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Old 01-03-2021, 02:22 PM   #129
hildea
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Originally Posted by ottischwenk View Post
Yes, it harms Amazon, but Amazon doesn't put all the money in because it has to buy the e-books too.
The less Amazon sells, the less Amazon buys from the publisher, and the fewer royalties are paid to the author.
I'll repeat my question, in case you want to answer what I actually asked, instead of some other hypothetical situation:

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Originally Posted by hildea View Post
  • Scenario 1: I buy a book from Amazon, download it to my PC, and read it on my PC using the Amazon provided program "Kindle for PC".
  • Scenario 2: I do everything in scenario 1, then strip DRM, convert the book to epub, and read it on my ereader, sitting comfortably in my sofa.
ottischwenk, please explain how scenario 2 steals from the author!
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