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Originally Posted by ATDrake
And then perhaps you just might have noticed that the statement I had made in response that if one respected said author's one-copy-per-reader-please license statement included in the very text of her book being sold on Amazon, then one would be shelling out the $5.98 on Amazon as well, and not just the hypothetical just $2.99 with DRM versus the $5.98 with no DRM at Smashwords.
And thus no savings and not just the posited price premium of SW vs. Amazon shopping, but DRM on both your Amazon purchases as well, which would not be the case if you had bought your two copies at Smashwords.
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It really doesn't matter whether SW has DRM or not. You aren't permitted (per the T&C) to copy files to another device, format shift or place a backup in Dropbox. If you decide to switch from Sony to Kindle you can redownload the mobi from SW. I have all this confirmed in writing from SW. Some time ago I read their T&C and thought they were silly but no the nice CS woman said it's all part of their "honor" system.
Since the publishers set the device limit way back when they must have realized (or were told) multiple people will share an Amazon account or Adobe computer. It doesn't necessarily mean 6 people will read every ebook but it's possible. Husband & wife, mother & daughter, parent & child are the most likely scenarios. After all, how would a child obtain any Amazon ebooks for their Kindles?
In any case, I don't want people to think that buying from SW and FW doesn't have its own restrictions if you follow their T&C. Of course, we all have the option to decline shopping at SW, Amazon, Kobo, etc if we object to the Content Providers and retailers terms.