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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
Mobileread is honestly the only place on the planet I know of that has readers who select what to read on the basis of a lack of DRM.
This is not to say that there are lots of worthwhile reads that are DRM-free.
But my decision to pay money down for novel X or Y is not driven by the format the book is in: it's whether the book appears to be worth spending my leisure time with it or not. I am not prepared to stop shopping at Amazon for my Kindle 3 or at Kobobooks for my Kobo just because there is DRM. If the authors and titles that intrigure me are for sale there, I'll plunk down my cash. DRM or not, my eReader will play the title as expected.
And, I'm not prepared to give up public library access if it means becoming a DRM-free household.
I applaud authors and publishers who supply their goods DRM and Calibre-friendly for customer conversions. But it's simply NOT part of my ebook buying decision: the content, not the format, is king.
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I totally agree. I simply want to read the books that I like whether they have drm or not. I always make sure to back up my ebooks so that if I need to I can reload them. Such was the case when I got a new pc over the summer and had to reload them from my portable HD back onto my new pc. Worked just fine without any problems.
My biggest criteria for ebooks is price. If it is too much money, I just won't buy it. There's plenty out there for me to read within my price range.