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I really don't get the DRM/geo restrictions thing.
Downloading pirated books (and music and moves) is so simple that I really believe the publishers are shooting themselves in the foot.
Why would anyone in their right mind spend money to download a book that has DRM on it when they could download a non-DRM version for free?
What choice do people have but to download illegally when they are unable to do so legally due to geographic restrictions?
I pay for books, but only because I'd feel guilty about the writers if I didn't. The publishing companies aren't going to garner any sympathy or support from me because, like the majority of people, I resent DRM, and remove it from my books as soon as I get them.
DRM is a method that publishers use to steal from their customers. If you buy DRM books, you'll probably lose all of them at some point. Will you feel bad about illegally downloading after that?
Making your customers resent you is not a good way to discourage them from 'stealing' from you...
Maybe piracy wouldn't be as rife if books were available to download at a fair price and without restrictions. Better to sell 1000000 books for $4.99 than 100000 books for $14.99.
At what point do your potential customers become pirates? I expect that the higher the price goes, the more people will shrug their shoulders and launch bittorrent.
What the publishers don't realize, or more probably choose to ignore, is that the ONLY people who buy their books are the honest ones. Why punish or restrict them?
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