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Originally Posted by dwanthny
I am curious if any enterprising author has approached his publisher with the concept of selling an ebook version of their work with two price points. Suggesting to the publisher that a DRM free version be made available for $?.?? more then the encrypted version and splitting the extra cash with the publisher.
If the cost was 2-4 dollars more but you got a DRM free book would you cough up the extra cash? What would you be willing to pay extra for this convenience?
I think there must be a price point that makes this a win-win-win proposition for the publisher, author and consumer. Implementing it would be a one time cost. The books can be encrypted just prior to download or left DRM free. Heck publishers could let authors opt in or out of such a deal. It wouldn't take too long before enough data came in to optimize this model.
Maybe I'm missing something. 
What are your thoughts?
Update: Expanding my thought just a little. It seems to me that some publishers fear losing sales by going DRM free. Doing something like this might allow them to tip their toes in the water, run the number comparisons and possibly find out they had nothing to fear but increased sales. |
Simply put...NO I would not pay more for a non-DRM book. That is because due to the lack of DRM the profit margins are higher. This means sold w/o DRM and at the same price means a big increase in profit per book.
Kinda tired of this argument at this point in time...it will be whatever it will be.