Hey #ebook #readers

If given the choice, would you prefer to purchase your ebook directly from the author as an #epub format or would you rather buy your ebook from a digital retailer?

EDIT: You asked for it...

Download the new second edition of In Progress! DRM FREE!

https://patrickstewart.net

OR from the major online eBook retailers!

Paperbacks are available through Amazon! $5.50 (B&N is pending approval)

@bookstodon

Ebook store (kindle, apple, kobo, b&n)
22.9%
Purchase Directly from the Author's site
77.1%
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Patrick Stewart - The Taoist Online

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Patrick Stewart - The Taoist Online
@patrickstewart @bookstodon I voted "author's site" but there are a lot of caveats attached to that. I only purchase DRM-free. In the past I've contacted authors directly for a DRM-free version. That's usually worked out great. If an author offered DRM'ed books I'd be more concerned about losing access to the book in the future than I would when buying from a publisher. I've gotten burned by publishers closing up shop and losing my entire library of books I'd paid for. Do I trust that an individual author is going to have the time and expertise to support their book format forever? I do not.
@splicer I never understood DRM when I started out.
Now I never do it.
I'm seriously not famous enough to worry about people pirating my books.
I mean, if I have trouble giving them away, what chance has the pirate got of selling them? 😂