thing), let's just ask, would I rather have some of my books floating around illicitly shared and have more readers, or have the distribution tightly controlled and fewer readers? There's no way to know which would mean more money for me.
My answer is, more readers. I have said before that I would rather go broke from unwisely giving too much away than go broke because my books are languishing in obscurity. Sure, there's a risk. But I think it's a risk worth taking.
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In my case, I started with your free eBook(s) and then went and bought more when Fictionwise had them on sale. But if it wasn't for the free eBooks, I would not have bought the ones I did buy.