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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Tor may not (or may  ) be gaining sales, but they are definitely making more profit now they don't have to pay the Adobe tax.  |
How much? Is this overall profit from increased sales or just saving the DRM fee? According to HarryT they (Tor) do have DRM on library books. I am pretty sure they could go another way than Overdrive, but choose not to. Perhaps I am wrong.
I am reasonably sure that Tor has not become substantially more successful financially since removing DRM or their parent company and its many imprints would be gradually switching over by now. This is just an opinion though.
I am not against DRM removal, just don't see it as my right to demand it. It doesn't cause me a major inconvenience or to any of the many ebook buyers, borrowers I know. Most are unaware and just buy a kindle/kobo book dependant on their device/app. Not saying it doesn't cause you inconvenience of course and if so I sympathise.
I am interested in the topic and would be grateful for a
link or two saying how much more profit Tor is making by saving the Adobe Fee. Are most of their purchaser using epub? Do they make an equivalent amount by not using Amazon DRM?
Thanks in advance for the info.
Helen