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That's like saying someone wants to publish an app on the iOS app store but the 30% cut and forced DRM prevents them. It's just a choice.
Given that Amazon does digital distribution of some items you could probably list it on the site and just have them give "digital access" to the ebook files. I've never gone through the process but i'd be quite surprised if this wasn't possible, though it may not show up in the books section of amazon this way.
Choosing not to sell through Amazon because of the 30% cut is a completely different thing than Amazon requiring that the product be changed to add DRM.
They have a platform and process for selling digital access to audiobooks and ebooks. Selling access to that type of content in an way that circumvents those DRM requirements is against their Terms of Service.
True. But it still amounts to them refusing to sell his audio. If you want to be pedantic, Amazon doesn't sell ebooks or audiobooks at all. They sell licenses to access the content. You can argue that Doctorow should be saying that he refuses to market his content in accordance with their policies. But I'm in favor of him framing it this way. It underscores who the real shitheels are here.