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Baen Books have always been DRM free. Jim Baen was opposed to DRM.
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BTW, if anyone here does not read the Grantville Gazette, volume 88 has an article from Eric Flint celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of 1632 in February, 2000. One quote from the article: And—I love this fact because I sneer at so-called “electronic piracy”—keep in mind that 1632 has been available electronically FOR FREE for about the last eighteen years and… still just keeps selling and selling. Every year I get royalty payments for the book somewhere between $4,000 and $5,000. As he says in the article, most of the 1632 books have a long, fat tail. |
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If you do not own a Kindle or Fire device then obtaining a DRM-free copy can be difficult. Non-Kindle owners do not have the download option on Amazon's website. And for most books, DRM protected KFX format is used by Amazon for over the air delivery to apps and devices. That applies even to books published by Tor and Baen. |
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ADE is using a version of RMSDK. The Sony software is also using a version of RMSDK. So really, you are basically using ADE like it or not.
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03-08-2020, 09:15 AM | #68 |
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If you want to be on Amazon, you have to follow their rules. They do have maybe 90+ of ebook market.
You'd need deep pockets to take them to court and often the people with deep pockets either think DRM stops piracy (it can't, ever) or want the "control of ordinary customers" that DRM does provide. All we can do is advise people to download to PC for USB transfer to designated Kindle. Amazon don't call it sideloading. |
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No, anything other than KFX the DRM is decided by the publisher.
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Thanks. That's what I assumed. But you know what they say about assuming. It makes an ass out of you and Ming. And I've heard he's merciless.
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