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ProfCrash · 12-07-2010, 12:15 PM

I don't think Amazon would have a problem with dropping the DRM. Amazon sells books without DRM. I think the problem is that Publishers want the DRM because they think that it protects the books.

They are probably right. I am going to guess that maybe 10% of the e-reading population knows that it is possible to strip DRM and convert formats. Probably 50% of that 10% use that capability.

Most folks will buy from the most convinient store. For the e-reaers tied to a store it makes sense to do so because the store maintains an archive of your books for you. I doubt that Amazon would lose a ton of business if they did not DRM books, they might actually pick up business if other e-readers read their format, think of what happened to sales at Amazon when the IPad was released.

12-07-2010, 12:15 PM	#36
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I don't think Amazon would have a problem with dropping the DRM. Amazon sells books without DRM. I think the problem is that Publishers want the DRM because they think that it protects the books. They are probably right. I am going to guess that maybe 10% of the e-reading population knows that it is possible to strip DRM and convert formats. Probably 50% of that 10% use that capability. Most folks will buy from the most convinient store. For the e-reaers tied to a store it makes sense to do so because the store maintains an archive of your books for you. I doubt that Amazon would lose a ton of business if they did not DRM books, they might actually pick up business if other e-readers read their format, think of what happened to sales at Amazon when the IPad was released.