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Originally Posted by Piper_
There's a psychological element, too. Rather than position themselves as adversarial to e-readers, they should embrace this new audience, taking advantage of the ability to interact and thus win our affection.
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...yet some of them act so FREAKED OUT and so pro-DRM as to seem hostile to all comers, that at least for me, it's certainly ruined any kind of potential sale.
If an author is nearly unknown, it doesn't help business to have potential readers only associate them with being scornful about their market.
Especially with genre fiction.
Then again, if any measure to deter piracy is worth it, alienating readers is certainly effective.