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The author chose to publish with DRM. They could choose not to, as others have done. They could choose a publisher that doesn't add DRM. They could argue with t
by marcus_holmes 3y ago
The author chose to publish with DRM. They could choose not to, as others have done. They could choose a publisher that doesn't add DRM. They could argue with their publisher that DRM is hurting their sales because so many people are pirating their books instead of buying them because of the DRM.
Authors are not powerless victims here.
- komali2 3y ago> Authors are not powerless victims here. Perhaps not entirely powerless, but nearly so if they want anybody to actually read their book, or to make any money on it. Doctorow has written extensively on this: https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/25/greedflation/ https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/25/greedflation/ https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/31/seize-the-means-of-computation/ https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/31/seize-the-means-of-comput... > I won't let my books be sold with DRM, which means that Audible won't carry my audiobooks. My agent tells me that this decision has cost me enough money to pay off my mortgage and put my kid through college. Big authors like Sanderson and Doctorow can pull it off, small and new authors, if they want to build an audience, really can't.
- marcus_holmes 3y agoExactly. Authors have some power here. Up to them whether the money matters more, exactly as Cory Doctorow says.
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