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Originally Posted by Alisa
Amazon can't unilaterally decide to sell without DRM. I think the music industry is a bit more mature in this regard where the publishers still haven't quite caught on.
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This is true...but the fact that they made sure to tweak things so that the Kindle couldn't read standard DRM'd Mobipocket files does make the Kindle lock-in strategy somewhat apparent (at least to me!).
And haven't they offered many of the Tor freebies -- but with DRM added? Since Tor offered them in DRM-free Mobi format, doesn't seem that the publisher would be the problem there.
I'd love to believe that Amazon will be a force for good in DRM-free ebooks, but if so it sure isn't apparent to me -- at least to this point.