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calvin-c · 12-13-2013, 11:18 AM

And where's the option that I'd still read ebooks DRM or not? Poll is worthless, very biased.

I was reading ebooks for close to 3 years before I stumbled across Mobileread and learned about deDRM'ing. I *was* choosy about where I bought them-most of mine came from Fictionwise which had ways to handle device changes. (MobiPocket PID could be changed, eReader used credit card info, etc.) So DRM was inconvenient but not a show-stopper. What stopped me was the publishers forcing sellers to raise prices.

If unbreakable DRM was developed whether or not I continued buying DRM'd ebooks would depend on 1) would the sellers again raise prices? and 2) would there be a way to read the books on different devices without re-purchasing them? Assuming the answers are no & yes then I would probably continue buying & reading DRM'd books. I might not be happy about it but that's because I don't trust businesses to continue doing customer-friendly things. Once they've got customers locked in they tend to gouge them for all they're worth.

12-13-2013, 11:18 AM	#7
calvin-c Guru Posts: 787 Karma: 1575310 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Moon+ Pro	And where's the option that I'd still read ebooks DRM or not? Poll is worthless, very biased. I was reading ebooks for close to 3 years before I stumbled across Mobileread and learned about deDRM'ing. I was choosy about where I bought them-most of mine came from Fictionwise which had ways to handle device changes. (MobiPocket PID could be changed, eReader used credit card info, etc.) So DRM was inconvenient but not a show-stopper. What stopped me was the publishers forcing sellers to raise prices. If unbreakable DRM was developed whether or not I continued buying DRM'd ebooks would depend on 1) would the sellers again raise prices? and 2) would there be a way to read the books on different devices without re-purchasing them? Assuming the answers are no & yes then I would probably continue buying & reading DRM'd books. I might not be happy about it but that's because I don't trust businesses to continue doing customer-friendly things. Once they've got customers locked in they tend to gouge them for all they're worth. Last edited by calvin-c; 12-13-2013 at 11:28 AM.