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Old 05-12-2010, 09:54 AM   #7
dpapathanasiou
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Originally Posted by koland View Post
Especially since the author had the choice of DRM or not at Amazon and intentionally picked it. Worse, some indie authors are now releasing two versions, with the "no-DRM" version (which was always the default in Amazon's DTP) priced several dollars higher than the restricted version.
In defense of the author, he did not self-publish on Amazon (where he would have had the option you mention), rather he went through a traditional publisher.

Those firms, with rare exception, insist on Amazon's using DRM on their content.
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