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Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books (goodereader.com)
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[โ€“] roofuskit@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

100% they have pressured some smaller publishers and authors into exclusivity, especially self published authors that use their print on demand services. But most books you can find at competing digital storefronts.

[โ€“] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

I hear what you're saying, but I'd still like to see numbers before taking a stance.