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Originally Posted by shalym
Ken...if that were true, then why would they give authors/publishers the option of not putting DRM on their books? It would seem that if the retailers were really trying to lock you in with DRM they would force publishers and authors to put it on every book.
Shari
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Given your device list, I presume that your point of reference is in regards to Amazon, not Sony or Kobo. Authors as in independent authors using a program open to all, and the Big Publishing Houses (BPH) may have a slightly different relationship with Amazon. The BPHs do not seem to react well to edicts from Amazon. "Forcing" the use of DRM in general is not anything Amazon is doing, but they will only sell ebooks that use their particular DRM.
If it is; "If you want DRM you have to use ours" and only ours works on Kindles, and only Kindles, there is not a lot of choice for most authors and publishers, when working with Amazon. (Or Sony, or Kobo, or ...)
Luck;
Ken