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As for concerns placed here about our policy being 'dumb' and other comments, all I have to say about this is that HM just started getting into this market and I plan on adding different content and formats. This is new and it will be evolving.
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Trying different stuff? That's crazy talk, Shane! All of the big media will tell you, you've got to do it the same way it's
always been done.
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The problem with DRM discussion here seems to be one-sided,
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This is predominantly true. I would think it fair to say that most readers here are anti-DRM. Of course, most are customers too, which is not insignificant either, as their side is often decisive.
...sorry,
that's telling you how to suck eggs; you know this, and what's more are impacted far more than me by its consequences.
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and I understand some perspective as readers and consumers and I agree it's much easier to allow free distribution of digital goods. But from a publisher's perspective, do you guys actually know how many authors are comfortable having their work put out there in a non-DRM format. I'll tell you: not many. And it's new to most authors working in the horror genre.
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We have a few authors here (and at least one small publisher?), and they're very good at highlighting such experience and degrees of comfort in themselves and others. I only mention that by way of saying, "Yes, we know, and your words are not surprising, though certainly appreciated in this (as in, a reader's) quarter, as coming from your (as in, a publisher's) quarter".
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...But it'll grow and we'll evolve.
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...and I suspect that's the key, though I'd be inclined to have thought that they'd be in the reverse order (i.e. evolve and grow).
That is to say, as I cynically suggested at the beginning, I suspect your stated willingness to evolve and try different things will be a significant advantage over those who insist that "the old way" is the only way. Though there might end up a sufficient "we" disagreeing with your current model that it impinges on that model's success, the fact that you're willing to change/evolve it, rather than give up (or insist on its correctness) is, in my opinion (for what little that is worth), a significant positive, and I wish you success.
I hope you get the time to stay around (hard when also trying to run a business - but from an ebook perspective, this is perhaps a valuable forum for testing and monitoring the weather?). Added perspective is always good for everyone, and you'll no doubt find a depth of attitudes and opinions (DRM and copyright, for instance, are topics that get hashed virtually continuously 'round here) that might help, and a perspective to offer that might inform the discussion.
Personally, thanks for taking time to come and offer your perspective and an "About us".
Cheers,
Marc