This DRM thing is maddening. I'm just refraining from purchasing the new Dan Simmons book (Drood) because I can't find it DRM-free, and hardcover editions online are (besides shipping) only slightly more expensive than the DRM-ed ebooks I have found (mobipocket or sonyconnect).
I'm Spanish, so I would, ideally, purchase now the eBook (I can barely restrain, I'm sure I'll love this book), read it in English (which I do not master outside my technical field, so I miss lots of subtleties), and then the hardcover when it comes out translated here. I don't want to have both hardcover, so this way they're losing one sale and I'm losing my sanity
(BTW bigmoney: I soooo much liked the Hyperion cantos. I envy you if it's your first reading.)