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Old 07-09-2011, 09:30 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
Amazon seems to have recently stopped listing "Simultaneous device usage:" for any books except the public domain ones. I just checked various books, and none of them except those in the public domain had a "Simultaneous device usage:" listing.
My Python script from 2009 (Kindle Books From Amazon Without DRM), which might not work on K2 and K3 AZWs, identified 28 DRM-free AZW's out of my collection of 570 Kindle-1 ebooks bought from Amazon. So DRM-free isn't common, but they do still seem to have simultaneous device unlimited. For example:

When Gravity Fails (Budayeen) by George Alec Effinger
Permalink: http://amzn.com/B0051J3ZQG

Dead Dwarves Don't Dance by Derek J. Canyon
Permalink: http://amzn.com/B004DCB3HU

The God Engines by John Scalzi
Permalink: http://amzn.com/B003RCJNXI

Keller in Dallas by Lawrence Block
Permalink: http://amzn.com/B002QGUCXQ
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