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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
(Hasn't Amazon retaliated
against authors who offered their works through their own sites?)
Luck;
Ken
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Only if they violate an exclusivity contract.
Amazon will match the price of a book sold elsewhere if it is lower but unless it is a KDP Select title they don't care who else sells it where. (C.F. BAEN.)
And as for DRM lock-in Amazon does not require it of anybody. Itis strictly up to the publisher whether or not to DRM. (BAEN,TOR, and a zillion self-pubbers doing DRM-free ebooks.)
Where Amazon most benefits from DRM is in cost savings because they don't have to pay the Adobe DRM tax.