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Posted by captn3m0 4 days ago

Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks(www.kdpcommunity.com)
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Flimm 4 days ago|
Can anyone find even one DRM-free ebook on Amazon Kindle?
metaphor 4 days ago||
I've noticed a lot in the SFF genre, including my current fiction read: Joe Abercrombie's latest release The Devils[1].

You'll see something like the following on the bottom of book details:

> At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3CB76TV

criddell 4 days ago|||
All Tor books (the publisher, not the privacy tool) are DRM free.
NetMageSCW 4 days ago||
There are thousands.
cft 4 days ago||
All ePub and PDF downloads are here: https://open-slum.org/
SoKamil 4 days ago||
I hope they will allow me to download e-books that I uploaded through their upload site.

I do backups but better be safe than sorry.

mrlonglong 4 days ago||
How do I know if any of the books I already have are DRM free? And how to get the epub or PDF?
alexnewman 4 days ago||
I believe every book I buy I’m allowed to backup in any format I want. Come and get me
beej71 4 days ago||
Well, it's a step in the right direction. I will never pay for an ebook that I cannot permanently possess. And DRM is pointless. At some point the words become visible and therefore are copyable.
nullorempty 4 days ago||
I could see them buying the rights to popular free or DRM-free books and bringing them into their store, along with all the consequences that would entail.

Not to mention the spying they'll do - Whatcha reading?

kgwxd 4 days ago||
Thank you great exalted one! We don't deserve your endless generosity.
barbazoo 4 days ago||
First think I do and have ever done after having had to buy a book from Amazon: Pull it into Calibre and remove DRM.

These days I don’t buy from them but the same with Kobo which is a better company to begin with.

criddell 4 days ago|
The latest version of Amazon's DRM can't be reliably removed by the DeDRM package.

I still use a Kindle eReader (an Oasis) but I now buy books from Kobo because those are easy to strip DRM from.

misterbishop 4 days ago|
This is a step in the right direction. Now publishers need to take it up.

DRM-free is a precondition for me buying digital books personally. Practically no major digital bookstore offers it.

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