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Old 01-21-2026, 09:08 AM   #7
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by rantanplan View Post
I think you misunderstand the situation. The choice publishers give you are:
- ebook with DRM
- ebook with watermark
- go pirate your ebook

I think the only cases where I was able to get ebooks without watermarks are
- Buying from the author (happens rarely)
- Humblebundle / Fanatical
- Kickstarter

As you can see, most of your ebooks will have watermarks.
Any eBooks I buy with DRM, I only buy if I can remove the DRM. Currently, I can remove the DRM on eBooks from Amazon, eBooks.com, and Kobo. None of the ePub I purchase with DRM have watermarks. Amazon eBooks do have DRM, but DeDRM removes that DRM or not.

So if from Kobo I ever get the choice of Adobe DRM or social DRM, I'll go with Adobe DRM. However, I will download both versions and do a compare with calibre to see where the watermarks are.

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