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The biggest impediment is availability. Only a small percentage of published books are available in digital form. Geo restrictions don't affect me but I can see how it affects everyone who doesn't live in the U.S.
DRM is the second biggest problem. As long as it's easily removed I'll live with it but the publishers are fooling themselves if they think that DRM stops the darknet.
Price is the third obstacle. If it's above $9.99 I won't buy it. If the same content is available in paperback I will not pay more than the paperback price. Most of the time you get less in the digital form. No cover art or decent chaptering. Throw in DRM and no legal method to resell or even give away and for me the digital version is a poor value.
What I do is wait for the ebook to come down in price, see if I can borrow it from library, or most likely find something else to read.
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