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Originally Posted by avantman42
I still don't agree, but I also don't think we're going to agree on this point, so I'm just going to let it go.
I know you didn't say it would. I didn't suggest you had. As it happens, I suspect you're right. Personally, I suspect removing DRM would have very little effect on sales, up or down. I'd still like to see more evidence though, for either side.
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Just to throw more into the equation, one author I know published a book without lending available--her belief was the lending hurt sales (even though it's a lend once policy). Now the sub-sample is extremely small, but the bottom line was that she couldn't tell a difference. Of course, she is an unknown. So if the book were by a well-known author, I *think* it would hurt more.
Why do I bring it up? Because DRM on one of my books is probably vastly different than DRM on a John Grisham book. Just as lending of that book would be.