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Originally Posted by stonetools
FWIW, the Tor.com editors at their blog think the prices are just fine. Indeed, they seem a little miffed that people raised price concerns at all.
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My take is that if nothing, prices might actually go up for DRM free books to cover losses from casual sharing. So , price relief is unlikely . Note that original fiction from Baen is often around $15.00. |
I doubt "casual sharing" for an ebook is particularly high, probably less than "casual sharing" for a physical book. Any costs associated with casual sharing should be more than made up by: (i) the positive press Tor is generating by making this move (it has been heavily reported); and (ii) the extra revenue generated from people that would have avoided Tor books because of the DRM.
Tor isn't removing DRM out of the goodness of their hearts, they're doing it to make money.