If Neal Stephenson, Haruki Murakami, JRR Tolkien, Chimamanda Adichie, Jhumpa Lahiri, and several of my other favorite authors would publish in DRM-free formats, I'd definitely buy them in DRM-free formats. As it is, I am willing to buy them in DRMed formats, because I enjoy their work that much. Being able to remove their DRM to read on the device/app of my choice is just the cherry on top