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rleguillow · 08-06-2009, 02:19 PM

I'm conducting my own campaign against ebook DRM. I figure that not buying the DRM'd ebooks isn't enough - the companies don't know how much money they are losing unless we tell them. So whenever I buy unlocked ebooks for my Sony ereader, which is pretty often, I send an email to Sony. Goes something like this:

"Hi. I just spent $xxx on ebooks over at nameofseller. That is $xxx that I did NOT spend at Sony. I buy from nameofseller because they sell books without DRM. It isn't because I want to cheat the publisher out of money or give copies of my books to someone else or anything like that - but if my Sony ereader dies I want to be able to continue reading the books I bought. With DRM, I can't even read them on another Sony ereader. So you don't get my book money.

If you were to take a page from Apple and begin selling your ebooks without DRM and you announce that with a lot of fanfare, you might see a big increase not only in sales of your ebooks but also of your ebook readers. Think about it."

I wonder - if all of us started sending them (or Amazon, or whoever) such emails, would they start listening?

08-06-2009, 02:19 PM	#1
rleguillow Always Reading Posts: 110 Karma: 1002645 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: North Carolina Device: FW 1192, PRS-700, kobo, Rocket, PRS-650, Nook Glow, Kobo Glo, others	Personal Campaign against DRM I'm conducting my own campaign against ebook DRM. I figure that not buying the DRM'd ebooks isn't enough - the companies don't know how much money they are losing unless we tell them. So whenever I buy unlocked ebooks for my Sony ereader, which is pretty often, I send an email to Sony. Goes something like this: "Hi. I just spent $xxx on ebooks over at nameofseller. That is $xxx that I did NOT spend at Sony. I buy from nameofseller because they sell books without DRM. It isn't because I want to cheat the publisher out of money or give copies of my books to someone else or anything like that - but if my Sony ereader dies I want to be able to continue reading the books I bought. With DRM, I can't even read them on another Sony ereader. So you don't get my book money. If you were to take a page from Apple and begin selling your ebooks without DRM and you announce that with a lot of fanfare, you might see a big increase not only in sales of your ebooks but also of your ebook readers. Think about it." I wonder - if all of us started sending them (or Amazon, or whoever) such emails, would they start listening?