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TheSFReader · 10-13-2013, 02:41 PM

Actually, we don't know how it relates to a publisher's wishes to have (or have no) DRMs, since this contract is not between a publisher and Amazon, but between a distributor and Amazon.

This contract's specifies in no way that the publisher gets a say on DRMs, nor that the distributor gets what he asks for if he asks against DRMs.

Moreso, the Publisher has NO way to know, if DRMs are put, where they come from, since the Distributor may not tell him about the contract's content.

I'd say (but I'm quite partial on the subject) that this almost guarantees ebooks managed by this distributor, to be sold with DRMs.

10-13-2013, 02:41 PM	#29
TheSFReader Groupie Posts: 172 Karma: 161634 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Nook	Actually, we don't know how it relates to a publisher's wishes to have (or have no) DRMs, since this contract is not between a publisher and Amazon, but between a distributor and Amazon. This contract's specifies in no way that the publisher gets a say on DRMs, nor that the distributor gets what he asks for if he asks against DRMs. Moreso, the Publisher has NO way to know, if DRMs are put, where they come from, since the Distributor may not tell him about the contract's content. I'd say (but I'm quite partial on the subject) that this almost guarantees ebooks managed by this distributor, to be sold with DRMs.