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Originally Posted by ApK
"How can I get more people to buy my books?" can potentially be answered in part with "By not letting quite so many of the customers get it for free quite so easily."
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That's a potential start, but it doesn't follow that someone prevented from getting a free copy is going to pay for the same content. (But otherwise, yes, you make cogent arguments.)
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It is a fact that many authors who sell ebooks with DRM, even some with Amazon exclusives, do very well. The Kindle ecosystem is working. It's bringing in readers and selling books. Same with the Nook. The arguments in your post above will not sway authors, in the face of that reality. I fear they may even do more harm than good.
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At this point, I'm not worried about convincing authors. I'm swimming in reading material, more than I have time for. I'd be concerned about what my kids will be reading in another decade or two, but the whole publishing industry is in such chaos I don't think any particular current methods of acquiring literature are going to be relevant.