Dancing Fools Press – new publisher eschews DRM
By Paul Biba
Got a press release from the start-up Dancing Fools Press:
Dancing Fools Press is proud to announce the upcoming release of its inaugural title, Brushback, a romantic suspense novel by debut author Jamie Scofield. This delightful first book in the Evan Austin Mystery series will be released simultaneously in multiple non-DRM ebook formats and trade paperback on July 10, 2009. For more information about the novel, and to read the first chapter, please visit dancingfoolspress.com.
In celebration of the July 10th release of Brushback, all readers who subscribe to the publisher’s news list by 11:59 p.m. July 9th will be entered to win an ebook or paperback copy of Brushback. Five winners will be chosen at random to receive the ebook and there will be two drawings for an autographed paperback. To join the news list, please send an email to updates-list [at] dancing fools press [dot] com.
I then went over and took a look at their website and was pleased to discover items 3 and 4 from their Philosophy section:
3. Ebooks are awesome.
All of our publications are released as ebooks and in print, because we want people to be able to read the stories our authors write in whatever format readers want to read them in. You can find more information about the ebook formats we provide on the formats page.
4. DRM is the work of the devil.
Digital rights management is a ridiculous attempt to dictate to end users how they can access stories they’ve purchased. It does nothing but make life impossible for readers by limiting what platforms can be used to read ebooks. That’s just silly, so all of our ebooks are DRM-free.
“But wait!” you say. “What about pirates sending your ebooks to five hundred of their closest friends? Doesn’t DRM stop things like that from happening?”
All DRM does is punish honest users who just want to read the stories they’ve paid for on the platform of their choice. Pirates intent on acquiring content illegally will get it eventually anyway.
And hey, if you acquired one of our books illegally and liked it, you should think about paying us for it. Your purchase will help us continue providing great books.
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