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Enabling DRM for Kindle Publishing

Kindle publishing is pretty straightforward, but should you enable DRM (digital rights management)? Some argue it's an important layer of protection for your digital book and should always be enabled. In this video Julie Broad explains her opinion on DRM and why she thinks self-publishing book authors should not enable DRM for Kindle. Watch more videos on Amazon and self publishing here:    • Book Author? Do NOT Link to Amazon!   Subscribe for weekly videos about self publishing from Julie Broad: http://www.youtube.com/user/julieabro... If you are interested in self publishing your book, visit Book Launchers website: http://booklaunchers.com/ Connect with us on social media:   / booklaunchers     / booklaunchers   Video transcript: I had a question coming from Jennifer and this is for all of you self-publishing authors out there trying to make some decisions when you're uploading your book to Kindle to Amazon through KDP select. So, the question Jennifer sent in was should we select the DRM box for the Kindle version of my book? The DRM is digital rights management and I printed off a little definition so I can tell you exactly what DRM is. DRM is a systematic approach to copyright protection for digital media the purpose of DRM is to prevent unauthorized redistribution of digital media and restrict the ways consumers can copy content they've purchased so that's what it is. In Kindle when you're uploading there's a little checkbox in some section that says DRM that's basically all it says this DRM enabled I think is exactly what it says so do you check it? Well, if you do a search online you'll find all kinds of yes-or-no opinionated answers and - why here's my perspective to me. With a physical book, somebody can take it borrow it from the library they can lend it to a friend they can burn it for heat they can sell it they can do whatever they want once they buy it they own it and they can do whatever they want. With Kindle there's actually a lot of restrictions you can allow it to be lent out you can do a few things but in general most people when they buy a Kindle book they can read it on their Kindle device or their Kindle app and that's it. Now the argument is that if you don't protect it people will hack it and steal it and then share it and it'll be widely distributed for free or they'll sell it and make money off of your your book and yes it's easier in digital format for this to happen than it is with a printed copy people aren't going to go out and make a photocopy of your book so that's the concern is that in digital format it's much easier to steal and share and you won't ever know that it's been sent around to hundreds of people without you getting the money or the the royalties from it. So in theory checking off this DRM protects that from happening but the reality is that there's hacks and the people who are going to steal your book they're the ones that know these hacks so if they really want to steal your book they're going to steal it anyway and in the meantime all you're doing by enabling the DRM is pissing off the good people because what happens is that it limits some of the things that you can do so. For example if you have two devices that you want to read your book on sometimes this DRM being enabled will prevent people from transferring it to two different places it will prevent them from downloading it more than once so it can limit things and be a little bit of an irritant to people who have legitimately purchased your book and just want to read it wherever they are on whatever kind of app or system they're using so in summary checking off the DRM. Yes, it does give you a small layer of protection but the reality is the people who want to steal your book still have hacks they still can steal your book and spread it around without giving you the royalties and by putting the DRM on there you do create some challenges for the good people the people who don't want to steal your book they just want to read it on multiple devices or they happen to accidentally delete it and they want it back without having to pay for it a second time but DRM is preventing them from doing it. So, worst case scenario somebody does hack in steal your book and send it out there they're going to do it whether you have DRM checked or not and hey if your goal is to get your message out into the most hands possible well really they're just helping you right that's how I've chosen to look at it there are many opinions there's many strong cases for and against the, but that is my perspective on it