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Originally Posted by pwalker8
So the most that you can say is there is no legit UK ebook editions. You would have to check with HarperCollins to see if they put out the US edition or not.
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You seriously have that way wrong. There are legit legal eBooks in the UK. Hodder & Stoughton are the legal publisher with the rights.
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Not all HarperCollins ebooks have DRM. As a matter of fact, they sell ebooks from their web site that are DRM free.
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Books like the Mary Stewart books would have DRM on Amazon.
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Mary Stewart is listed as one of the HarperCollins authors on their website and if you go to the Crystal Cave page at HarperCollins, (https://www.harpercollins.com/978006...e-crystal-cave) it links you back to the Amazon page that include the kindle version. So either it's legit or HarperCollins is extremely negligent and Amazon is accepting a huge legal liability.
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The link was put up before these bogus eBooks were put on Amazon. From what I can see, the link was put up in 2003 and these bogus eBooks were put up in 2016.
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Both Amazon and HarperCollins have many, many lawyers to keep that sort of thing from happening. It's hard to believe that not only would neither notice it for 10 months, but that Amazon would link a pirated ebook to their audible store. I'm pretty sure that active linkage removes any safe harbor that Amazon might have.
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Amazon is being stupid. They require the rights holder to make a claim that these eBooks are bogus and HarperCollins isn't doing it. That's just outright stupidity on Amazon's part for not allowing us to put in a claim against these eBooks. Amazon doesn't have to take them down on our say-so.But Amazon should then check with the rights holder and then taking them down and taking legal action against whoever put them up.