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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Why would they?
That is exactly why Amazon lets you have 6 *active* reading devices per account. Sharing books within the immediate family is part of the expected usage pattern.
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And yet many demand more
But in fairness, most people I encounter who buy ebooks or borrow from the library are not unduly bothered by DRM or even slightly bothered by it. For the most part the general feeling is this is great. I can buy a book, or borrow from the library or download a freebie. Why wasn't this invented 30 or 50 years ago
For every person who feels downtrodden because they cannot sell or share their used ebooks there Is probably one who says let them just buy it like I did. So authors probably lose only half their revenue. A mere 91 million for James Patterson last year, but a guy or gal who makes $10- $20,000 a year probably misses the other potential $10-$20,000 more
Helen