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Originally Posted by stonetools
Most authors, publishers and booksellers disagree. They see the figures, they have the expertise and above all they have the responsibility to make these decisions. I'll go with them over an interested amateur who isn't in the business and who thinks he knows better than the experts. Sorry.
You can spend your money how you like. In the meantime, there has been a sharp rise in the purchase of ebooks by average readers who don't care anything about DRM. I think the publishers care a lot more about that , than the theories of the digerati.
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1) I write (and edit) for a living.
2) I've managed a bookstore.
3) I've worked in publishing.
4) I'm not the only MR member with such qualifications.
I don't support abolishing DRM because it's the one thing holding us back from Utopia, I support abolishing it because I think it's a stupid waste of time and resources.