Thread: DRM and Purchasing?
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Old 03-30-2016, 09:05 AM   #16
John F
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
Books are fungible, but they're not that fungible. The books I want to read, with the exception of public domain, are virtually without exception DRMed. Again, it would be nose-cutting for face-spiting for me to pursue a policy that DRMless books could replace the DRMful.

Reading's my favorite activity and I want to read what I want to read. DRM is a trifle, especially in a scenario where my favorite platform depended on purchasing DRMed books. As I said, Amazon would get much less of my business, but if I had to purchase a Kindle to get access to the content I wanted, I'd do that too.
To me, books are more fungible for both author and container. If a "must read" book didn't come out at the library (in either ebook or pbook), I would just skip it.

There are so many good/great/must read books out there, and so many books I want to read, missing an occasional book isn't going to kill me, and my nose would still be attached to my face.
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