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• Charlie Stross commented on One week to go to THE RHESUS CHART
  Charlie, is there going to be a DRM-free ebook option this time around? No. DRM is shit, as we know, but the policy on it is set by my publishers -- and well above the level of editors (or people who interact directly with readers, for the most part). This book is published by Ace (a division of Penguin Random House) in the USA, and Orbit (a division of Hachette) in the UK. Both these corporations require DRM on everything. If you don't like DRM, and want to transcode a DRM'd ebook for your own personal enjoyment, you can find...
• mbourgon commented on One week to go to THE RHESUS CHART
  Thanks, sir. I seem to recall that last time it was an option, so if it was this time, I wanted to Do The Right Thing and give my money to the right folks. Appreciate the answer....
• Charlie Stross commented on One week to go to THE RHESUS CHART
  That was Tor, who are happy to omit DRM. (They're the exception to the DRM-on-everything rule among the big six five.) Basically, Merchant Princes novels are DRM-free. As/when Orbit and Ace are allowed to make DRM optional, I will of course lobby to remove DRM from those of my books that they publish....
• mullee.john commented on One week to go to THE RHESUS CHART
  Hardback on order from small retail shop. So begins the pavlovian salivation Can't wait to get my teeth into it ok ill stop now...
• https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnHnqDWNTZnKGe01oj4GBmUcE280Vrudck commented on One week to go to THE RHESUS CHART
  So excited by this. I am busily re-reading the whole series to get the maximum enjoyment out of this one. They're even better than i remembered....