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I'm quite positive that the DRM status of my one ebook has not hurt its sales or its sisters print version. (You can argue that I don't have the data and you're right, I don't, and neither do you.) My second soon-to-be published book will also be available in both print and DRMd ebook. Obviously there is an anti-DRM culture out there and frankly my books are are not going to fit in that culture –again, you're not my market –DRMd or not. If I'm wrong, buy the print version, loan it out, put it on your shelf.
My significant other and I share our Amazon account. I read about half of what she does and visa versa. Of the sixty or so ebooks I've read, they will be available on my Amazon account for when my eReader breaks and I move on to the next device. Even though I reread a book about every decade or so.
I have no idea how many DRM'd ebooks were sold today on Amazon and Barnes & Noble but it was significant –thousands? I'm positive that few if any of buyers flinched today because of DRM. I don't see Amazon filing for bankruptcy anytime soon over the use of DRMd ebooks.
There are obviously two camps with this issue and I doubt any amount of passionate arguing on a forum is going to change anybody's opinion. Elfwreck and ScalyFreak: Follow your compass, I'll follow mine. And cheers to both camps.
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