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Is it DRM-free on bookshop?
If it's Adobe it can be made DRM-free relatively easy. It's the first thing I do with every purchase (and legal where I live). Try Calibre (free/libre) or Epubor (paid but more versatile and works better for me).
Amazon has just introduced a policy change that probably makes it much harder (or impossible) to de-DRM stuff bought there, so I'm going to do without the books exclusive to them for the time being.
Strictly for research purposes .. right?
More like "I'm not paying for DRM books". If they want my money, they can sell a non-DRM book. I buy those all the time.
But think of the CEOs! They need another fucking yacht.