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Originally Posted by leequick1
Removing the drm. Dream on. It is tough enough getting some authors to agree to sell their books as ebooks. Ever seen a Harry Potter for an ebook??? I haven't, even checked Amazon.
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Rowling is a good author, but a fool when it comes to the business side of things. She specifically said she'll never release the HP books as eBooks because she fears the effects of piracy. Well, she didn't supply, and so now those who want the HP eBooks have to go underground to find them. Which is a shame. I've got a full set of Hardbacks, and still would have paid good money to get the eBooks as well. That's lost money if I've ever seen it.
But publisher attitudes can and will change, the music industry proved their attitude can and will change with enough pressure placed on them.
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Originally Posted by leequick1
There is an ebook seller that, all their authors, not only do no drm ebooks that some of their series are free and you are encouraged to loan those to others. They also sell no regular ebook for more than 6 bucks apiece. Are they making money, apparently so. I notice no authors skipping and I notice more and more coming on board. It is Webscription.net by Baen Books.
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Baen is unique in a lot of ways. It's sad to see that he passed away awhile back, because he was an extremely astute businessman, and a realist. I wish I could find an article written by one of Baen's employees, as it really did a good job explaining why Baen Books is DRM-free, and why DRM is bad for the book industry. It basically cemented my choice to purchase any eBooks straight from them if I could.