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Originally Posted by DNSB
If the ebook is delivered by Amazon in mobi or KF8/azw3 format, DRM free books from Baen and Tor are delivered without DRM—at least, they were the last time I tested. If they are delivered in KFX format, they are delivered with a generic KFX encryption which any Amazon KFX-capable device or app should be able to decrypt.
Baen & Tor are used since I have purchased ebooks from both on Amazon and both specify that the books are supplied without DRM in the book description. In one discussion about that with Amazon support, I was told that delivering a KFX ebook with no DRM is not possible. Which seemed rather odd since you can remove DRM from a KFX file and use it without issue on your apps and devices.
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Thanks for confirming with details. I buy from Tor authors all the time, just through Kobo mostly nowadays, I just wondered.
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Originally Posted by odamizu
Put another way: if a book has generic KFX encryption/DRM, you can use it on any Kindle device, yours or someone else's, without restriction. So practically speaking, it is "DRM-free" within the Amazon eco-system. But if you want to convert it to another format or edit it, you will need to remove the DRM.
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DRM-free within the Amazon eco-system is such a sad state. I would buy them from Kobo and send them to my Amazon account before purchasing from Amazon, if it were me.