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Old 10-20-2022, 06:18 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Sales of that publisher's eBooks went up after DRM was removed.
Did you read issybird's post above yours:

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Except that you can’t, or oughtn’t, use a duplicitous article which misuses stats to present an inaccurate analysis. It undermines your argument in the sense that if that’s the best you can do, you’re on shaky ground yourself.

That “54% increase in sales” which is really a 54% increase in portion of ebooks.com sales? First, we can assume that the publisher’s sales didn’t go up 54%, because ebooks.com wouldn’t have engaged in that roundabout locution if they had. So why did their percentage of ebooks.com sales go up? Because ebooks.com sales went down? Because other publishers stopped selling through ebooks.com? In any case, it doesn’t reflect well on ebooks.com actual sales. No wonder they’re casting around for new business!
Jon, based on the article you linked to, do you stand by your post:

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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Sales of that publisher's eBooks went up after DRM was removed.
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