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Originally Posted by murraypaul
The following things are both true:
- Amazon DRM is more restrictive than B&N DRM
- There are far more devices (by numbers sold) that can read Amazon DRM than B&N DRM
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I don't disagree with that, except with the obvious "no one actually knows the unit numbers sold and kept" caveats.
However, if, say, the bulk of Kindle buyers are casual readers who don't go out of their way to support indie authors and the bulk of B&N buyers are heavy users who do, that would make a difference. There's a lot of variables at stake.
And, again,
I do not blame an author for trying to make a living. But I'm not going to buy exclusive indie books from Amazon because as a reader and a writer I'm not interested in helping Amazon build a monopoly on indie publishing.
If you, Random Indie Author, are confident that you don't need my money: great! But I honestly don't owe you a purchase, I'm tired of being told "no, I'm Amazon-exclusive, but google Apprentice Alf!" when that misses my point entirely, and it's a little tiresome when I buy books from you (Random Indie Author) and then you yank your title off B&N and my download link goes wonky. I think I have the right to be touchy when I pay money for a title only to have it taken away.