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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
DRM reduces the value of a book. This is not the same thing at all as paying more for a DRM-free one.
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While I agree with your statement it rests on one assumption that I don't necessarily agree with. That is that DRM'd books sell for the 'market value' of the book. First, I've found ebook prices to vary too widely to make any blanket statement about how they relate to the 'value' of the book.
And second, I feel that if market forces do drive prices, as is popularly supposed to be the case, then the current price of DRM'd books represents the value of DRM's books-which I totally agree is less than the value of DRM-free books.
So in my case, I'll definitely pick a DRM-free version over a DRM'd version, even to the extent of paying for for the DRM-free version, but with the caveat that there is a ceiling price that represents the value of the book-to me. Above that ceiling, DRM or not, I won't buy it. And if the DRM'd version is below that ceiling but the DRM-free is above it then I'll probably buy the DRM'd version. Reluctantly, maybe, but it's either that or do without the book.