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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Don't forget: In the absence of DRM (workable or not), many publishers will not produce e-books at all. If some customers will buy DRM-set e-books, that's more than no one buying an e-book at all. So from the publishers' perspective, they're coming out ahead. That's why there is still DRM.
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Well, that is obviously their choice, though I think it is wrongheaded.
It was tried with mp3 sales -- the trend there is clear. I never purchased online DRM'd music, but I have spent quite a lot of money since Amazon opened their mp3 store with DRM-free files.
If a publisher doesn't want my money, I will spend it on the publishers (and authors) that do (e.g., Baen).
I don't provide or partake of pirated content. I will also not pay current prices for what are essentially media rentals. If a publisher wants to use DRM'd files, they had better reduce their prices massively.