Thread: Speaking of DRM
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Old 06-21-2011, 04:44 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by mr ploppy View Post
DRM is invisible to most Kindle owners, and people who worry about being able to re-read it at a later date will know how to remove it, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Vincent,

Mr. ploppy is completely correct here.

Your bigger concern may be philosophical. Perhaps you simply want readers to know you don't like DRM on your work.

Short of unpublishing and republishing, which would indeed be a strong statement and sacrifice that might win you some points with the anti-drm crowd, I like anamardoll's idea about including an author's note about your position. You don't even have to mention Smashwords, just explain your position and why it's that way on Amazon, and mention that it's also available without DRM. Heck, you might even want to offer purchasers of the DRMed version a DRM-free copy...

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