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by zosi 5570 days ago
O'Reilly doesn't seem to do that, unless it's embedded in the PDF in a way which doesn't show up in simple viewers.

Pragmatic Bookshelf, Manning and Packt (out of the e-books I have handy for quick checking) do put your name/address on the bottom of every page to discourage piracy.

Edit: Specifics for each publisher, for anyone who's curious:

  Manning - Name and email address on each page
  Pragmatic Bookshelf - Name on each page
  Packt - Name, physical address and purchase date on each page
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My pre-release copy of Javascript: The Definitive Reference (perhaps because it's pre-release) does have personalization on every page.

The other (regular, relased) books from ORA don't.

Downloads from O'Reilly's Safari Bookshelf, at least those in PDF format, have the account holder's name at the bottom of each page. If that's changed, it must have happened recently.