Thread: OK, what's Kobo SDRM?
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Old 01-22-2026, 06:19 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives View Post
Do we have any idea what prompts Kobo to offer this? Does the publisher get to decide, the same way some publishers allow their books to be sold without DRM? So far I've yet to buy a book that gave me the SDRM option.
I don't know.

I believe that, when the first Harry Potter books were offered on Pottermore, they had social DRM. I didn't buy there, as I already had the print books, and had read them multiple times, and figured I'd wait for ebook sales down the road if I really felt the need to re-read.

So it's possible it's a holdover from that, or that Rowling has enough author clout to ask that publishers provide the option?

If there are other books with this Kobo SDRM, I've yet to encounter any. I download my ebook directly after buying, and it was the first time I'd ever seen this. However, as I mostly use my library, I'm not a huge buyer either.
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