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Originally Posted by acidzebra
I agree fully there - this is why I argued earlier that treating the pirated books like a market separate from the ebook market and the pbook market makes sense - you can't compete on price there, as pirated works are typically available for free. There are a lot of other ways to compete, but trying to lock down your content and make it inconvenient for people is probably a Very Bad Idea.
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Agreed hundred percent about DRM, no question about it.
But to me any realistic model/discussion has to include some kind of price level of ebooks and the utility of buying them. There are many reasons you would like to buy an ebook even if you could find it for free - for example if you perceive the author/publisher as your friend, if you are part of a community - like Baen for example so successfully does. Make a community, be nice to your fans/customers rather than shouting at them and you may see some changes...And let us be realistic, for most authors we are not talking about millions of people, but thousands or tens of thousands if they are lucky...
Even though the long-awaited
Storm of the Shadows by D. Weber (HH #14) got released as a whoopsie draft by mistake by Mr. Weber, most people who got that will pay the 15$ for the legitimate e-arc and some will buy the hc next year too
I am willing to support authors - but insults, taking the high-moral ground and such just put me off - most authors who do well are just matter of fact about piracy - see Scalzi, Stross and others - and I have not seen them shouting from the rooftops about the *evil pirates*.