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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by gameoverhumans on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @02:14PM (#37663525)
Some cursory web searches reinforce an assumption I had: Amazon absolutely dominate the eBook sales market, with figures from 65-80% of all sales being indicated.

So how can you make the case that Amazon doesn't have "leverage" to negotiate DRM-free publishing?

> together with CDs not having DRM

I don't recall printed books ever having any form of "DRM".

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by sib on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @07:09PM (#37667109)
In fact, Amazon does allow eBooks to be sold through the Kindle store without DRM, and many are sold that way. It's completely up to the discretion of the publisher.

Whereas I have many eBooks purchased years ago from Apple's store that I can only read on Apple devices, not on my Kindle.

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