It's not an unheard of practice with books that have DRM (another reason to disinfect purchases). Some sites will list various restrictions, but I don't think they all do.
For example when I look at Stephen King's It on ebooks.com (your book doesn't appear to be available to me in the US) it says under Print & Copy Permissions...
Quote:
Print & copy permissions
Printing
ePub off (no printing)
Online Reader 20% every 30 days
Copy/Paste
ePub off (no copying)
Online Reader 20% every 30 days
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