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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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sometimez 4 days ago||
Recently signed up for Littler Books for the sole reason they offered everything in epub, pdf and Word doc. Sad this is not the standard for paid content.
internet_points 4 days ago||
At least better than completely disallowing it I guess.
daft_pink 4 days ago||
So weird. They lock it down so you can’t put stuff on their device, but now you can buy drm free on some other device?
shevy-java 4 days ago||
I think we should not allow Amazon to control our digital life.

Same with Google etc... just look how bad youtube has gotten. I try to find a video xyz, using the search term xyz, and after like 5 results, random videos show up. That is not a "search", that is propaganda and an attempt to retain people on the platform - but I am already on the platform playing BACKGROUND MUSIC of some DJs. Why is Google wasting my time when I want to FIND something? And what is even worse - that leaked onto the search engine too. The search engine has been ruined by Google deliberately so in the last some years.

wosined 3 days ago||
Amazon is hostile to your property rights. Don't buy from them.
poemxo 4 days ago||
I thought they already allowed this. Is this a reversal on a recent restriction?
epage 4 days ago||
Is there a way to check the DRM status before purchase?
motbus3 4 days ago||
Well... Lots of companies are snitching their customers now
drpixie 4 days ago|
What's amazon's angle on this? Because it's not believable that they wouldn't have an angle.

So the real question is - how is amazon going to enshitify drm-free books? Are they trying to wipe out gutenburg, standard-ebooks, etc?

Are they trying to be the youtube of drm-free? The place where everyone goes, and that becomes crap due updating Ts&Cs - inserting ads or charges?

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