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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But the other problem is that if we stop buying the DRM laden ebooks, then what are our choices? We buy the dead tree edition and then they think ebooks don't sell and just keep with the dead tree books. How do we tell them without showing something to the contrary?
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Then... are you ready?... Don't buy the dead tree books either. Or buy fewer p-books than e-books. Trust me, someone will crunch the numbers, and the big publishers will figure out what you're buying, and what you're avoiding. That's what they do. And they'll either sit there and watch their market share erode, or they'll find a way to give you what you've indicated you're willing to buy.
Or they'll run some Madison-Avenue con to make you think that e-books really do suck, and you'll give them up, and drive to the bookstore in your Hummer and pay for your $25 paperback with your 30% interest MasterCard.
Ultimately, it's up to us, not the publishers. Buy their books. Or not. Let them worry about what they do about it.