Comments on: My DRM-Free Year, Month 2: All Hail Indie Amazon Authors! http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-2-all-hail-indie-amazon-authors/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 24 May 2013 11:07:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Greg Weeks http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-2-all-hail-indie-amazon-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-1245242 Greg Weeks Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:11:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=80090#comment-1245242 It's the publisher that puts the no DRM text in the description. Baen is using text close to that as well. It’s the publisher that puts the no DRM text in the description. Baen is using text close to that as well.

]]> By: Brian http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-2-all-hail-indie-amazon-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-1244817 Brian Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:55:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=80090#comment-1244817 "Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited" Yes this indicates there is no DRM, but there is no explicit label on any books except those from Tor which say "At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied". “Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited”

Yes this indicates there is no DRM, but there is no explicit label on any books except those from Tor which say “At the publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied”.

]]> By: carmen webster buxton http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-2-all-hail-indie-amazon-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-1244794 carmen webster buxton Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:49:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=80090#comment-1244794 I believe the lack of a device limit is indeed an indicator of a lack of DRM. None of my books have DRM and they all have the Unlimited indicator. In the KDP platform interface that a self-published author sees, this is a simple radio button option: DRM, yes or no. Furthermore, there is a warning that unlike the price, once this is set it cannot be changed. I believe the lack of a device limit is indeed an indicator of a lack of DRM. None of my books have DRM and they all have the Unlimited indicator. In the KDP platform interface that a self-published author sees, this is a simple radio button option: DRM, yes or no. Furthermore, there is a warning that unlike the price, once this is set it cannot be changed.

]]> By: Ellen O'Connell http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-2-all-hail-indie-amazon-authors/comment-page-1/#comment-1244730 Ellen O'Connell Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:55:06 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=80090#comment-1244730 I always thought Amazon labeled books without DRM so customers could tell. A quick check of my own shows that there is no "DRM free" label, but there is a line: Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited That line also occurs in the the info about Hugh's Wool and doesn't appear for several books I checked put out by traditional publishers. My guess is that's the giveaway as to whether an Amazon book has DRM or not. Maybe it's just the indie authors I hang out with (those on Kindle Boards), but I think most savvy indie authors put their books on Amazon without DRM. It's a choice we're allowed to make. I always thought Amazon labeled books without DRM so customers could tell. A quick check of my own shows that there is no “DRM free” label, but there is a line:

Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited

That line also occurs in the the info about Hugh’s Wool and doesn’t appear for several books I checked put out by traditional publishers. My guess is that’s the giveaway as to whether an Amazon book has DRM or not. Maybe it’s just the indie authors I hang out with (those on Kindle Boards), but I think most savvy indie authors put their books on Amazon without DRM. It’s a choice we’re allowed to make.

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