Does anyone care about ebook sharing?
I hate to admit it, but I'm not very tech-savvy. I have an e-reader, but if I want to do anything more than simply read a book on it, I have to look up step-by-step instructions.
So, when it came time to digitize my books, I told my publisher I did not want them to have DRM (Digital Rights Management). I didn't really understand DRM (still don't...my bad), but I didn't want to put barriers between my readers sharing my books with their friends.
Unfortunately, I didn't understand how much pirating was going on. I figured that most readers would be a bit wary of getting a computer virus from any of the sketchy free-download sites. But, now I see that someone is pirating my print book and selling it on Amazon's UK site.
So, my question is: How important is it to you to own ebooks that don't have DRM? Do you ever lend out your ebooks at all? Opinions are welcome.
So, when it came time to digitize my books, I told my publisher I did not want them to have DRM (Digital Rights Management). I didn't really understand DRM (still don't...my bad), but I didn't want to put barriers between my readers sharing my books with their friends.
Unfortunately, I didn't understand how much pirating was going on. I figured that most readers would be a bit wary of getting a computer virus from any of the sketchy free-download sites. But, now I see that someone is pirating my print book and selling it on Amazon's UK site.
So, my question is: How important is it to you to own ebooks that don't have DRM? Do you ever lend out your ebooks at all? Opinions are welcome.
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Mar 09, 2014 01:50PM
I lend out those ebooks that are available for it to a good friend. She doesn't always have the ability to just willy-nilly buy any ebook she sees; and you can't always find books you want to read at the library so I think it's a good thing. It's no different, in my opinion, than me handing a book I've recently enjoyed to a friend and letting them borrow it.
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Asuka0278 wrote: "I lend out those ebooks that are available for it to a good friend. She doesn't always have the ability to just willy-nilly buy any ebook she sees; and you can't always find books you want to read ..."Thank you for sharing your opinion/experience. So nice of you to pass your ebooks along to a friend!
It's also very similar (at least with kindle) to borrowing an ebook from a library. They get 2 weeks to read the book and then it's transferred back to me. :)
Thanks. Embarrassed to admit that I did not know exactly how long the share was for. (None of my friends have ereaders!)
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