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Suzanna · 10-13-2011, 01:24 PM

I can see a point in time when I'll self publish a book. When that time comes, I'll do what many indie authors who I respect also do - I'll publish the book without DRM protection. If I, as an author, choose to add DRM to my ebook files, that's like saying to all my readers that I don't trust them and I think they have the potential to be thieves. Might some of them decide to share/torrent my book? Sure. But it's ridiculously easy to strip DRM anyway - I do it myself so any ebook I buy can be used on whichever device I happen to be using at that time. Why would I want to insult my readers? I want them to be able to enjoy my book on their Kobo, their Nook, their Kindle, or whichever device they buy. What I don't want is my non-DRM-stripping-savvy readers to think of me as that jerkface author who locked their ebooks so the epub files they purchased for their Sony last year can't be converted and read on their brand new Kindle.

As far as I'm concerned, keeping your ebook DRM-free (if you're an indie author who has control over such things) is good customer service.

10-13-2011, 01:24 PM	#172
Suzanna Living in the past Posts: 432 Karma: 6011289 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Arc	I can see a point in time when I'll self publish a book. When that time comes, I'll do what many indie authors who I respect also do - I'll publish the book without DRM protection. If I, as an author, choose to add DRM to my ebook files, that's like saying to all my readers that I don't trust them and I think they have the potential to be thieves. Might some of them decide to share/torrent my book? Sure. But it's ridiculously easy to strip DRM anyway - I do it myself so any ebook I buy can be used on whichever device I happen to be using at that time. Why would I want to insult my readers? I want them to be able to enjoy my book on their Kobo, their Nook, their Kindle, or whichever device they buy. What I don't want is my non-DRM-stripping-savvy readers to think of me as that jerkface author who locked their ebooks so the epub files they purchased for their Sony last year can't be converted and read on their brand new Kindle. As far as I'm concerned, keeping your ebook DRM-free (if you're an indie author who has control over such things) is good customer service. Last edited by Suzanna; 10-13-2011 at 01:30 PM.