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Originally Posted by Hellmark
I have no problem with them being paid either. I mean, it is a freaking buck for good stories. That is chump change. I just hate the georestriction and DRM.
Here you have people wanting to give Tor money, but not being able to, simply based on where they live or what they use to read with. I use Linux, and ADE and Kindle aren't natively supported. Yes, I could use Windows or MacOS, but for everything else I do I have no problem using Linux, so it would end up with me paying money just to be able to pay money for something. Seems silly to me. It is also possible to use Wine, but that can be tricky or bug prone, and the next update of the software can break that (which has happened). So, my options are pay a minimum of $100 to be able to buy the book, or use a potentially problematic method that can break at any time, leaving me unable to access what I've paid for should anything happen. If they sold DRM free, wouldn't be a problem.
And the aforementioned scenario also only comes into play if I happen to be in an area that they will now sell to. There have been several times I've gone to buy a book, only to be told that I do not live in a region that they can sell to. One of my favorite books of the past couple years has two sequels out that I cannot get.
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Yeah, Macmillan books are the least available and most expensive...luckily they don't put out too much of interest to me these days....