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Originally Posted by issybird
There is so much unsupported conjecture presented as fact in this article. Even the numbers are misinterpreted. The 54% increase is not in sales; it’s in percentage of sales. Without knowing the total sales figures we have no idea if that was a gain at all or how much of one.
And even the article says in so many words that this was a special case (technical books) and that popular fiction and basic texts could be better served by DRM after all.
Basically they took a minute, essentially meaningless comparison and blew it up into a bubble that pops as soon as you look at it. It’s pure marketing and should be given the same level of credence as a detergent commercial.
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It's a pity. Does no-one any favours publishing that sort of junk.