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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
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.
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agreed. although i also think that in addition to buying ebooks, we should write to the publishers and tell them we hate drm.
but honestly, in daily life i imagine not many people think of doing that or are motivated to. nonetheless eventually the publishers will come around, i'm sure, and surely faster if they see that ebooks are selling.