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Originally Posted by frahse
Still for me as an author, I like DRM. I think it helps me.
It is a bottom line thing.
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Bottom line: In the last few years, Patricia Ryan has gotten ~$30 from me, minus whatever Smashwords takes.
Ellen O'Connell has gotten $12 from me, $3 for each book she offers, and will be getting another purchase as soon as she's produced another book, regardless of what it contains.
ZA Maxfield has gotten about $20 from me, minus whatever cuts her publisher takes.
LA Witt/Lauren Gallagher has gotten a bit more than that.
The estate of Marion Zimmer Bradley has gotten about $30 (minus, you know) from me for short stories from out-of-print magazines and anthologies.
Jean Lorrah & Jacqueline Lichtenberg: $50 (etc.); I have no idea how they split royalties for combined works.
You have gotten $0 from me. As long as your works are DRMd, you will continue to get $0 from me. Also, I won't be recommending your works to other readers, because I haven't read them, because they're offered in formats I find inaccessible.
How is DRM helping your bottom line? Who is buying your work because of DRM, who wouldn't buy it otherwise?