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They're DRM-ed for each one I checked (no "Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited" in the Product Details). Though probably not Topaz, since those are "Print Length" only and the Spinrad books come with a File Size, which means Mobi.
As for pricing, while I liked his work well enough, I personally didn't care enough for what I tried to pay $9 a pop for it especially with DRM restrictions, though I suspect real fans having problems tracking down paper copies would consider it a bargain.
$4-8 per book depending on length, age, and general availability, and overall quality (the newer and hard-to-find Mexica book should be priced higher, a "common" work like The Iron Dream, which I originally read in the library's hardcover copy and later got from their book sale in paperback for 50 cents should be lower, at say $5-6 since it was widely printed a number of times but is a "classic", and $4-ish for Deus X, which was pretty short, as I recall) seems like a better balance than the $3 that this "Bowerbird" was advocating.
Though admittedly, if Mr. Spinrad did price his backlist at $3 or thereabouts, I'd probably pick a bunch of them up even with the DRM.
It's only a little below what I'd be willing to pay for interesting-looking older titles I haven't read in paperback at the used bookstore and I'd consider it a fair enough price for an e-book version with usage restrictions and no equivalent resale value from an author I mildly enjoyed, but aren't particularly attached to otherwise.
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