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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
He's not trolling. He's been politely discussing the topic here & in the Kindle blog. If it gets a bit heated at times, well, we're all talking about subjects we care deeply about, and using loaded words to push our points.
I don't believe he works for the publishing industry. Even if he does, I don't care; the publishing industry has just as much right as I do to encourage people to believe its economic model of choice is the best one.
He's not blindly expecting people to be convinced because he keeps repeating his points; he keeps repeating them because he sees flaws in the answers he's gotten. And he's at least somewhat right--if everyone hands their favorite books around to all their friends on Facebook, those authors won't sell enough to be able to write more books.
He d this is likely to happen if non-DRM becomes the standard. I don't. Neither of us has solid numbers to support our claims; there's no way to track the casual sharing that does happen and relate it to sales to find out if it helps or hurts, much less speculate on how much more there would be if the locks were removed.
Doesn't mean it's pointless to discuss; maybe we'll find ways to get those numbers in the future. Recognizing the maybe-problems lets us speculate on maybe-solutions. But we should all be aware that we're discussing possibilities, not facts; we don't have enough data to discuss facts.
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Well I am not the only one asking,but I am pressing the point. As I said...I pretty sure we now know the answer. :-)
He also continues to discuss off topic and ignore the topic of discussion DRM.