Thread: Petition to Amazon and B&N to Be More Open
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Old 12-13-2010, 11:23 PM   #15
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Could you elaborate? Since Amazon says otherwise on her website...?
Several publishers have mentioned that Amazon demands the right to DRM ebooks from publishers. There's no documentation; I suspect it's a matter of contract details where they're not allowed to reveal the specifics. Baen ebooks aren't sold at Amazon because Amazon won't let them opt out of DRM.

The right to not DRM personally-uploaded ebooks is fairly new. (They didn't always DRM them--they may never have DRM'd them--but they didn't offer a choice.) Now that the opt-out is actively allowed for self-published books, independent publishers are pressuring them for the same right.
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