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mysweety · 02-04-2011, 12:43 PM

I read a critical review of the latest by Gary Steygarth and decided I wanted to read it. Most ebook versions were around 26 dollars but the cheapest was 7 dollars. I found a new pback version on Amazon UK for 1.50 and with postage it came to 6.50. So I bought it - no hassle with DRM - no worry about Adobe xware etc and whether there wasn't some hidden geographical restriction in the end which would force me to try to get a refund.

Commercial offerings for ebooks are just worth the money - until publishers convince themselves that DRM and g restrictions a turn-off they won't get my trade.

I love my ebook(PB360) for classical and stuff from Smashwords which gives me no hassle and has good value for money.

02-04-2011, 12:43 PM	#76
mysweety Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 7104 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Hanlin V3, PB360	I read a critical review of the latest by Gary Steygarth and decided I wanted to read it. Most ebook versions were around 26 dollars but the cheapest was 7 dollars. I found a new pback version on Amazon UK for 1.50 and with postage it came to 6.50. So I bought it - no hassle with DRM - no worry about Adobe xware etc and whether there wasn't some hidden geographical restriction in the end which would force me to try to get a refund. Commercial offerings for ebooks are just worth the money - until publishers convince themselves that DRM and g restrictions a turn-off they won't get my trade. I love my ebook(PB360) for classical and stuff from Smashwords which gives me no hassle and has good value for money.