Thread: STUDY SHOWS: Ditching DRM could reduce piracy, prices
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Old 10-17-2011, 07:39 AM   #394
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Because MOST of what he current sells are paper books. I don't know how many eBooks he sells, but I suspect (and I may of course be completely wrong!) that relatively few people will choose to buy what's available for free.

Time will, of course, be the judge of what marketing strategies do or don't work in this "brave new world".
True, but it's not like he's giving away the same book he is selling. They are different. It's more like getting a free sample or first chapter in order to see the book or other books by the same author.
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