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Old 07-18-2012, 04:10 PM   #847
Harper Kingsley
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Originally Posted by spindlegirl View Post
I also feel a bit more sympathy for authors who are "doing it right" (DRM-free, reasonable prices, connecting with their audience) who still get pirated. Not that other people "deserve it", but you know what I mean... especially since many people cite price and DRM restrictions among the reasons.
I've been toying with the idea of adding DRM to my Amazon books, and that kind of upsets me. I like being able to make my books available for everyone to read on whatever device, but Amazon offers the ebook return policy and I'm about 99% sure that some people buy my book, keep a copy, then get a refund. Plus, there was one that came out and ended up on a torrent site that same day and the only sale at that point was on Amazon... and it got returned

So at this point, I don't think DRM is why some people pirate. I just think there's some people out there that do it because they can. And I don't know how much having my books Lending enabled helps to give people second thoughts or anything.
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