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Old 10-15-2014, 08:53 AM   #232
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Format shifting does not result in any loss to anybody.
I'm sure the publishers--who would love for the DRM to force you to have to rebuy the book in the new format--might not see it that way.

I myself, would dismiss the "loss of a sale" with either scenario (casual lending/format shifting) as entirely speculative (and unlikely). Another thing regarding the "loss of sale" mantra--in regard to lending--is that it ignores any potential (and possibly multiple) future "gain of sales" of an author's other (or future) books that such a lending can generate. Just as subjective/speculative as the "loss of a sale," of course, but still.

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