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Originally Posted by Justin Nemo
That must be the shortest reply you have ever made.  |
Probably the most accurate too.
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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak
Exactly. The MR community is made up of the experts that the vast majority go to for advice and help. And that is why our opinions matter, and why authors should pay attention to the fact that a very large number of very vocal MR members refuse to buy books with DRM.  [...] |
Do you really think it's true that MR is "made up of the experts"? And what about the "very large number" - how did you work that out? These threads get long, but not because there are a lot of participants. From the various threads I've watched on this topic I would have said there were some people quite knowledgeable on the subject, a more significant number with strong opinions on the subject, and a huge number that are probably not too different from your (for want of a better description) average ebook buyer. I think it would be a mistake to draw too many conclusions from the small percentage of people that actually participate on these threads.
The other thing that I think is often forgotten in these debates is that DRM is simply a non-issue for a large number of readers. They read the book and move on, and never get to care whether they can transfer it to another reader. As Elfwreck noted, they didn't buy the ebook because it had DRM on it, anymore than we buy a pbook for the copyright and publishing details inside the front cover, but as long as most readers get what they did buy (the ability to read the book), they don't care much whether those other bits are there or not.
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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak
Sure, but what's good for the customer is good for the seller. As for the bottom line, I have yet to see anyone present verifiable statistics that show beyond doubt that adding DRM to a book increases sales compared to not having the DRM on the same book.
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Nor have I seen the reverse.