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Originally Posted by kennyc
In agreement with Harry, I think there are many non-techies that really don't want to deal with any of that and would rather re-buy any books they want to re-read if they have to on a new device.
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I agree - that's why I keep trying to redirect people's attention to the issue of "convenience."
All this talk about DRM, and format conversion, and pirating, ignores the elephant - how much is someone willing to pay to have some no-hassle reading?
At a dollar an ebook, all these other issues have no weight. The problem is that at a dollar an ebook, most writers/publishers have no profit. But by the time we get to DRM territory, we are at a point where convenience has gone, or is going, away. When the price point is too high for anyone who is concerned with sharing ebooks with friends & family, or reading on multiple devices, they will look for ways to circumvent DRM, be it Alf or the pirates.