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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
The thing is most of these 'A-List' authors only stand to gain revenue with commercially available ebooks since pirated scans of their books have existed for years.
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it seems obvious to us, but apparently some of them have not figured that out. maybe we should start a chip-in to rent some billboards.
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Originally Posted by Spacejock
Don't forget, authors and their publishers may have widely differing views on ebooks. Some authors will be angry their publishers only have DRM-locked ebooks, and some will be angry their publishers don't have stronger DRM. At the end of the day, the publisher is in charge in this situation. Authors can negotiate at contract time, but if the publisher already holds the ebook rights they can present the ebooks in any format they want without referring back to the original author.
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hm, that is a good point, although it might not be *quite* so black and white. the other factor of the equation is the big boss head of the whole publishing company ; they are also sometimes in favor of drm and they have the final vote ; even if the individual publishers from the digital division don't want drm, they might get outvoted. that's why it was so interesting to try to think of arguments to give to them, to make them understand.
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Originally Posted by pkovak
I believe authors who resist ebooks already lost.
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as sad as it is, i think you may be right. hopefully though authors like Rowling will be in the minority and also hopefully as time goes on they will change their minds. after all, they could easily take a look at what is happening with their colleagues who have embraced ebooks and realise that maybe it's a good plan after all.