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Originally Posted by AaronShep
Matt, soft hyphens, by definition, are SUPPOSED to be invisible unless they fall at the end of a line. But in early Kindles, they showed up as HARD hyphens, always visible, so you couldn't safely use them anywhere -- and the Publishing Guidelines warned against them. If Amazon is now adding them to KFX files, that would only go to Kindles that could handle them properly.
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Tracking, thanks.
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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Unfrotuantely, you are completely wrong.
Providing DRM removal software or using DRM removal software in the US* is a civil offence, so the copyright holder would have to sue you.
If the DRM removal software is provided or used "willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain" then it's a criminal offence, and convicted offenders "shall be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for the first offense".
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Yeah, I'd kinda gotten that from
@jhowell's post, but thanks for clarifying the penalties
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Originally Posted by Hitch
Yabbut, I think you've/this thread has already demonstrated that books that were pubbed QUITE a while back are now able to be downloaded as KFX, no? And if that's the case, doesn't that argue the concept that re-processing is, indeed, occurring?
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Hm, good point. So, the apocalypse comes
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Originally Posted by Hitch
P.S.: yes, good memory. I do have an ECR account, (rather than a seller's account) for some inexplicable reason. I think they just decided that the poor regular KDP guys didn't need the aggro of my questions, etc. And, yes: I suspect that discussion is going to be sooner rather than later. URGH.
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