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starrigger · 02-07-2012, 12:50 PM

A friend of mine just put up his first book in the Kindle store, and I asked him, "Why'd you decide to go with DRM?" He said he hadn't, and I took a look at my own books' product pages.

There used to be a line under product details that indirectly told you if a book was DRM-free:
"Simultaneous device usage unlimited." They never actually came out and told you straightaway, but that was what the line meant--if it said that, the book was DRM-free. If the line was absent, that meant there was DRM.

They've removed that information from the product page, it seems. I guess there's now no way to know without actually buying a book, unless the publisher or author includes it in the description. Am I missing something?

02-07-2012, 12:50 PM	#1
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	Amazon removes DRM information from Kindle book pages? A friend of mine just put up his first book in the Kindle store, and I asked him, "Why'd you decide to go with DRM?" He said he hadn't, and I took a look at my own books' product pages. There used to be a line under product details that indirectly told you if a book was DRM-free: "Simultaneous device usage unlimited." They never actually came out and told you straightaway, but that was what the line meant--if it said that, the book was DRM-free. If the line was absent, that meant there was DRM. They've removed that information from the product page, it seems. I guess there's now no way to know without actually buying a book, unless the publisher or author includes it in the description. Am I missing something?