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I'm not boycotting DRM-books in hopes of changing the publishing industry. I'm simply trying to see how much I can find to read that comes without DRM. And there is PLENTY! Most classic literature is public domain, and I could easily read just that for the rest of my days and never run out of material. Add there is a wide selection of contemporary titles available from those self-published authors (and few courageous companies) that have decided to run DRM-free.
But the REAL answer is that the publishers should stop mugging public libraries for their ebooks. If borrowing ebooks from a public library were just as easy as borrowing a printed version, then much of the reason people tamper with DRM would be removed. Many of us don't have access to a good selection of ebooks via the local library.
For an individual customer, DRM stinks; but the big publishing companies shaking down public libraries is utterly immoral.
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