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Old 04-24-2012, 01:20 PM   #518
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post

What I don't have (and what the publishers refuse to gather data for) is how many future purchases are prevented by the loss of that casual sharing. Few people discover their favorite authors by buying one of that author's books new.

There is evidence that DRM leads to less sharing. There is no evidence that DRM leads to *more sales.*

I am endlessly baffled at the number of authors who apparently don't want their books read.

Surely logic must prove this to be true. I suppose you can lead a horse to a kindle, but you can't make him rail against the machine.
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