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Originally Posted by HarryT
I respectfully disagree. Amazon wouldn't have a textbook rental business without DRM. It clearly adds value for them.
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1. If that's only because publishers insist on it, and if the publisher's reasons are invalid, then see above.
2. Textbooks are a rather special case, I'd think. The market dynamics seems to be different. While I might not be surprised to find there was a valid need for DRM on textbook rentals, I would not automatically assume that says anything about mainstream library lending.
3. Speaking of Amazon, do they handle BPH-type business the same way they do KDP, in that you can choose DRM or no DRM with no difference in price terms?
If so, doesn't it seem odd to you that, if DRM had value to AMAZON directly, they would not have different terms that compensate them for that lost value if one opted for NO DRM?
The fact that they do NOT do that (for KDP at least) is more evidence that AMAZON sees no value in DRM, beyond "If you insist, Mr, Publisher, the customer is always right...."