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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Last we were able to track down, Amazon allows self-publishing individuals to go DRM-free, but publishing houses are still required to apply DRM. The reason Baen's ebooks aren't available through Amazon is that Amazon won't let them sell without DRM.
Or at least, that was the story for the last few years. Things have been changing fast; it's possible something has changed. Or it's possible that Amazon will allow publishers to go DRM-free, but not allow them to tell customers to ignore the Amazon EULA, which is a lot more restrictive than copyright law requires, and a lot more restrictive than Baen's terms of use for their ebooks.
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Well, taking everything we know into account (e.g., who is cool with things like: adding no DRM, encouraging TTS, allowing Lending, lower prices vs. who is fighting or disabling those customer-centric offerings) I'd be more likely to conclude that it's the publishers who are most strongly insisting on the DRM and the EULA.
At this ponit, anyway. As you say, things might have changed.