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I really would prefer not to relitigate for the 12659th time whether ebook prices are too high or the uses of of DRM. Been there, done that, got the T shirt, wore it out.
Lets just accept that the Big Six Publishers and most professional authors think DRM is necessary to prevent financial losses caused by casual sharing of their titles by unsophisticated consumers and they would have to be convinced otherwise.
Lets also accept that prices are the most significant factor in determining demand for ebooks for consumers and that DRM is irrelevant for most consumers.
Suppose one of the Big 6 decide that they could live with the likely financial losses that they would suffer if they went DRM free, could they circumvent Amazion's strangehold on the retail market by offering their books to the public the way Pottermore did
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