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Originally Posted by Moejoe
And here's another problem they'll have to face... free ebooks without DRM from upcoming writers and all the classics available from places like Feedbooks.
I wouldn't have to spend another penny and I could read for the rest of my life for free with just a smidgen of the wide PD catalogue that's available. I could also limit my choice to upcoming writers (lots of them about and lots producing good work) who refuse DRM on their works. Donating to them is worth the price if not only to support their talent, but also the ease of use of their products.
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The free books definitely get me to try new things and I suppose it does take some sales away from other books because I'm spending some time reading free ones rather than books I bought, but ultimately books are not a fungible commodity. If they were, I'd have one and read it over and over again. I'm persnickety about what I read at any given moment. If I'm in the mood for a given book, I'll pay for it even if I have 100 free, interesting looking books queued up. Free doesn't really rate on what makes a book attractive to me. It will get me to download it and maybe I'll try it, just as the free Amazon samples do, but I won't persist through the book merely because it's free and I won't read a classic, no matter how great it is, if I'm in the mood for something more modern at the moment.