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Originally Posted by NVash
I would think theres only one real benefit to either.
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For you. You can't speak for anyone else.
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DRM - You bought a book and you dont want to use it for just, say, the Kindle. So you rip the DRM off and put it on other things such as your Nook, iPhone or whichever other device.
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You want to keep a copy of the ebook in case the seller (or its authentication server) goes belly-up.
The ebook isn't available for the device you have, so you get what you can.
For instance, there's a guy over in the promote-your-book section selling some books I'd love to read. He doesn't sell them in any format which will go on my ebook reader. Nor in paper, for that matter. He lost up to $20.93 tonight -- that's what I spent at Smashwords acquiring books that weren't his. If I'd been willing to strip DRM (note: I won't buy DRM-locked ebooks) and convert the format, I could have bought and read his books instead of Tim Myers's. He lost a sale, I maybe didn't find a new author to buy from in the future, and Tim made twenty bucks off me. As if he doesn't have enough of my money already. :-/
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SCAN - The book is on pback or hardcover but not yet an ebook. The person scanning has gotten tired of waiting and wants to read it on an ereader of their choice so they rip it apart and scan it.
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See above.
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Now I could be wrong but thats the only reason I can think of for either.
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The only reason that
you can think of. That doesn't mean it's the only reason anybody else can think of.