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Originally Posted by bhartman36
From what I understand it's a volume problem. Most of the other big publishers have a workflow stream separate from the DTP system that the indies go through on Amazon.
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As of April 2009, Amazon leaves the choice to add DRM up to the author or publisher, no matter what volume or track they take.
Prior to April 2009, there was a workflow problem which meant they could only be DRM-free if published through Amazon. (DTP - which has DRM disabled by default)
The other publishers had to publish through the same track the big publishers used. Since those publishers insisted on DRM, it was auto-applied on books using that track.
But they fixed it 2 years ago, so now Baen, O'Reilly, etc, can and do publish DRM free on Amazon.