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Originally Posted by nikkie
@shalym: That is what they told us when we were contacted by their lawyer. We obviously didn't think we were violating anything either, or we wouldn't have made the feature in the first place.
They quote this: "You may not charge directly or indirectly to distribute content via the Service". We don't charge for delivery, but we do sell books.
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Do you charge the same for Kindle books that you do for epub books? Selling a book and sending it to someone's kindle via email is the way it's supposed to work...and the way it always has for other companies. That is NOT prohibited according to the terms as quoted. Again, charging money for books is not prohibited. What is prohibited is charging for distribution in any way, which would include any sort of surcharge for mobi format books. (that would be the "indirect" charge)
I'm sorry that Smashwords got notified by a lawyer, I just wonder (again) why it hasn't happened to the other companies doing the same thing.
Shari