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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm not saying "don't buy eBooks". I'm saying "buy eBooks from those publishers who don't use DRM". If DRM-free sales boom and DRM-encoded sales slump, THAT sends a clear message to publishers.
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But how will publishers get that message? Do they really share numbers so one who uses DRM knows how well one who doesn't is doing? Baen's about the biggest publisher I can think of that doesn't use DRM and they aren't that big. Are there any major publishers selling non DRM material? Pan Macmillan doesn't use DRM IIRC, but last I checked they weren't offering much.
All the biggies; Penguin, Harper, Harlequin, Random House, Macmillan, Hachette, etc. use DRM. How is not buying from them going to send any message other than "see ebooks don't sell well after all"? A lot of these publishers already seem unsure or even downright hostile towards ebooks the way it is. Seems to me that not buying will just help give them an excuse to say ebooks aren't really viable yet.