Thread: Speaking of DRM
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Old 06-21-2011, 02:07 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by VydorScope View Post
Yea that is what I was afraid of, I have good ratings (4/5 with 13 reviews), and all though my sales rank is falling now (I need figure out this adverting stuff) its been as high as #7 in Sci-Fi.

I guess I will just leave the mess be. If some one emails me and complains, I'll can point them to Smashwords...

Thanks
You know what I would do?

If you can update the book content, I would put in an "author's note" or something near the front that explains the situation (a simple "This book is sold on Amazon with DRM and on Smashwords without DRM, for technical reasons." would probably suffice).

People who download the sample to read would have that information available to them, and they could make a decision based on that. It's certainly more transparent than MOST books, where you just don't know if it has DRM until after you've bought it and tried to load it to an incompatible device.

As a reader, I'd respect that a lot.
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