title_body: Are ebooks on Google Play always encumbered with DRM?
upvoted_answer: Google Play does supply non DRMed books.
  
  I have bought ebooks from Google Play published by Baen who have never had DRM and I can downloaded them as .epub with no DRM.
  
  It is up to the publisher and not the store to decide if the book is encumbered with DRM. 
  
  If a store says something is DRMed and it should not be ie the publisher says it is not then you should contact the publisher to giving the store details and the publisher will tell the store to change it.
  
  In this case note the original publisher (Random House) of the English version of Artemis have asked for DRM. see here