Louis C.K.

Three and a half years ago, I had an e-reader unwillingly thrust upon me.  I ignored it at first; shunned it.  Then one day I was packing for a long trip and it came on me in a flash that if I used the damned thing I wouldn’t have to limit myself to five pounds of books in my luggage. Since then I read more ebooks than physical books. I buy a lot more books, too. Last year I noticed that books were getting cheaper, but the writing was getting worse.

When you go DRM-free, sometimes you can be successful in ways you couldn’t have dreamed. A week ago I mentioned comedian Louis C.K.’s experiment in posting a comedy special DRM-free for $5 download or streaming. He’d made just over 110,000 sales in 4 days. Well, his sales rate has slowed a little, but he’s still [...]

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