Phil @ Mace Games @mace-games.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Not really. You've bought the damn thing, you should be able to read it anywhere. Wouldn't mind so much, but ebooks are getting as expensive as paperbacks on mainstream platforms 110
J.R. Froemling @jrfroemling.bsky.social · 18/02/2025No, you paid for the number of licenses the DRM gives you, not the ability to put it anywhere, including piracy sites. Is it fair to me that one person in a book club buys it, unlocks the DRm the 9 other people get to read it without paying me for my work? 410
Meagan @acrossthepondnback.bsky.social · 18/02/2025With all due respect, that’s how paper books work. That’s how library digital copies work too. People buy and lend books all the time. And the pushback is because Amazon is essentially saying that previous purchases can be removed from people’s digital shelves. No one was trying to share before this 350
Phil @ Mace Games @mace-games.bsky.social · 18/02/2025No, it isn't fair to the author, you are right there. But I want to read my book anywhere! Kindle currently allows me to do that, if it changes, its no use! Paperbacks end up in libraries, thrift stores and passed around friends... the author only gets one sale, so what's different (the price isnt)? 100
